We work at PicsArt, the leading mobile photo editing app! Ask us anything.

I’ve been using your app for a long time now, but why are you putting so many annoying ads there? I preferred the ones you used to have, nowadays it’s a bit hard to use the app

"we didn't realize how much money we could make"

 

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$8. Per. Fucking. Month. — No Option to Buy.

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If you want to purchase this app, the best alternatives are (according to this thread):

 

• ToolWiz Photos: Purchaseable and ad-supported versions available. No spyware.

• Snapseed: Free to use, but may contain spyware (Google).

 

As the people behind PicsArt, we get it. We have a large global team to make PicsArt awesome. We’re working hard to continuously improve our features and build a kick-ass community. PicsArt users always have a choice between a free experience with ads and a subscription supported, ads-free experience… we offer a free trial, and encourage you to try it out.

Ads allow us to keep our app free for everyone. If you would like an ad free experience, we offer a subscription called PicsArt Gold :) https://picsart.com/gold

Holy shit, $8/month? You really think your service holds up at $8/month? For stickers, filters, and cheesy effects?

For $10/month you can get the Adobe Photography pack (which comes with Photoshop) and learn how to actually manipulate photos instead of using a watered-down gimmicky app.

Edit: Added a sentence about Photoshop.

For the price of 2 cups of coffee, you get access to thousands of premium content items (stickers, frames, fonts, backgrounds, etc.) every month, which are worth well over $3,000 if you were to buy individually. Also, we have millions of free, community assets that can be used without subscribing.

WHY DOES YOUR APP TURN INTO A NONFUNCTIONAL SPAM AD FACTORY ON MY PHONE EVERY TIME I DOWNLOAD IT??

Sorry to hear that's been your experience. Quality is an important initiative to us. PicsArt is a free app that's ad supported. As mentioned, we do offer an ad-free experience with PicsArt Gold.

What device are you using?

Why do you feel the need to include the level of advertisements that you do?

We want to continue to keep the app free so that everyone can be creative. Ads make that happen.

Why in ten years of apps has no one made an image editing program as powerful-yet-simply as Deluxe Paint on the Amiga? It's not even difficult to do, compared to photoshop style image processing.

This Amiga? https://www.ebay.com/itm/Commodore-Amiga-500-with-mouse-power-supply-/323342667852

Have you tried PicsArt's drawing tools?

Yes that kind of Amiga. Deluxe Paint is a pixel editor, with a great feature that you could make a brush out of anything. It'd be great to have such software again in the 21st century.

Then you would love our Brushes tool! You can use any of your stickers or our 5M+ community stickers, dotted lines, colors and preset patterns

What do you think of my artwork? I made it for another Reddit user on request several months ago using your app.

I‘m open to endorsement deals!

Lol you should share that on PicsArt

Do you save copies of the original or edited photos on your servers? Why or why not? (Pending the first answer)

We only store the photos you explicitly ask us to store. Also, save your drafts for you so you don't lose your work and you can work on your projects at any time. These are only kept privately and only you can see them.

Are these photos used in any way by PicsArt? Sold, copied, used for marketing, etc?

Our Terms do give us leeway with publicly posted images. While we never sell images, sometimes we use exceptional public posts for marketing. What's different about the PA app is our "free-to-edit" feature. If a user posts an image as free-to-edit, anyone can remix it. This often leads to really cool variations of an original image. If we post images somewhere else, we always give the users credit :)

If you post images elsewhere or use them for marketing, is the original author notified?

If the image is used on PicsArt, absolutely. The original author gets a notification through their PA account. We do our best to notify users when the image is posted off-network.

So you store the photos as drafts. How long are drafts stored for? What conditions must be met before they're delete?

We keep the project files locally on your devices, and the stickers are kept in your private photos, you can delete them anytime you want.

Would you rather have a ham hand or an armpit that dispenses sun cream?

A ham hand would be too tempting to eat. A sunscreen dispensing armpit sounds more practical provided you have control over it.

Are you often confused with Pixar?

Yes, when we talk to people we are sure to say PicsART, emphasizing the "ART" :)

My question was gonna be was that intentional?

Nope, it was a combo of "pictures" and "art"

Why did you remove the option to make GIFs?

GIFs can be created with PicsArt GIF and Sticker Maker. https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/picsart-gif-sticker-maker/id1063953163?mt=8

Why won't my custom fonts work? I tried to reach support but they just gave me the answer on the FAQ, which wasn't the problem I was having.

We've recently made some enhancements to custom fonts! If you're still having issues, please contact support@picsart.com with more info and we can help you out :)

Hello! I work for the company that’s now in ur old office space. Small internet. What would be ur dream client or project to work on ?

We've worked with lots of great partners like Maroon 5, 30STM, MTV Fear Factor and POPSUGAR. Given how popular Kpop is on the app, BTS would be great to work with :)

Have you ever thought about adding a collaborative mode between users? You know, sectioning off pieces of panel to be worked on in unison or completing the artwork in rounds like a game of scrabble.

We've done that! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km2iPhTT3wc

Also check out our Daily Remix Challenge. AKA, Madlene's favorite :)

Can you add a special meme editing mode?

That's a great idea ;)

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Keep an eye out for internships on our career page! https://picsart.com/jobs

i use the app sometimes to combine images. is there a possibility to expand the canvas size on an already opened image?

To expand the canvas size, go to "tools" and then select "resize"

i have tried this before, but 1) it forces the same proportions and 2) sometimes i want to create white space on the top or bottom.

Selecting "square fit" in the editor will format your image with the white space you're looking for :)

are you hiring?

We are! Check out our openings: https://picsart.com/jobs

What does a Mobil PM do?

All the things! Most of the time mobile PMs work alongside designers and developers building and improving the product, whatever that may be. When we're not working with our direct teams, we're in the trenches with data analysts, researchers, marketing, finance (every department), figuring out what to launch, how, what it will cost, and when.

Have you guys run any global editing challenges with local artists? ie instead of Maroon5, working with a big time contributor on PicsArt?

Absolutely! We work with some of our top users to create global challenges.

In your opinion what makes Picsart unique among other editing apps?

PicsArt is a combination of 3 things (1) a powerful mobile photo editor w/3000+ tools, (2) an active community of over 100M monthly creators and (3) a growing collection of content, we have millions of #FreeToEdit and remix images, stickers and assets.

PicsArt considers adding a triptych effect?

That's a great idea! We don't have a one touch tool for it but with our collage tool you can select a three frame option and create your own.

I've been in Picsart for many years and I've always had a curiosity. Among millions of users and tons of images posted daily: what is the process of a curator to select outstanding images? Is it something based only on AI? What do you look for when selecting images to feature them?

Hi Alana, so cool to chat with you here! We do use AI to scout out drawings, edits, and photos from the community! Of course we don't depend solely on AI though- our curators also scout Challenges, Hashtags, and remixes under #FreeToEdit images to find awesome content!

What inspired you to make this specific app?

Our founder, Hovhannes Avoyan, has a daughter and she was the inspiration for PicsArt. She is an artist and received negative feedback on other social platforms regarding her artwork. Hovhannes set out to create an app that was more positive and collaborative. He wanted his daughter to be creative on the go, at a café or restaurant with easy ways to share, get feedback and connect with similar people. He wanted an app and platform that enabled everyone to be creative and inspired.

As a person who one day hopes to be a successful entrepreneur, this inspires me. Good luck team!!

Thanks! Good luck to you as well :)

Are you planning on releasing a desktop version? I really love the Android app.. it's so easy to use

PicsArt is available on Windows 10 and above which works on desktop and mobile

I had no idea your app does all the Thanos memes until yesterday when I stumbled upon a random single mention in a forum post. For a month now I’ve been looking for the triangles filters and tutorials to no avail. Could you advertise on knowyourmeme or some relevant subreddits so when your app becomes a trend it’s easier to find?

That's a great idea! :)

Check out this tutorial for the Dispersion tool: https://picsart.com/blog/post/can-recreate-viral-avengers-infinity-war-meme-just-steps-picsart/

If the statistics exist ... what are the three most used editing tools in PA?

This month the #IDontFeelSoGood trend made our Dispersion tool quite popular! Magic effects and cutout are also very popular one-touch tools that turn your images into artwork. And of course, the Crop is always a favorite :)

Looking into that now :) What are your favorite PicsArt tools?

If you could work in any department/team at Picsart for one day, which one would you choose and why?

Madlene: I would want to work in the China office for a day! Jeff: Working in AI to help develop a more personalized PicsArt experience. Pete: China is the obvious choice for me because I've already had the opportunity to go to our Yerevan office. Harut: My department, the data department is the best...

Harut: If I were forced to choose another department, it would be the Operations department