Chris Messina

Photo Creator - Create realistic stock photos in minutes

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Compose the models, objects, and backgrounds in one realistic photo. Export to a layered and masked PSD for final retouch.

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Ivan Braun
Hey, creators. Need photo content? I know how hard it is to find an image for your specific purpose. Stock photos look too generic, and a photo shoot is an even bigger pain in the ass. Casting, location scouting, retouching, etc. Oh and repeat this every time you want to change something. I thought, why not to mix the models, objects, and backgrounds into a single picture. Capturing 1k models, 1k objects, and 1k backgrounds will give us 1b combinations (instead of 4m for Shutterstock). So, we started our own studio. Last summer, I learned studio photography; we hired a crew of 10 people, from MUA to 3D, and started working. We published our experiments in this Moose Photos category https://photos.icons8.com/catego... Still, our photos were pre-fabricated. They felt generic; they didn’t tell your specific story. Sure, you can download the images, remove backgrounds with something like Remask (dirty AI tools are not precise enough), and compose them in Photoshop, but it’s painfully slow. Even our photoshop pros failed to produce more than 15 pictures a week. So, we masked the images and built a web tool for making composing quick. We call it Photo Creator (in contrast to a photo editor). Customizing the images is super easy. Combine models into teams or couples, change emotions, and of course–add cats. Remember that “now kiss” https://imgur.com/gallery/6bLWiqL guy? That could be you. Play with it, it’s fun. Make 10 images in 10 minutes, from office portraits to some absurd scenes with flying cats and sugar rush kids. Post your pictures here. We’ll give 3 paid Icons8 accounts for the images that are either 1) fun, 2) beautiful or 3) realistic. These accounts give you export to PSD (best feature, according to @tylerlastovich ) and all our icons, photos, and music.
Anton Tarasov
@visualpharm Really fun. And PSD generation option is unique!
Ivan Braun
Will post your best works here: Direct link to edit: https://photos.icons8.com/creato...
Ivan Braun
Your guys creation:
Vlad Korobov
@visualpharm is there ability to upload pngs?
Lisa Kalinina
Great job! Neat intuitive interface, wide range of objects. Literally takes a few minutes to create a pic. Love it :) With some extra functionality it’s gonna rock! 🚀 https://imgur.com/a/4xuvgqt
Ivan Braun
@norwen hahaha! I'll post it here (PH shows an image if the URL ends with .png or .jpg) Strong candidate for our prizes today.
Logan Boyd
@norwen @visualpharm What prizes are you giving out?
Ivan Braun
@norwen @mastemine 3 subscriptions to Icons8
Logan Boyd
@norwen @visualpharm Awesome!!! where do we submit them to?
Ivan Braun
@norwen @mastemine here in the comments. Make the URLs ending with .png or .jpg so PH shows the images.
Marina Yalanska

I've been using Moose photos for almost a year and that's a cool source of photo content, especially diverse shots of beautiful people. Now, ability to compose them by myself makes it top!

Pros:

I can create funny photos for blog articles and social media even without being a professional designer. For free!

Cons:

haven't found yet

Ivan Braun
Many many thanks!
Marina Yalanska
Won't tell much, just show 😄 Ha, it really took less than a minute! The interface is super simple.
Ivan Braun
@myalanska let's see if your link wokrs this way:
Marina Yalanska
@visualpharm how did you do it?! I couldn't find the way
Stanislav Govorukhin

Icons8 team did a great job and released solid product for those who are in need of photos from time to time. 💪🏻😍

Pros:

Very simple & intuitive UI Creating graphics for social media is now easier than ever

Cons:

I did not find any

Tino Zhabinskiy
@govorukhin Thanks for the kind words, mate! 🙌
Angela  Gasparyan
great tool for someone like me, who has 0 skills at Photoshop !
Hannah Zenn
Cool idea, so simple to use. @visualpharm Each week you launch something useful ))
Ivan Braun
@hannahzenkova oh my, appreciated. Thanks for taking time to comment, now and in the past.
Kyrylo Kazachek
I don't have any needs in creating collages so far. But the app itself is entertaining to use. The process of collaging is addictive as hell! You should try it with caution :))) PS: I hope there will more objects in the library in time.
Ivan Braun
@kirill_kazachek glad to hear that. We hoped it has a gameplay. We keep shooting! Normally twice a week. Request/vote for shoots here http://request.icons8.com/ And you'll be able to add your photos; it's surprisingly hard however. First, we have to trace the images. Second, to map them to the lighting of the scene. Think AI with ^4 complexity applied to huge 20-40 megapixel photos.
Logan Boyd
This product is absolutely amazing. By and far one of my favorite things I have saw on this site in a long time. I really hope you keep a good chunk of this free forever for people to use, because it truly is so much fun to play with. I have been dying to find some photos of people on various colored backgrounds and now I can create them with ease! It's so wonderful! I will use it all the time!
Ivan Braun
@mastemine oh thank you! Shared with our team - here's some love back to you:
José Sotelo Cohen
Loving it so far! here's my work of art.
Ivan Braun
@jose_sotelo bwahaha, love your work of art! PS Accepted as the contest entry
Roman Akhmetzianov
Haven't tried a product but your video is awesome!
Ivan Braun
@roman_eaton haha, thanks for watching!
MJ Amartaivan
GREAT!! EXACTLY WHAT I NEED
Ivan Braun
@mendorshikh many thanks! PS Will check erxes; also I've starred you at GitHub.
Luke Stephenson
Wow! Great work guys. This is an awesome tool.
Ivan Braun
@luke_stephenson thanks! I wonder if somebody made anything fun or useful.
Vlad Korobov
Perfect for previews
Ivan Braun
@vladkorobov share whatever you do
Ekaterina Tarasova

move on!) I like your products they help me in my work

Pros:

easy to use, handy, good choice of photos

Cons:

add more photos let users add their own content

Ivan Braun
Glad to be helpful, many thanks!
Ivan Braun
Meantime, we're watching your artworks. Here is how it looks on our side: We'll feature your artworks as templates. And if you post them here in the comments, there's a contest with free Icons8 licenses (see my other post here).
Ekaterina Tarasova
cool tool!:) you are doing great job, thanks, move on
Ivan Braun
@ekaterina_tarasova many thanks! indeed, apreciated!
Romain Brabant
Excellent product, so natural and easy to get an awesome result.
Ivan Braun
@rb242bs thanks! Show us what you've got
Roland Clifford
What is the max resolution on those photos?
Ivan Braun
@roland_hovsepyan around 20 megapixel, the resolution of most SLR cameras. Some are 42 megapixel though (from our Sony Alpha 7 ii)
Foxytata
Great! It’s extremely funny and entertaining!
Ivan Braun
@tanya39429989 glad to know! share your works here in the comments