Recently, I wasted 5 hours trying to create a poster for an event I was hosting. Design is absolutely all about the details — and I am not. Going forward, I’ve vowed to seek help with both graphics creation and the brainstorming involved in execution. This is how I heard about PosterMyWall, a graphic design hub that serves amateur marketers, creatives and anyone looking for a more simple design process.
The final book cover I produced using PosterMyWall.
When Midjourney doesn’t live up to expectations, Leonardo.Ai‘s results are a bit lackluster and Dall-E doesn’t consistently respond to your commands, you may wonder if your perfectionist outlook on AI image generators could be more realistic. Or if you simply need to find an AI image generator to meet your needs.
Did PosterMyWall meet my needs? No.
While PosterMyWall contains a lot of features accessible through all three of its tiers, its AI image generator and AI background remover aren’t fancy enough for me to cough up the $10 to $30 per month cost for access to its design tools — and that’s not including the outrageous cost of credits needed to continually access them.
On that note: Since the generated AI images aren’t robust, you waste credits on regenerating results… which would be an unnecessary step if the platform’s data library was thorough and robust. (After generating just three AI prompts on PosterMyWall, I had used 75% of my credits.)
Whether a techy Catch22 or simply my pessimistic skepticism on high alert, PosterMyWall’s credits feel like gamification to keep users paying, instead of bolstering its product to support its community.
PosterMyWall needs to strengthen its algorithm and AI model, especially since that’s one of the major differences between its free and paid plans. In my opinion, PosterMyWall falls short — particularly in comparison to its biggest competitor, Canva, which costs $10 per month to gain access to its personal AI image generator, Magic Media, for free (up to 50 images per month).
As working professionals, it’s easy to expect these AI-powered tools and platforms to recreate creativity and imagination, not to mention the skill set behind them. Yet, it may be more beneficial to navigate these tools as a collaborative thought-starter and idea generator, rather than for accelerated output. I have yet to be impressed by any of the AI-focused processes I’ve attempted. Occasionally, pleasantly surprised.
Question: If you totaled the time spent sifting through different AI-powered visual communication tools, learning their landscape and trialing their product or platform, would it be equal or greater to the time it’d take to learn Adobe Creative Suite?
Asking for a friend.
