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What are the ways to create an invitation?

By Nimanto 2 min read

In short

After you pick a design, choose AI Build to describe your event in a sentence or Build from scratch to fill in every detail yourself. Design Genie paints a design from your brief when the catalogue has nothing suitable, and Eli can start an invitation from a chat.

Every invitation starts from a design and ends as a draft you can change word by word. How you get from one to the other is up to you.

Build from scratch

The step-by-step form. After Use this design, choose Build from scratch. You fill in the essentials first, then each page of the design in turn, with the phone preview beside you. Skip anything you do not need. See How do I create my first invitation?.

AI Build: tell us in a sentence

After Use this design, choose AI Build. Under "Tell us about your celebration", type or say who it is for, when and where, in your own words, then choose Continue. AI picks out the names, the day, the time and the place, and asks one question at a time for anything missing. When nothing is left, choose Create my invitation. AI writes the title, the message and a line for each function in the design's own manner, from your answers only. It never invents a name, a date or an address.

  • Tap the microphone to speak instead of typing. Nothing you say is recorded or stored by Nimanto.
  • Answer step by step instead opens the questions one by one.
  • AI Build is free on every plan. The design's own price still applies at publish.
  • Cards are written in the card studio, not with AI Build.

Design Genie: a design painted for you

When the catalogue has nothing suitable, describe the occasion, your colours and the mood on the brief page. Design Genie paints designs in your look. Pick the one you like, ask for a change if you need one, then fill it in like any other design. The drafts are free; the chosen design is priced like any premium design at publish unless your plan includes it. See What is Design Genie?.

Eli: ask in a chat

Eli is the helper in the corner of every signed-in page. Say "Create an invitation for my kid's birthday" and Eli asks for what is missing, then builds the invitation through the same steps the website uses. Anything that publishes, sends or pays stops at a card you must confirm. See What is Eli?.

Which to choose

  • You know every detail and want full control: Build from scratch.
  • You want it ready in a minute: AI Build.
  • You want a look nobody else has: Design Genie.
  • You would rather talk it through: Eli.

Whichever way you start, the result is the same draft, with every word changeable under Update details.

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