
Meant to help you explore, expand...
Lay reference images and a direction on one canvas, then keep the edits on that board. Natural-language edits make small changes or combine images. Regenerate and more-like-this swap in another direction. Images on the board can also produce text. A later update turns the main board into a presentation, and one project can hold several boards, such as a draft, a scrap pile, and a final look. Uploads grew beyond images to selfies and documents. Marking an area and writing a sentence targets that region. It fits people shaping a home, an event, or a product who want words and images on the same board. The welcome page now says the experiment has ended, so the old creation entry is closed.
Mixboard is an AI concepting board from Google Labs. An open canvas is meant to help you explore, expand, and refine ideas such as home decor, event themes, product concepts, and DIY projects. You can start from a text prompt or a pre-populated board, bring your own images, or generate visuals. Natural language covers small edits and combining images. One-click actions regenerate a result or ask for more like it, and the board can also write text from the images on it. Later updates added presentations from the main board, several boards in one project, doodling on an image before describing an edit, and uploads such as selfies and documents. The welcome page now says the experiment has ended.
Difficulty: Beginner Friendly
Prompt or starter boards
A new project can start from a text prompt or from a board that already has content on it.
Natural-language image edits
Use an ordinary sentence for a small change, to combine images, or to regenerate and ask for more like this.
Text from images on the board
Text can be generated from the context of images already on the board, so captions and pictures stay together.
Boards into presentations
The main board can be turned into a presentation using the format, focus, and visual style you provide.
Doodle the area to edit
Mark the area on an image and add a description. The same doodle edit also works on presentations.
Draft an event look
An event planner puts venue, menu, and decor references on a board, changes the style in a sentence, and turns it into a presentation.
Shape a home or DIY idea
Upload photos of a room or materials, try pairings on one board, and keep the final direction on its own board.
Compare product looks
A product teammate uses regenerate and more-like-this to line up looks, then writes captions from the images on the board.
The product page now says the Mixboard experiment has ended and thanks people who tried it. Earlier Google Labs posts described a board for ideas in text and images, including turning a board into a presentation. Those capabilities belong to the experiment while it was running. The current welcome page does not offer a way into the editor.
The official posts say you could upload images or generate visuals, make small edits and combine images in natural language, or regenerate and ask for more like this. Images on the board could produce text. Later additions included presentations from the main board, several boards per project, and doodling on an image before describing the edit. Generation limits moved with load at the time.
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