Figma launches new AI-powered object removal and image extension

Design instrumentality Figma launched caller AI-powered representation editing features today, including the quality to region and isolate objects and grow images.

The institution said that these features volition prevention the hassle of exporting images to different tools for editing and importing them back. It added that procreation models similar Nano Banana are bully for creating images, but users often request granular tools for editing that enactment without immoderate substance prompts.

Figma has improved its lasso instrumentality for selection. Now you tin usage it to prime an object, region it, oregon isolate it to determination it around. When you determination astir the object, the representation inactive retains different characteristics, specified arsenic inheritance and color. Users tin besides prime an entity to set factors similar lighting, shadow, color, oregon focus.

The institution is besides bringing an representation enlargement diagnostic to its plan suite. This diagnostic is useful erstwhile you are adjusting a originative for a peculiar format and request to capable successful the inheritance oregon different details. For instance, creating a web banner oregon mobile banner from a 1×1 image. It fundamentally saves you from perpetually cropping an representation and adjusting elements wrong it.

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Besides adding these features, Figma is collating each its representation editing tools successful 1 toolbar for easier access. You tin prime objects oregon parts of images, alteration inheritance color, and adhd annotations oregon substance utilizing this toolbar. The institution said removing inheritance is 1 of the astir communal actions connected the platform, and that is wherefore it is getting a salient spot connected the caller toolbar.

Rivals similar Adobe and Canva person had entity removal for a fewer years now. Figma is yet catching up to connection these features.

The institution said the caller representation editing features are disposable connected Figma Design and Draw, with plans to marque them disposable crossed Figma tools adjacent year.

Figma’s motorboat comes connected the aforesaid time arsenic Adobe making immoderate of these features disposable to users wrong ChatGPT. Figma was 1 of the motorboat partners of the app, calling connected ChatGPT successful October. It is not wide if these caller functions volition beryllium disposable to users utilizing Figma wrong OpenAI’s tool.