SWITCH FROM KITTL
Kittl to Calisto Studio
Design posts, flyers, menus and screens in your brand, resize them and fill them from a spreadsheet, and hand them to your screens, campaigns and website with no file to export.
Feature by feature
Calisto Studio beside Kittl
- 22 In both
| 22 features | Calisto Studio | Kittl |
|---|---|---|
| Vector | ||
| Pen ToolCalisto: the Vector workspace's Pen draws straight and curved paths, and anchor points can be added, deleted or converted.Checked 1. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Shape Builder and Boolean OperationsCalisto: the Vector workspace has Shape Builder, and Combine Shapes unites, subtracts, intersects, excludes and divides.Checked 1. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Editing Imported SVGsCalisto: an SVG dropped into a design arrives as editable vector paths.Checked 1. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| VectorizerCalisto: Image to Vector traces a PNG or JPG into a group of editable vector paths on the person's own device (with the Create suite).Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Vector GeneratorCalisto: Generate ▸ Vector Graphic makes a flat picture from a description and traces it into editable vector paths on the person's device (with the Create suite).Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Import and Export | ||
| SVG DownloadCalisto: Export writes a design as an SVG, as well as PNG, JPG, PDF and a print-ready PDF.Checked 1. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Text | ||
| Text on a CurveCalisto: Type on a Path runs the words along any path's outline, with its start and side set in the Format panel.Checked 1. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Text ShadowsCalisto: text takes a drop shadow from the Format panel.Checked 1. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Text Warp EffectsCalisto: Warp bends text into an arc, arch, bulge, flag, wave, rise, fisheye or squeeze, and the words stay editable and sharp in a PDF and an SVG (with the Create suite).Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Brand | ||
| Brand KitsCalisto: the business's colors, typefaces and logo live in its brand kit, edited in Studio's Settings and read by every editor.Checked 1. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Upload Your Own FontCalisto: a TrueType, OpenType or WOFF file added to the brand kit is read for its family, weight and slant, and its face is offered in the typeface picker.Checked 1. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Brand Kit From a WebsiteCalisto: From Your Website reads a site's colors, typefaces, logo and icon into the brand kit, kept when the person saves it.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Image Tools | ||
| Background RemoverCalisto: Remove Background runs on the person's own device, so the picture is never uploaded.Checked 1. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Image GeneratorCalisto: Generate makes a picture from a description, square, portrait or landscape, and places it on the page as the business's own file.Checked 1. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Image UpscalerCalisto: Upscale makes a photo two or four times larger on the person's own device, so the picture is never uploaded.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Layout | ||
| Product MockupsCalisto: the page on screen is placed on a T-shirt, mug, phone case, business card, poster frame, laptop, tote bag or billboard and downloaded.Checked 1. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Templates | ||
| Stock PhotosCalisto: the Media Library searches stock photography, and each pick is copied into the business's own files.Checked 1. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Collaboration | ||
| Real-Time CollaborationCalisto: several people work in one design at once and see who else is in it, and each person's changed pages are merged when they save.Checked 1. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Shared FoldersCalisto: designs are grouped in the business's Hubs and their Folders, and a design can sit in several Hubs.Checked 1. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| View and Edit AccessCalisto: a design is shared with a person as Can view, Can comment or Can edit, and a view or comment share opens read-only.Checked 1. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Comments on the CanvasCalisto: a comment is pinned to a point on the page, with replies, mentions, assigning the thread and resolving it.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Client ApprovalsCalisto: Send for Approval makes a link the client opens with no account, to approve the design or ask for changes, a round at a time.Checked 2. nov. 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
What moves
Bringing your data from Kittl
Your data is read in your own browser and sent to your Calisto account. Calisto never sees your login for the old system.
From an export file
Export your data from Kittl and drop the file in. It is read in your browser and mapped onto Calisto.
Any spreadsheet you export from Kittl can be mapped onto Calisto, column by column.
Moving from Kittl
Questions about switching
Does Studio have real vector tools?
Yes, in the Vector workspace: Pen, Direct Selection, Pencil, Shape Builder, Scissors, Knife, Width and Type on a Path, with Combine Shapes, Outline Stroke, Offset Path, Simplify, symbols and Repeat Grid.
Can I bring my Kittl designs?
Not as Kittl files. Download a design as an SVG or a PDF and drop it into Studio, where it becomes an editable design with its paths and words kept.
Can clients comment on a design?
Yes. Send for Approval makes a link the client opens with no account, to approve the design or ask for changes, and a teammate with Can comment pins comments on the page.
Can I show a design on products?
Yes. Mockups places the page on screen on a T-shirt, mug, phone case, business card, poster frame, laptop, tote bag or billboard, ready to download.
Learn more
Everything Calisto does here
The pages behind this comparison: the sector, the apps and the guides.