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PicsArt opens U.K. hub in expansion move

April 6, 2021April 8, 2021 GaryPageau PicsArt

San Francisco-based PicsArt announced the opening of its newest office in the United Kingdom, joining offices in Yerevan, Armenia, Los Angeles, Moscow, Beijing, Tokyo, and India. In the past year alone, PicsArt has expanded its employee headcount by 36%, the company said. PicsArt is available in 30 languages for free and as a subscription on iOS, Android and Windows devices.... Read More

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PicsArt makes design tools available on the web

October 21, 2020October 28, 2020 GaryPageau PicsArt

Popular mobile photo/art app company PicsArt announced more than two dozen of its most popular editing and AI-based tools are now available for free and subscription on PicsArt.com. Tools include a template editor, background and object remover, video slideshow maker, text editor, and more. Also included is an entire library of premium content, including stock photography, templates, fonts, and stickers, as... Read More

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PicsArt empowers Indian creators, sees surge in downloads

September 22, 2020September 26, 2020 GaryPageau PicsArt

PicsArt, the world’s leading creative platform and social editing app, is set to focus on the Indian market, the company said. With more than 1B downloads to date, “the all-in-one photo and video editing app” offers a unique combination of creative tools, unlimited content and a thriving community of 150M monthly active creators, the company claims. Many of its creators upload... Read More

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PicsArt acquires motion-based video effects company D’efekt

July 25, 2020July 25, 2020 GaryPageau D'efekt, PicsArt

PicsArt, has acquired advanced video effects company D’efekt for an undisclosed sum. The female-led startup has been featured as an Apple “App of the Day” various times and offers motion-based video effects – including light illusions, music responsiveness, and fractal motion-activation, the company said. The app can be downloaded here. D’efekt’s three co-founders – Vahagn Kachikyan, Nané Toumanian, and Tatevik... Read More

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PicsArt launches AI-powered music for Its photo/video app

June 2, 2020June 5, 2020 GaryPageau AI, PicsArt

PicsArt is integrating unique machine-generated audio compositions into its video editor on iOS, with plans to launch on Android later this year. Like a movie score composer, this effect helps determine the unique mood of a video, producing a soundtrack molded to fit. With this tool, PicsArt becomes the first editing app to integrate generative AI music, the company claimed.... Read More

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Microsoft is partnering with PicsArt to customise their app for the Surface Neo

February 23, 2020February 23, 2020 GaryPageau Microsoft, PicsArt

Microsoft is partnering with PicsArt to customize their app for the Surface Neo, Microsoft’s Windows 10X powered dual-screen device, according to MS Power User. PicsArt is an image editing, collage and drawing application coupled with a social network. PicsArt enables users to take and edit pictures, draw with layers, and share their images with the PicsArt community and on other... Read More

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VSCO suing PicsArt over photo filters

April 9, 2019April 9, 2019 GaryPageau PicsArt, VSCO

Photo-editing app-maker VSCO has filed a lawsuit against rival PicsArt, alleging PicsArt “reverse engineered” 19 VSCO filters and offered them as part of PicsArt’s Gold subscription package. The suit alleges 17 PicsArt employees created VSCO accounts to gain access to VSCO’s filters, then reverse-engineered them and offered them as part of the Gold subscription package. VSCO’s suit alleges PicsArt “promotes its... Read More

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PicsArt opens AI Lab in Moscow

October 11, 2018 GaryPageau AI, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, PicsArt

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — PicsArt, the leading creative platform and app for social storytelling, today announced that it has opened the PicsArt AI Lab in Moscow. The Lab will enable the company to further its leadership in AI and Machine Learning and identify new and innovative uses for the tech. With more than 100 million monthly active users... Read More

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PicsArt showcases its AR camera experience at KCON 2018 LA

August 10, 2018August 12, 2018 GaryPageau Android, Apple, AR, ARKit, iOS, KCON, PicsArt

New ‘Live Stickers’ Feature, Which Turns Dancing People into Moving Stickers, is a Mashup of PicsArt’s AI and Apple’s AR Camera Technology LOS ANGELES, Aug. 10, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — KCON USA, LOS ANGELES — PicsArt, the leading creative platform for social media storytelling, has launched a beta version of its new Augmented Reality (AR) Camera experience for more than 100,000... Read More

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PicsArt adds subscription service with PicsArt Gold

March 13, 2018March 13, 2018 GaryPageau PicsArt1 Comment

Popular imaging app PicsArt has launched PicsArt Gold, a subscription-based service providing ad-free editing and access to all premium stickers, fonts, frames, collages and masks — literally 3,000+ exclusive items — plus exclusive content bi-weekly. According to DigitalTrends, the Gold subscription will cost $8 a month or $47.88 for an annual subscription. There’s a seven-day trial period. Read More

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PicsArt Reaches Over 1,000,000 Free-to-Use Community Stickers in 60 Days

June 21, 2017November 2, 2017 GaryPageau PicsArt

June 21, 2017 06:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PicsArt, the leading social image editing app, now has over 1,000,000 free-to-use Community Stickers. The milestone was achieved just two months after the official release of Community Stickers in late March. Stickers can be created by anyone using PicsArt for free, around the world. All public stickers are automatically made... Read More