AI design for small businesses, without a designer
You run the business; the posts still need doing. Keep your logo, colours and fonts in one place with Melon Cut Guidelines, then describe what you need in Cutlin and get posts, product photos and short videos that look like your brand.
- pictures from one prompt
- 4
- posts sized for the feed
- 1080 × 1350
- logo watermark, for anyone signed in
- Free
Sounds familiar?
- No designer, and no time to learn design software
- A logo file lost somewhere in an old email thread
- Running out of ideas for what to post this week
- Product photos taken on a phone, on a cluttered table
What you can make
- An opening-hours post in your colours, with your real logo in the corner
- A phone photo of a product shown in a new scene, in your brand colours
- A post for a day worth marking this month, picked from What's coming up
- A short vertical video announcing a new service
- Your logo, colours and fonts on one page for the print shop making your flyers
How small businesses use Cutlin
Put your brand in one place
Add your logo, colours and fonts in Melon Cut Guidelines, at meloncut.com. Its Free plan keeps private guidelines.
Describe what you need
In Cutlin, write the post in plain words and add your brand's @username. Making things with AI needs a paid plan; see the pricing page.
Check and download
Press Check for social media, fix anything it flags, and download.
Start with your brand
Most small businesses have a logo and a couple of colours, but nothing written down. Melon Cut Guidelines gives them a home: your logo files, colour codes, fonts and a few rules, at one link you can send to a printer, a sign maker or a freelancer.
Its Free plan covers private guidelines and works with Cutlin. Public guidelines at your own address come with one of its paid plans; see meloncut.com.
Content without a designer
Describe a post the way you would to a friend - "a post for our new lemon cake, bright and summery" - and get up to 4 options. The studio shows what a run costs before it starts, and each result shows the credits it used.
Phone photos are a good start too: attach one and ask for the product in a new scene. And before your photos go anywhere else, the free Watermark tool puts your logo on as many as you add.
Ideas when you are stuck
What's coming up lists international and Lebanese days worth posting about. Add one to your prompt and the post is half written.
The features they use most
Social media
Social media post generator
Feed posts at 1080 × 1350, checked before you post.
Create images
AI image generator
Text to image, Fast or Quality, at the size you need.
On-brand content
On-brand AI images
Your guidelines and your real logo on every picture.
Create images
Holiday content calendar
More than 70 international and Lebanese days, one click from a post.
Watermark
Logo watermark
Free for anyone signed in: your logo on as many pictures as you add.
Is Cutlin free for small businesses?
Watermarking your photos is free for anyone signed in, and Melon Cut Guidelines, where your brand is kept, has a Free plan for private guidelines. Making content with AI needs a paid plan - there is no free plan for that - and prices are on the pricing page.
Do I need design skills?
No. You describe what you want in plain words, and ask for changes the same way.
A brand used in Cutlin is kept in Melon Cut Guidelines: its guidelines page is at meloncut.com/yourbrand, and Cutlin reads it from there.
People also ask
- Getting started Is Cutlin free? Partly. Watermarking your photos with your logo is free for anyone signed in, with no plan and no credits. Everything made with AI needs a paid plan; every plan has every feature and differs only in monthly credits. The brands you use are kept in Melon Cut Guidelines, which has a Free plan of its own for private guidelines.
- Getting started Do I need design skills to use an AI design tool? No. An AI design tool works from a plain-language description, so you don't need layout software or design training to get a usable result. What helps is knowing what you want: the message, the audience and your brand. In Cutlin you describe it in words, and the sizes, safe areas and your brand's look are handled for you.
- Getting started Should I use an AI design tool or hire a designer? It depends on the job, and many teams use both. A designer brings strategy, original ideas and judgement - worth it for a new identity, a major campaign or print work. An AI design tool is quicker and cheaper for everyday content: posts, stories, product shots and variations. A common setup is a designer defining the brand and AI making daily content from it.
Make this week's content today
Posts, product photos and videos without a designer.