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Tinker by Shopify

Tinker is a free mobile app developed by Shopify that includes 100+ AI tools for creating images, videos, and brand assets such as product photography and marketing videos. You can create professional visuals for your store by selecting a tool, describing what you need in plain language, and letting Tinker handle the AI prompting in the background.

For example, you can upload a product photo to get studio-quality editorial shots, describe your brand to generate a logo, or convert a product image into a social media video.

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Getting started with Tinker

Tinker is free to download and use, giving you an opportunity to explore a wide variety of AI tools without requiring multiple subscriptions or accounts. Tinker has generous monthly usage limits that refresh automatically.

To use Tinker, you must create an account with your email address or sign in with Google or Apple. When signing in, you must agree to the Tinker Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.

Steps:

  1. Download and install the Tinker app to your mobile device:
  2. Sign in to the app with your email address or a Google or Apple account.
  3. Start creating with Tinker:
    • Tap Use on any tool listed on the Tinker homepage.
    • Tap Type to create to get started with basic image, video, or text generators.
    • Swipe left to access a complete list of all available AI apps. You can also filter the list by result type, such as Image, Video, or Text.

Example AI tools in Tinker

Tinker contains tools from leading AI providers, including OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, Black Forest Labs, xAI, and Kling. Each tool includes a brief description and examples so that you know exactly what it creates and how to use it.

You can access a complete list of all AI tools from the Tinker homepage by swiping left.

List of example AI tools in the Tinker app, organized by type.
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  • 3D Figurine Generator
  • 3D Floor Plan Generator
  • Background Generator
  • Change Aspect Ratio
  • Character Generator
  • Comic Generator
  • Cover Photo Generator
  • Crayon Illustration Generator
  • Designer Toy Style Generator
  • Editions Ren[ai]ssance
  • Magazine Spread Designer
  • Pixel Art
  • Product Editorial Shot
  • Product Generator
  • Product Lifestyle Shot
  • Product Studio Shot
  • Professional Headshot Generator
  • Remove Photo Background
  • Retouch Photo
  • Virtual Try-on Generator
  • Whimsical Anime Style Generator
  • Flux Image
  • Google Gemini Image Generator
  • OpenAI GPT Image Generator
  • xAI Grok Image Generator
  • Animated Icon Generator
  • Product Morph Video
  • Selfie Vlog Generator
  • Social Media Ad Generator
  • Google Veo Video Generator
  • Kling Video Editor
  • Kling Video Generator
  • OpenAI Sora Video Generator
  • Concept Explainer
  • Debate Panel Generator
  • Email Campaign Generator
  • Investor One-Pager Generator
  • Logo Generator
  • Market Size Estimator
  • Product Name Generator
  • Reply Generator
  • Rewrite Email
  • Shorten Text
  • Status Update Generator
  • Swag Pack Generator
  • Weekly Roundup Generator
  • Anthropic Claude Text Generator
  • Google Gemini Text Generator
  • OpenAI GPT Text Generator
  • xAI Grok Text Generator

Generating artifacts with AI in Tinker

You can use Tinker to generate high-quality image, text, and video assets, known as artifacts, using any of the AI tools available. You can select from any of the existing AI tools, or start creating from a blank template using any of the all-purpose AI generators.

Generate artifacts using an AI tool

You can generate artifacts using any of the AI tools available in the Tinker app. These AI tools come with preset fields to help you generate high-quality artifacts without requiring advanced AI prompting expertise.

Each AI tool contains fields for basic information and creative direction about the artifact that you want to generate. Depending on the tool, you might also have options to make more advanced and specific setting requests, such as specifying artifact file types or aspect ratios.

Steps:

  1. Launch the Tinker app on your mobile device.
  2. Select the AI tool that you want to use:
    • Tap Use on any tool listed on the Tinker homepage.
    • Swipe left to access a complete list of all available AI apps, and then tap the app that you want to use. Tap Use → to confirm.
  3. Based on the tool that you selected, provide the guidance the tool requires to create your final result, such as selecting or uploading an image asset, providing a written description, and selecting a preferred generation type.
  4. Optional: When available, tap Additional Settings to modify other settings for your generation, such as image file type or aspect ratios.
  5. Slide the → icon to the right to start generating.
  6. You can do any of the following options during generation:
    • To minimize the generation panel, tap Caret Down. Generation continues in the background. You can access the in-progress generation again from the Artifacts list.
    • To stop the generation, tap ■ > Stop.
    • To return to the AI tool, tap Duplicate. Your existing settings and prompt are preloaded.

After the artifact is generated, it displays in your Artifacts list. You can also continue refining the artifact.

Generate artifacts from a blank template

You can use any of the all-purpose image, video, or text generators available in Tinker, such as Google Gemini Image Generator, Kling Video Generator, and Anthropic Claude Text Generator, to generate artifacts based on a written description provided by you. You can also provide reference assets to help the tool understand what you want to create.

These all-purpose AI tools don't have specific pre-set directions embedded into their functionality, so be as specific and detailed as possible when describing the artifact that you want to generate. For example, the Product Lifestyle Shot tool already understands that the artifact needs to be a photorealistic image intended for commercial social media and marketing use, so you don't need to specify that context in the prompt when using that tool. However, the all-purpose Google Gemini Image Generator lacks that specific tool-based context, so you need to include the quality and intended purpose of the artifact in your prompt to help it generate the artifact in the style that you want.

Steps:

  1. Launch the Tinker app on your mobile device.
  2. Tap Type to create.
  3. Select Image, Video, or Text based on the type of artifact that you want to generate.
  4. Tap the app menu to select which all-purpose AI app you want to use to generate the artifact.
  5. Based on the type of artifact that you selected, provide the required details for generating the artifact:
    • In the Prompt field, describe your idea in plain language, and then tap Check.
    • Optional: When applicable, provide reference photos or start and end frames.
    • Optional: When applicable, tap Additional Settings to set specific artifact details, such as aspect ratios or file types.
  6. Slide the → icon to the right to start generating.
  7. You can do any of the following options during generation:
    • To minimize the generation panel, tap Caret Down. Generation continues in the background. You can access the in-progress generation again from the Artifacts list.
    • To stop the generation, tap ■ > Stop.
    • To return to the AI tool, tap Duplicate. Your existing settings and prompt are preloaded.

After the artifact is generated, it displays in your Artifacts list. You can also continue refining the artifact.

Managing your artifacts

Tinker stores all of the assets that you upload and all generated results in the Artifacts screen. You can use this page to access the complete list of your original uploaded images as well as the generated results from any of Tinker's apps. From Tinker's homepage, access your Artifacts list in any of the following ways:

  • Swipe right from the Tinker homepage.
  • Tap the artifacts icons in the lower-left corner of the app. The icons display your 2 most recent artifacts.

Artifact options

You can tap any artifact to do any of the following actions:

  • For AI-generated images, tap VIEW ORIGINAL to compare the generated image with the original image.
  • To add the artifact to a project, tap Add to project and then select the project. An artifact can be added to 1 project at a time.
  • To refine the artifact, tap Edit and then write the changes that you want to make.
  • To duplicate the artifact's prompts, tap Duplicate. Generating a new artifact from duplicated prompts creates a remixed version of the artifact.
  • To share the artifact, tap … > Share, and then select a messaging app or copy the link.
  • To download the artifact, tap … > Download. The artifact is saved to your mobile device.
  • To access the artifact's version history, tap … > Version History.
  • To report the content generated in the artifact, tap Report.
  • To delete the artifact, tap … > Delete. To confirm, tap Delete.

Artifacts can't be renamed in the Tinker app. You can download the artifact to your mobile device and rename the file outside of the app.

Artifact tags in Tinker

Every generated artifact also contains a list of automatically-generated tags based on the contents of the artifact. The tags are generated by Tinker and can help you re-use artifacts in relevant contexts. For example, if you generate an artifact using your coffee mug product, then Tinker might apply the tags Product and Coffee mug to the image. If you decide to generate a new artifact using the Product Editorial app, then Tinker could display a list of your artifacts tagged with Product to help you quickly locate the relevant artifacts that you might want to use as a reference for the app.

You can't add, edit, or remove tags from your artifacts in Tinker.

Import a new artifact from your camera roll

You can import any image from your mobile device's camera roll to use as an artifact in Tinker. Tinker has access only to the photos that you upload to the app.

You can't rename an artifact after it's uploaded to Tinker.

Steps:

  1. Launch the Tinker app on your mobile device.
  2. Do any of the following options:
    • Open a project from the My Projects list, and then tap Add Artifact > Import from Camera Roll.
    • Start the process to generate an artifact using an AI tool, and then in the option to select a reference photo, tap Add Image to import a new image from your camera roll.
  3. Select the photo that you want to import as a new artifact.
  4. Tap Done.

Refining and restoring generated artifact versions with AI

You can refine any existing artifact generated by AI tools in Tinker. Every time that you generate a refined version of an existing artifact, the version is stored in the artifact's version history.

Refine or remix an artifact with AI

You can refine an artifact with AI. Refining helps you adjust and modify the creative direction of the artifact because you can explain how you want the artifact to be changed in your own words. You can review the different versions of a refined artifact in the artifact's version history.

You can also remix the artifact by duplicating an existing artifact's prompts and settings, and then regenerate from that duplicate's prompt which results in a slightly different iteration of the artifact. You can also refine the duplicate's prompts for more control over the final result of the remixed artifact. Remixed artifacts are saved as separate items in your Artifacts list.

Steps:

Refine existing artifact
  1. Launch the Tinker app on your mobile device.
  2. Open the artifact that you want to refine:
    • Generate a new artifact using any AI tool.
    • Tap an existing artifact from the Artifacts list.
    • Open a project from the My Projects list, and tap an artifact.
  3. Tap Edit.
  4. In the What would you like to change? field, describe your suggested changes in plain language, and then tap Check.
  5. Slide the → icon to the right to generate a new version.
Duplicate and remix as new artifact
  1. Launch the Tinker app on your mobile device.
  2. Open the artifact that you want to remix:
    • Generate a new artifact using any AI tool.
    • Tap an existing artifact from the Artifacts list.
    • Open a project from the My Projects list, and tap an artifact.
  3. Tap Duplicate. Your existing settings and prompt are preloaded in the AI tool.
  4. Optional: Refine the existing settings and description based on the AI tool that you're using.
  5. Slide the → icon to the right to generate a new artifact.

Review an artifact's version history

Every time that you generate a refined version of an existing artifact, the version is stored in the artifact's version history. You can restore the artifact to a previous version when you prefer a previously-generated version to the current one.

Steps:

  1. Launch the Tinker app on your mobile device.
  2. Open the artifact that you want to review the version history for:
    • Tap any artifact from the Artifacts list.
    • Open a project from the My Projects list, and then tap an artifact.
  3. Tap … > Version History.
  4. Swipe left and right to review the different versions of the artifact.
  5. Optional: You can take any of the following actions for any version of the artifact:
    • To make the selected version into the current one, tap Restore This Version.
    • To share the selected version, tap … > Share, and then select a messaging app or copy the link.
    • To download the selected version, tap … > Download. The selected version is saved to your mobile device.

Managing your artifacts with projects

In the Tinker app, you can group artifacts into projects to stay organized when working across multiple unrelated ideas or when managing a large number of artifacts.

Your projects are stored on the Tinker homepage in the My Projects section.

Create a project

  1. Launch the Tinker app on your mobile device.
  2. From the Tinker homepage, in the My Projects section, tap New.
  3. Give your new project a name.
  4. Tap Save.
  5. Tap Add Artifact, and then do any of the following actions:
    • To upload a new image from your device, tap Import from Camera Roll.
    • To select any existing artifacts from your artifact list, tap Select from All Artifacts.
  6. Select the assets that you want to add to the project, and then tap Done.
  7. Optional: To continue generating new artifacts for the project, tap Create Artifact.

Rename a project

  1. Launch the Tinker app on your mobile device.
  2. From the Tinker homepage, in the My Projects section, tap the project that you want to rename.
  3. Tap … > Edit Title.
  4. In the Rename Project dialog, give your project a new name.
  5. Tap Save.

Share a project

  1. Launch the Tinker app on your mobile device.
  2. From the Tinker homepage, in the My Projects section, tap the project that you want to share.
  3. Tap … > Share.
  4. In the Sharing link dialog, select the messaging app that you want to use, or tap the link to copy the link to your clipboard.

Delete a project

  1. Launch the Tinker app on your mobile device.
  2. From the Tinker homepage, in the My Projects section, tap the project that you want to delete.
  3. Tap … > Delete.
  4. In the Delete Project dialog, tap Delete.

Report content in an AI-generated artifact

If you encounter objectionable content in any artifact generated using AI tools available in Tinker, then you can report the artifact using any of the following categories:

  • NSFW Content: Content that is "not safe for work", including explicit or mature material.
  • IP Violation: Content that violates intellectual property (IP) rights, such as copyright or trademarks.
  • Spam: Content that is spammy, misleading, or designed to deceive users.
  • Other: Any other reason not included by the other categories.

Your feedback helps improve the quality of artifacts generated by Tinker.

Steps:

  1. Launch the Tinker app on your mobile device.
  2. Open the artifact that you want to report:
    • Tap the existing artifact from the Artifacts list.
    • Open a project from the My Projects list, and tap the artifact.
  3. Tap … > Report.
  4. In the Report Content dialog, select the reason for reporting the artifact.
  5. Optional: In the Additional details field, provide any additional context to explain why you're reporting the artifact.
  6. Tap Submit Report.

Managing your Tinker account

You can manage your Tinker account data at any time. You can download a copy of all your data, including your profile, artifacts, projects, and media files, or permanently delete your account and all applicable account data.

Download your data

You can download a copy of all your Tinker data, including your profile, artifacts, projects, and media files. During the download process, you're asked to verify your identity for security purposes using a 6-digit verification code that's emailed to you. These verification codes expire in 10 minutes.

Steps:

  1. Launch the Tinker app on your mobile device.
  2. Tap your profile picture.
  3. In the Data & Information section, tap Download Data.
  4. Tap Send Verification Code. A 6-digit verification code is sent to your email address.
  5. In the Tinker app, enter the verification code and then tap Request Export.

You'll receive an email with a download link when your export is ready, usually within a few minutes. The download link expires after 7 days. The export includes your profile, artifacts, projects, and links to your media files.

Delete your account

You can delete your Tinker account at any time. Before deleting, you'll have the option to export your data first. After deletion, your data can't be recovered.

Tinker deletes the following items:

  • Your profile and settings.
  • All your artifacts.
  • All your projects.
  • Your uploaded files.
  • Your activity history.

Even after deleting your account, Tinker retains certain information for fraud prevention, security, and legal compliance.

During the account deletion process, you're asked to verify your identity for security purposes using a 6-digit verification code that's emailed to you. These verification codes expire in 10 minutes.

Steps:

  1. Launch the Tinker app on your mobile device.
  2. Tap your profile picture.
  3. In the Data & Information section, tap Delete Your Account.
  4. Do either of the following options:
    • To download your data before deleting your Tinker account, tap Export Data First. Learn more about downloading your Tinker data.
    • To continue the deletion process without exporting your data, tap Continue to Delete.
  5. Review what will be deleted, and then tap Continue. A 6-digit verification code is sent to your email address.
  6. In the Tinker app, enter the verification code.
  7. Type DELETE in the confirmation field, and then tap Delete My Account.

You receive a confirmation email after your account is deleted. You're also signed out automatically.