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Paint & Photos apps on Win10 - edit AI graphics
Just watched this great webinar where Tom Kuhlman showed how to use apps (Paint & Photos) built into Windows to edit AI graphics (vectors and photos) that he gen'd in Storyline and Rise.
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But I assume he was using Win11. I'm still on Win10 at work, so those same apps seem to have much less functionality.
I'm guessing quite a few people are in the same boat, so I'd be grateful for any pointers about how to bridge the graphic-editing gap while still on Win10. Thanks!
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Probable none of this will help, but here we go. First, I would look at getting rid of Win10. It is no longer supported, and programs will be hard to find.
I have found most of the free programs just don't do what I need for quality presentations. I'm using a lot of Adobe programs to modify a lot of AI Copilot generated graphics and my audio. I hate to say it you may need to invest in upgrading.
Good luck
Thanks for your perspective, Eric EricSchaffer-d1.
I've upgraded to Win11 at home, but have no control of IT at work (where I assume they're paying for extended updates of Win10).
Being an Adobe user, you might shudder, but I actually find that PowerPoint does most of what I need, like background removal, cropping, resizing, transparency, etc.
In the webinar I mentioned, I liked Tom Kuhlman's use of Paint and Photos, because they make it easier than PPT to save changes to the graphics file (as Adobe apps might too).
However, I don't want to use Photoshop or Illustrator, because they're massively over-powered for what I want to do. So they might take like 20 seconds just to open, and I don't know my way around them.
In contrast, Paint and Photos are extremely quick to open, and simple to use.
I just heard Affinity 3 is now free, so if I can install that at work, that could be one option. But again it might be slower and more complicated than I need.
If you haven't yet seen it, I recommend the webinar. Assuming you're on Win11, it could give you a quicker and far simpler way to edit raster and vector graphics.
Quality graphics programs are widely available for Win10. If you don't have control over what OS you use at work, then find one you like, learn it, and sever your dependence on AI.
Thanks Silverfire. AI's really useful for my use case. I work in nurse education, and most stock photos of nurses show them wearing stethoscopes around their necks, which is unrealistic. With AI, I can generate numerous photos of nurses, and specify the gender, age, ethnicity, etc.
