At its Ignite 2022 event today, Microsoft has unveiled a bunch of creator tools. The biggest announcement is their new Designer app. While we already had a pretty good idea of ​​what the new app was all about from previous leaks that included several different images, the official announcement confirms some of those expectations and rumors.

Designer is a graphic design application in Microsoft 365 that will help users to create social media posts, invitations, digital postcards in no time as it works with OpenAI’s DALL.E 2 among others. Basically, the company says that Designer is PowerPoint on steroids where the AI ​​does most of the heavy lifting. With its help, users can expect more than eight billion AI-generated slide layouts.

Microsoft has confirmed that Designer integration is also coming to Edge. The free web preview is available at this link starting today. Since it is powered by AI, the app is expected to improve over time.

While we’re on the topic of AI-generated images, Microsoft is also bringing a new “Microsoft Bing Image Builder” feature that is similar to Designer, except it will be in Bing and will help create completely new images. This will be a gradual rollout, and once it’s available, users will be able to access the feature via the Images tab in Bing (https://www.bing.com/create) or via the Image Creator icon in the bar. side on edge.

Up next, we have an announcement related to Clipchamp, Microsoft’s inbox video editor. The tool is now part of the Microsoft 365 family of apps and will help complement Designer when it comes to video editing tasks. As a reminder, Clipchamp’s premium features are now available to Microsoft 365 Personal and Family subscribers and Clipchamp Essentials subscribers.

Microsoft has also launched a new “Microsoft Create” website. The Redmond company describes it as the “ultimate launch pad for creators” for creating videos, graphics, documents, presentations, and more. Essentially, the Create website will provide a curated list of various articles, videos, templates, and more, from similar creators that will help guide new users.