SWITCH FROM ADOBE EXPRESS
Adobe Express 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 Adobe Express
- 16 In both
- 6 Only in Adobe Express
| 22 features | Calisto Studio | Adobe Express |
|---|---|---|
| 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 Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Locked Brand TemplatesCalisto: an original design can lock parts for every copy made to follow it, and each copy keeps those parts exactly as the original has them and takes each change the original makes.Checked Nov 1, 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 Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Version HistoryCalisto: Version History keeps the design as it was before each save, with autosaves kept one every ten minutes, and restores any of them.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| CommentsAdobe Express lets a person with comment access leave comments on a design without editing it.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Layout | ||
| Bulk CreateCalisto: Bulk Create fills a design's {{placeholders}} from a CSV or pasted rows, up to 200 designs per run.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Resize for Social PlatformsCalisto: Copy & Resize lays every page out again at a social, print or video size and saves it as a new design.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| ChartsAdobe Express adds bar, line, pie and progress charts to a design.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| AI Tools | ||
| Remove BackgroundCalisto: Remove Background runs on the person's own device, so the picture is never uploaded.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Remove ObjectCalisto: brush over part of a photo and AI fills the area in, as one undo step.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Expand ImageCalisto: AI extends a photo past its edges, and the frame grows so the new margins show.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Text to ImageCalisto: Generate makes a picture from a description and places it on the page as the business's own file.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Rewrite Copy With AICalisto: Generate drafts copy from a brief and an optional tone, dressed in the design's Theme.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Translate DesignsAdobe Express translates the text in a design, a template or a PDF into dozens of languages and fits it to the original text boxes.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Generate Templates From a PromptAdobe Express produces editable templates from a written description.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Image UpscalerAdobe Express raises a photo's resolution with AI.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | No | Yes |
| Animation and Video | ||
| Animate DesignsCalisto: In, Loop and Out presets animate the selected elements, and the Animate workspace keys position, scale, rotation, opacity, color and more on a timeline.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Video EditorCalisto: Create Video opens a design in the media editor, every page a clip with its motion, then adds titles, music and captions and makes an MP4 (with Clips).Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Import and Export | ||
| Photoshop and Illustrator ImportCalisto: a Photoshop file opens with its layers kept and its text editable, and an Illustrator, EPS, SVG or PDF file becomes an editable design.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| PDF EditingCalisto: a PDF of up to 100 pages becomes an editable design, each page at its own size with its words kept as text.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Publishing | ||
| Content SchedulerCalisto: posts are planned on a calendar and go out to the business's connected channels from a queue (with Impreta).Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | Yes | Yes |
| Print OrderingAdobe Express prints posters, cards, flyers, business cards and apparel from a design and delivers them, in some countries.Checked Nov 1, 2026Source | No | Yes |
What moves
Bringing your data from Adobe Express
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 Adobe Express and drop the file in. It is read in your browser and mapped onto Calisto.
Any spreadsheet you export from Adobe Express can be mapped onto Calisto, column by column.
Moving from Adobe Express
Questions about switching
Can I bring my Photoshop and Illustrator files?
Yes. A Photoshop file opens with its layers kept, its text editable and its folders as groups, and an Illustrator, EPS, SVG or PDF file becomes an editable design. InDesign files are not read.
Is AI part of the editor?
Yes. Generate makes a picture from a description and drafts copy from a brief and a tone. A photo can have an area erased or its edges extended, and Remove Background runs on your own device.
Can locations use a head office design without changing the brand?
Yes. Make a Copy That Follows This One gives each location a copy, and the parts the original locks stay exactly as the original has them and take each change it makes. Who may lock parts is the owner's setting.
Can a design go out on social media?
Yes, with Impreta. Export the design as a PNG or JPG, add it to a post, and the post goes out to your connected channels from the queue and the calendar.
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