Lesson 4 of 6 · 5 min
Edit a flat picture and translate a design
Quick recallYour photo is crooked and the cup is cut off at the edge. Which tool?Think of your answer, then open.
Crop, by hand. Moving and zooming the photo inside its frame is free and exact.
Two tools do work that is slow by hand. Both are on the paid plans.
Peel apart
You have a picture with words on it, like an old flyer saved as a photo. Peel apart turns the words into editable text and tries to lift the things in the picture onto their own layers. It works best on flat designs, like a post or a poster, and it is in beta.
- Add the picture to a page. For Corner Bean, use an old post with last month's offer.
- Pick it, press Fjord tools, then Peel apart. It can take a minute or two.
- Check the words in the list and fix any it read wrong.
- Press Done.
Each text is now a normal text, and each thing a normal picture you can move. The fonts are the closest ones we have, so text may look a little different. Some words stay in the picture, such as curved words, and the list tells you why. When you move a thing, the part painted behind it was made up by AI, so look twice. Undo all in the list, or Undo in the editor, takes everything back in one step.
Translate the whole design
- Press Fjord tools on the left, then Translate the whole design. On a phone, Fjord tools is under Add.
- Press a language: English, Swedish, German, French, Spanish or Portuguese.
- A copy opens with every page in the new language, saved under My designs. Your first design stays as it was.
Numbers, prices, your brand name, links, email addresses and @handles stay. A longer text shrinks to fit. If it still does not fit, the panel names the page and the text gets a red frame, so you can shorten it. Korean, Japanese and Chinese are not on the list yet.
When to do it by hand
- One text in another language: click it, press Rewrite, then Translate to.
- A few words in a fine picture: retype them.
- A language you do not speak: ask someone who does to read the copy before you post.
Do it
- Peel apart an old post of yours, or translate your Corner Bean post into a second language.
- Read the copy with the first one next to it.
Quick check · 3 questions
Check what stuck
What does Peel apart do?
Show the answer
Turns the words in a flat picture into text you can edit, and lifts the things onto layers. It works best on flat designs, like a post or a poster. It is in beta, so check the words.
You translated a design. What happens to your first design?
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It stays as it was, and the translation is a copy under My designs. Translate the whole design opens a new copy.
A Spanish translation of your post will go to customers. What do you do first?
Show the answer
Ask someone who speaks Spanish to read it. The AI can pick words that sound odd. A person who reads the language should check it.
In this course
- 1Meet the Fjord design toolsWhere the AI tools live in Design, what each is for, and what they cost. · 4 min
- 2Change the words with RewriteRewrite one text, a whole carousel or pick a template from a goal, and when to type the words yourself. · 5 min
- 3Clean up your photoRemove a background, erase something, change a photo with a sentence, and the jobs hand tools do better. · 6 min
- 4Edit a flat picture and translate a designTurn a picture with words on it into text you can change, and copy a design into another language. · 5 min
- 5Make a photo move, and let Bo fill your pagesTurn a photo into a five second video, add motion with Animate for me, and fill a design with words Bo wrote. · 5 min
- 6Check the result before you postA short checklist for any AI result, what each run costs, and what to do when it goes wrong. · 4 min