What is the greatest invention in the modern era? I believe that generative AI will undoubtedly be the answer agreed anonymously. Now, so many brands are embracing AI techniques and incorporating them into their products, making it easier than ever to create stunning visuals without any design experience. Today, we will take a look at one of these tools-Fotor.
Fotor appeared as a powerful photo editor and graphic designer at first. To catch the waves brought by AI technology, Fotor has expanded its capabilities to include practical AI image and video generation. Whether you are a social media user, content creator, marketer or business owner, the aforementioned features promise to transform how you produce visuals for social media, branding, and creative projects.
But how well do Fotor’s AI image generator and AI video generator actually perform? Can they compete with industry leaders like Midjourney or Sora? In this review, we will dive deep into their features, ease of use, output quality and pricing to see if Fotor is the right AI tool for your creative needs.
Something to Know About Fotor
Fotor is one of the globally popular photo editing and design platforms. It is known for its wide range of tools for general image editing, AI-powered photo editing, graphic design and now generative AI. When trying its main tools, I found most of their interfaces to be intuitive and I could complete my editing or design tasks with great ease. Therefore, even without professional editing skills, you can find it less challenging to operate.
Additionally, More than an online tool, Fotor is available as a mobile app (iOS & Android) and desktop software (Windows and Mac), making it a versatile choice for both casual users and professionals.
Here are the Key Features of Fotor:
- Basic Image Editing: Image merging, cropping, resizing, color correction, text addition, border/frame insertion and more.
- AI-Powered Picture Editing: One-tap photo enhancement, AI background removal, AI image upscaling, AI photo retouching, etc.
- Batch Photo Editing: Edit multiple images simultaneously to save time, such as photo background deletion, resizing cropping, conversion and compression.
- Photo Effects & Filters: A variety of general and AI photo filters and art effects, such as black and white, cartoon, anime, oil painting, cyberpunk, celebrity art and more, to beautify your pictures.
- Graphic Design Tools: Ready-to-use templates for social media posts/covers/banners, business cards, posters, invitations, flyers, resumes and more.
- Collage Maker: Easy-to-use tools for creating photo collages with flexibly-adjustable templates.
- Generative AI: Enjoy effortless AI-generated visuals with its AI image generator, AI headshot generator, AI video generator, AI presentation maker, AI GIF generator, AI hairstyle changer, AI baby generator, etc.
Hence, Fotor proves to be an all-in-one solution for both traditional photo editing and generative AI tasks. What sets it apart from its competitors is its budget-friendly pricing, so you can experience valuable features of image editing, graphic design and AI-powered generation at a lower price.
In this review, however, we will focus specifically on its AI image generator and AI video generator. Please keep reading to explore their capabilities in detail.
Fotor AI Image Generator: Turning Text and Image into Captivating Visuals
I spend most of my time on the exploration of Fotor’s AI image generator. It offers two features: AI text to image and image to image. I am satisfied with both due to their user-friendly interfaces and simple operations. Except for image style, aspect ratio and number options, there are no complex settings to annoy you. Besides, your eyes won’t feel uncomfortable since it applies a green and dark mode.
Compared to other AI image creators, Fotor’s image generation is fast, making it a convenient option for users who need high-quality visuals in seconds. Besides, you can expect up to four stunning AI-generated images with a single text prompt or photo, which will greatly improve your work efficiency. The images can be easily exported in high quality, which are suitable for both personal and professional use. Just rest assured to share them on your social media or add them to your creative/commercial projects.
Now, let’s discover the specific information about its two main features:
Text to Image
Fotor’s AI text-to-image generator is the first generative AI feature. After several rounds of updating, it has become highly powerful now to bring your imagination to life, allowing you to create fascinating images from text with AI. The text box is quite easy to spot, enabling you to enter your text prompts to describe the concept of your AI art. Besides, 50+ diverse styles are available to meet your different needs, from realistic photography to digital and fantasy art. Therefore, how you present your AI-generated art is totally your call.
Meanwhile, Fotor helps you visualize your art design effortlessly with its styles like logo, icon, tattoo and even nail beauty. So, you will find useful features to streamline your workflow even if you are a professional designer. Moreover, you can decide the final dimensions of your AI-generated picture, from 9:16 and 3:4 to 16:9, 4:3 and even 1:1.
Additionally, if you have no idea of what to generate, you can find a range of helpful preset text prompts in its “Inspiration” section to facilitate your AI art creation. Now, a private mode can be found. When activating it, you can hide all your creations from public view and no one can access them.
How to Use Fotor’s AI Text-to-Image Generator?
Step 1. Access Fotor’s AI image generator and then choose its “Text to Image” mode.
Step 2. Input your text prompts to specify your AI art ideas in the text box.
Step 3. Select the preferred style and adjust the image dimensions and number based on your needs.
Step 4. Click “Generate” to get your AI-generated images from text and then press “Download” to save them one by one.
Image to Image
Fotor is also a useful image-to-image generator. You can rely on this feature to turn your existing pictures into eye-catching AI art. There are a variety of AI photo effects that cover almost everything that you can imagine, including artistic, cartoon, sketch and holiday vibe. Therefore, you can transform your photo into a Monet painting, GTA game art picture, American cartoon clipart and more.
Besides, it provides some interesting AI filters that help you make your picture more vivid and creative. For instance, you can make a portrait in your picture older or younger and see him or her converted to a Barbie character, a zombie, a clay figure and more. Also, you can use one click to change your existing image to a fresh Christmas photo without visiting a professional photography studio.
This feature is also easy to use. Except for a style option, you can determine how similar the AI-created results are to your original picture in its “Similarity” section. However, if you intend to add more details, you can use your text prompts to add your personal touches, such as hair color, clothes, posture and more. You will also expect four AI-generated images with just one uploaded photo and the aspect ratio of your AI pictures will be the same as the original one.
How to Use Fotor’s AI Image-to-Image Generator?
Step 1. Open Fotor’s AI image generator and then select its “Image to Image” mode.
Step 2. Click “Upload” to import your photo.
Step 3. Pick the wanted style and then press “Generate” to begin the generation process.
Step 4. Preview the results and then tap “Download” to export them one by one.
Image Style Summary
Since we are mostly impressed by Fotor’s styles, we just make a brief summary them for your reference.
| Realistic | Styles like Photography 4 & 3 and Cinematic. They are perfect for creating lifelike portraits, landscapes, and product images. |
| Cartoon & Anime | Styles like 90’s anime, American cartoon, fantasy anime, manga, Ghibluva, line drawing and more. You can use them to create your own cartoon characters. |
| Fantasy & Digital Art | Styles like Antiquarian, summer meadow, neonpunk, psychedelic, concept art and more. They can assist you in generating concept art and creative visuals. |
| Artistic | Styles like art oils, colored pencil, ink painting, Monet, pin-up, stained glass, waterclolor, etc. They are suitable for creating artistic AI pictures for your art portfolio. |
| Holiday Vibe | Styles like Halloween art and Christmas. They let you get an AI photo with a holiday vibe from your text and image. |
| Design Art | Styles like logo, icon, tattoo, 3D, etc. You can make use of these styles to make your own professional design works even without design skills. |
This is only a nutshell version of the image styles inside its AI image generator. You can discover more by trying it yourself.
Overall Summary
| Styles | 50+: Realistic, artistic, surreal, anime, pixel art and more |
| Aspect Ratio | 1:1, 4:3, 16:9, 3:4 and 9:16 |
| Image Numbers | Max. 4 |
| Image Output | JPG |
| Editing Features | Yes. Basic+AI-powered editing features |
| Credits Consumed | 1 Credit/Image |
| Pricing Plans | Fotor Pro (From $2.66/mo) and Fotor (From $5.99/mo) |
| Supported OS | Windows, Mac, Android and iOS |
Pros:
- User-friendly interface
- Two modes available: AI text to image and image to image
- 50+ stunning styles
- Adjustable aspect ratio options
- Up to four images with one prompt or image
- Fast image generation
- High-quality picture results
- Built-in general and AI editing tools
- More affordable prices
Cons:
- Limited output formats
- Shareable to Facebook and X only
Fotor AI Video Generator: AI-Powered Video Creation at Your Fingertips
Although Fotor is normally known as a photo editor, it has recently extended its services to video creation. AI video generator is its latest tool that quickly captures the users’ minds.
This tool allows you to generate AI short video clips from text and images. Its interface is also intuitive without complex settings. Therefore, you don’t need to be tech-savvy to operate it. Also, you can decide the video resolution, from 360p and 720p to 1080p. When it comes to the video duration, you can create a 4 or 8-second video based on your needs. However, 8s is limited to 720p only.
Fotor’s AI video maker also boasts a relatively fast video generation. You will expect an HD video with realistic movements that match your text prompts. Meanwhile, no terrible distortion will normally be seen in your video results. Moreover, you can click “Edits” to conveniently access Fotor’s video tools to polish your AI-generated video, such as video enhancer, background remover and object remover.
Now, please read the following information to know the details:
Text to Video
Fotor’s AI text-to-video generator impresses me with its clear and simple interface. You can find no intricate settings but a prompt box, definition, duration and style options. Hence, it is extremely suitable for beginners. Furthermore, five styles are available in this tool, covering both realistic and digital effects to satisfy your different needs.
After entering your text prompts to describe your video story and make all your settings, you just click “Generate” to let Fotor work its magic and automatically present you with an AI video with good clarity based on its accurate understanding of your text. You can experiment with its styles to expect a short video clip in a realistic, cinematic or cartoon style.
How to Use Fotor’s AI Text-to-Image Generator?
Step 1. Log into Fotor’s AI video generator and then select its “From Text” mode.
Step 2. Enter your video story through your text prompts.
Step 3. Choose the preferred style, video resolution and duration and then click “Generate.”
Step 4. Preview the result and the hit the “Download” icon to export it.
Image to Video
Fotor’s image-to-video generator is definitely worth mentioning. It can animate your still photo and make it move in the way that you want through your text prompts. This tool also offers five styles; however, they are basically cartoon-related. Of all of them, I find the “Mini Figure” to be the most fascinating one. You can explore all of them on your own to pick yours.
What makes this tool impressive is its preset AI video mode, such as AI kiss, AI hug, AI reference to video and more. For all these features, you are allowed to upload two or more photos and can generate a relevant short video without entering a specific prompt. All you need to do is just upload and click “Generate.” Then, you will get a lifelike AI video that mimics the action in a lifelike way.
However, for its additional modes like AI kiss and hug, only a four-second video can be generated and exported.
How to Use Fotor’s AI Image-to-Image Generator?
(Let’s take the “Image to Video” mode as an example.)
Step 1. Access Fotor AI video generator and choose the “Image to Video” mode.
Step 2. Input your text prompts to specify the movements.
Step 3. Select the wanted style, definition and duration and then tap “Generate.”
Step 4. Preview the result when it is ready and then click the “Download” icon to save it.
Overall Summary
| Styles | Text: Universal, photography, cinematic, digital art and neonpunk |
| Image: Original, mini figure, kiss, hug, illustration art, game art, anime 1 and 2, reference to video and first and last frame | |
| Definition | 360p, 720p and 1080p |
| Duration | 4s and 8s |
| Image Output | MP4 |
| Editing Features | Yes. Video enhancer, video object remover and video background remover |
| Credits Consumed | 10/Video (360p/4s), 20/Video (720p/4s), 40/Video (720p/8s) and 50/Video (1080p/4s) |
| Pricing Plans | Fotor Pro (From $2.66/mo) and Fotor (From $5.99/mo) |
| Supported OS | Windows, Mac, Android and iOS |
Pros:
- A simple interface with no intricate settings
- Fast video generation from both text and image
- Customizable styles for realistic and surreal results
- Adjustable video resolution and duration
- high-quality video clips with little distortion
- Built-in AI editing features to fine-tune your videos
- Fair pricing plans
Cons:
- Limited output formats
- No portrait video results
- 8s limited to 720p videos only
- Fixed parameters for AI kissing and hugging videos (360p and 4s)
Final Thought
Here, our journey has come to an end. After finishing this article, you will have a clear view of whether Fotor is the right tool for you. In conclusion, Fotor’s AI image generator and AI video generator impress us with their effortless operations and stunning AI results. Its AI image creator stands out for its variety of artistic styles, simple operations and built-in editing tools, making it a great alternative to more complex AI art platforms. Meanwhile, its AI video maker is designed to simplify video creation, making it possible to transform your text or photos into vivid AI short videos in high quality.
So, if you are looking for an affordable, beginner-friendly AI tool that ensures easy and fast image and video generation, Fotor is definitely worth considering. While it may not have the advanced features of some high-end competitors, its balance of usability, creativity and pricing makes it a strong choice for anyone wanting to use AI’s power for content creation.