Quick Guide: How to Use AI Art and Photo to Anime in PhotoDirector

Three steps to turn a portrait into a themed character or an anime drawing.

Updated Oct. 25, 2026 · 1 min read

Steps

1Pick a style

Open your photo. In AI Art, choose the Female or Male tab that matches the person, then click a style such as Baby Face. In Photo to Anime, click a scene style such as Festival.

AI ART

The AI Art panel with the Female and Male tabs, the All list, and the Baby Face style highlighted — Tab first, then a style.

PHOTO TO ANIME

The Photo to Anime style gallery with the Festival style highlighted — Each tile shows the scene.

2Generate

Click Generate at the bottom of the panel, and a percentage counts up over the photo. Use Re-generate afterward for another take of the same style.

The Generate button highlighted at the bottom of the AI Art panel

3Export the result

When you like the result, click Export to save it.

The Baby Face result with the Re-generate button and the Export button highlighted

We tested these steps in PhotoDirector 365 version 18.0.10 on Windows.

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