What is the design editor?
The design editor is where you lay out designs such as moodboards, lookbooks, and presentations. Create one with Create design or New design in Library, then add images, products, palettes, and text. It's on every plan; the AI image tools use AI credits.
The design editor is where you lay out visual work in Visualist. A moodboard, a lookbook, and a presentation are all designs: you build each one the same way, and what changes is how you arrange and share it.
What you can do with it
- Start a design. Open
Libraryfrom the rail, selectDesigns, then selectNew design. Or select the+button (Create) and chooseCreate design. - Add your work. Select
+(Add new items) in the editor toolbar and chooseFrom Library,Upload image,Textbox,Shapes, orGenerate with Vai. You can also paste images, or right-click the design and chooseInsert from Library. See How do I add images and products to a moodboard?. - Arrange it. Move, resize, group, and reorder pieces.
Tidy uparranges selected images in a row, a column, an organic layout, or a cluster. See How do I tidy up a design’s layout?. - Edit images. Select an image to use the AI image tools, such as
Remove background,Eraser,Fixer,Extender,Mixer,Upscaler, andRender. See What can the AI image tools do?. - Lay it out on pages. Keep a design on one infinite canvas, or split it into sized pages for print and presentations. See How do I lay out a design on pages or an infinite canvas?.
- Share or download it. The design’s tab menu has
Share to webfor a share link andDownloadforPNG,JPG, orPDF. See How do I share a design with a client? and How do I export a design as a PDF?.
How it works
Each design you open appears as a tab across the top of the editor. Select the arrow on the design’s tab, or right-click the tab, to open its menu. From there you rename, download, share, archive, or move the design to the Bin, and invite people to the design’s Hub. The editor toolbar holds the tools: Select, Pan, + (Add new items), and the controls for whatever you’ve selected.
Editing together
Everyone who opens a design works in the same live copy. You see the other people’s cursors and selections as they work, and on a paged design their avatars show on the page they’re viewing. The design saves on its own, so there’s nothing to merge. If someone restores an earlier version from Versions, it’s restored for everyone.
Who can use it
The design editor is on every plan. Your team members can open and edit the designs they have access to. A client can view a design through a share link without an account. To let a client comment, invite them to the Hub the design is in, which needs the Core plan or the Growth plan. See How do I invite clients and collaborators to a Hub?.
If something goes wrong
- You can’t create a design. On the Free plan,
Create designis greyed out once your Library reaches its file limit, with the messageYou’ve reached the maximum of 500 files on the Free plan. Move files to the Bin, or change your plan. See What files can I upload to Visualist?. - An AI image tool is greyed out. You’re out of AI credits, or the tool doesn’t work on that image. See What can the AI image tools do?.
A moodboard and a lookbook aren’t separate file types. Both are designs, so every design-editor article applies to them.
To start one, see How do I create a moodboard?.