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Stencil Has Arrived

By Adam Rotman on April 11, 2016 6 Comments

After almost an entire year of design and development, Stencil is finally here! This marks the beginning of a big step for us. We’ve set out to make the most simple and easy image creation tool ever…and I think we’ve done it!

Introducing Stencil

We’re pleased to finally announce that Stencil is ready for primetime! Speaking to hundreds of our customers over the past year has been an incredible experience and we’ve learned so much about what you want to have in an image creation tool. Countless hours have been spent trying to solve for all the unique cases and although we’ve come a long way, there’s still a lot to learn.

Introducing Stencil

So just a quick recap of what’s happened:

  • Stencil used to be called Share As Image…we changed our name and completely rebuilt our product over the last year.
  • Stencil has dozens of new features.
  • We’ve designed Stencil to be the fastest and easiest way to create images for sharing on social media (but you create images for other stuff too like blogs, emails, presentations and more)

If you’re an existing Share As Image user, it might take a few minutes to get used to Stencil, but once you see how flexible it is, you’ll never be able to look back.

List of New Stencil Features

Here’s a list of all the new features and enhancements Stencil has that will make creating images crazy fast…

Over 600,000 Photos – Stencil comes loaded with over half a million incredible photos (provided by our friends at Pixabay), ready for you to use in any of your images. They’re all royalty-free “CC0” images, which means you can use them however you want — personal or commercial, with no attribution required.

Over 200,000 Icons – We’ve teamed up with The Noun Project to bring you the best icons on the web. With hundreds of thousands available, you’ll never be limited for icon choices again!

Live social media previews – Never worry again how your image will look after you’ve shared. You’ll see just how it will look once it’s shared.

Instagram Sharing – Send an SMS with your image straight to your phone and get your image on Instagram faster than ever.

Over 40 Beautiful Templates – Create beautiful images even faster with our Pro templates, ready to be edited.

34+ custom canvas sizes for all your needs – We’ve done all the research and pre-loaded the optimal sizes for social networks, ads, blog posts and more. If that’s not enough, create your own!

Upload & Store Multiple Logos – Upload & store every variation of your logo or different logos if you’re creating visuals for different brands.

Stencil Chrome Extension – Right-click an image or highlight text on almost any site and you can add text instantly. Install that here.

…and this is just the start. We have a whole bunch of amazing new ideas planned for the near future. Stay tuned and get ready to have your mind blown.

 

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About Adam Rotman

Adam is the co-founder of Stencil and loves helping businesses solve problems, designing user experiences and spending Saturday mornings on the golf course.

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Comments

  1. Val Gill says

    April 11, 2016 at 9:03 pm

    Bonjour,
    Je suis à Paris et j utilisais shareasimage depuis 3 mois.
    Le transfert du compte vers stencil s est fait sans difficulté.
    Le nouveau Systeme est beaucoup plus stable (quasi pas de bug), ce qui évite de perdre du temps.
    Le choix des photos est énorme et de très bonne qualité.
    L utilisation des options est facile, comme c était le cas avant.
    Le filtre darkness est beaucoup mieux que le précédent.

    Juste quelques suggestions :
    – Rendre mieux visible le curseur sur le texte car on ne voit pas bien où on écrit.
    – classer les photos par thème mais garder quand même la possibilité de faire la recherche sur mots clés (en français si possible, ce serait cool 😉

    Merci !
    Bonne continuation et succès !
    Valerie

    Reply
    • Stencil says

      April 11, 2016 at 10:25 pm

      Thanks for comment! We don’t speak French, so here’s the translation for anyone interested:

      “Hello,

      I’m in Paris and I was using shareasimage for 3 months.
      The transfer of the account to stencil done without difficulty.
      The new System is much more stable ( almost no bug) , which avoids wasting time .
      The choice of pictures is huge and very good .
      The use of options is easy, as was the case before.
      The darkness filter is much better than the last.

      Just a few suggestions:
      – Make more visible the cursor on the text because it is not clear which one writes .
      – Classify the photos by theme but still keep the ability to do research on keywords ( in French if possible, it would be cool 😉

      Thank you !
      Good luck and success!
      Valerie”

      Reply
  2. Joseph Saad says

    April 12, 2016 at 12:00 am

    Stencil Team,

    Your product is a life saver and amazing.
    I rarely applaud apps but you guys just hit the nail on the head, grateful for all your hard work!
    Good luck co-founders and all, worth every cent and i’m glad to support and use your product!

    Reply
    • Stencil says

      April 14, 2016 at 2:33 am

      So great to hear it Joseph! Thanks for the love 🙂

      Reply
  3. Architektura Architekt says

    April 18, 2016 at 8:57 pm

    shareasimage was better:

    citation link/image/text from

    own page in sai site

    You change a good application for the worse – not paying for licenses outer company – but give less than before – and the logo itself is not enough to get customers

    Reply
  4. Architektura Architekt says

    April 20, 2016 at 9:16 pm

    getstencil is better than shareasimage?
    NO

    https://getstencil.com/blog/how-to-rebrand/#comment-2634290886

    Reply

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