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Stock photos, AI images and background removal

Add pictures to a design from your computer, free stock photos or an AI image generator, and cut a picture out from its background.

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PlexiiDesign gives you four ways to get the right picture into a design: your own files, a search of free stock photos, a picture generated by AI from a description, and a tool that cuts a picture out from its background. Stock search, AI pictures and background removal each use a service of your own, connected with an API key.

Before you start

  • These tools are on every plan.
  • Some need a key of your own, added in Settings > AI, under AI · API keys:
Tool Key it needs
Stock photo search A free Pexels API key.
Generating a picture An OpenAI API key.
Remove background A remove.bg API key.

See Add your own API keys. Each service runs on your own account with it.

Add a picture from your computer

  1. Click Image in the toolbar, or choose Insert > Image.
  2. Choose a .png, .jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .webp or .svg file.

The picture goes on the page and is saved inside the design, so it stays even if you move or delete the file. Drag it into place and drag its handles to resize it.

Search free stock photos

  1. Click Stock in the toolbar. The Stock photos panel opens.
  2. Type what you are looking for, such as mountains or coffee, and click Search, or press Enter.
  3. Rest the pointer on a photo to see its description or photographer.
  4. Click a photo to add it to the page.

The photo is copied into the design, so it stays with it. If nothing matches, the panel says No photos found for that search. Try a broader word.

Generate a picture with AI

  1. Click AI design in the toolbar. The Generate with AI panel opens.
  2. In the second box, describe the picture, such as "a minimal abstract gradient background".
  3. Click Image, or press Enter.

A line above the page says Generating image… while it works. The picture is made in the shape closest to your page, square, landscape or portrait, and placed on the page, ready to move and resize.

Remove a picture's background

  1. Click the picture on the page.
  2. Click Remove background in the inspector, or choose Tools > Remove image background.

A line above the page says Removing background…. The picture is then replaced with a cut-out of its subject on a transparent background. If you want the original back, click Undo.

Remove background works on a picture in the design: one from your computer, a stock photo, an AI picture or your logo.

Describe your pictures

Select a picture and type a short description in Alt text in the inspector, so people who use a screen reader know what it shows. Export > Check accessibility tells you if any picture on the page has none. See Export and print a design.

Common questions

The panel says to add a Pexels, OpenAI or remove.bg key. That tool needs your own key. Add it in Settings > AI, under AI · API keys. See Add your own API keys.

It says my key was rejected. Check the key in Settings. For remove.bg, the message also shows when your remove.bg account has run out of credits.

Can I crop a picture in a design? Resize the picture's frame to show the part you want. A picture fills its frame, so the edges are trimmed as the frame changes shape.

Do these tools use PlexiDesk credits? No. They use your own accounts with those services, through your keys.

Still need help? Contact support at [email protected].