Visual Electric

Visual Electric should be treated as a historical product entry, not a current signup recommendation. The company announced its acquisition by Perplexity and a ninety-day wind-down. That changes the task for readers: establish what material you already possess, what permissions accompany it and which parts of your visual workflow need replacing. This page preserves the existing product identity without promising account recovery, export access or a successor service.

What the company announcement establishes

In its official company announcement, Visual Electric states that it was acquired by Perplexity and would wind down over the following ninety days. The announcement is direct evidence of that decision. It does not establish an exact final shutdown date, a refund policy or the current state of any individual account.

The former product website could not be reliably retrieved during this research. A failed website request alone would not prove closure; the company announcement is the reason this entry no longer presents an active product offer. The acquisition also does not prove that Perplexity provides an equivalent canvas-based image editor or that old projects transferred automatically. No such migration was tested.

Recover the design decision, not just the image

If you already have exported assets, start with those copies rather than depending on an unverified account path. For each approved visual, record its intended use, version, dimensions and the source references you are authorized to retain. Keep invoices and the terms applicable when the asset was created where available. Do not infer a current commercial license from an old pricing summary on this page.

A campaign folder often contains more than final images. It may include rejected directions, reference boards, edit notes and decisions about what must remain consistent. Rebuilding only the chosen image loses that context. Separate what is actually saved from what you merely remember being on the canvas. Label missing material as missing; do not present a newly generated reconstruction as the original approved asset.

This inventory is an editorial recovery method, not a claim that Visual Electric currently offers a bulk export tool. If an essential file is only inside an inaccessible account, further recovery depends on verified provider assistance or a copy you can legitimately retrieve. Avoid third-party sites that promise access simply by reusing the Visual Electric name.

Choose a replacement by the missing operation

List the operations you need: arranging references side by side, producing new image candidates, making a localized edit, retaining private work or delivering approved assets into a layout. These requirements can be met by one product or several coordinated tools; the replacement does not have to resemble the old interface to solve the same design problem.

For image generation, use the image-generation directory to identify products whose current input, editing and permission terms warrant further inspection. For the surrounding layout and review workflow, the graphic-design directory offers a different discovery route. Neither directory is proof that a listed product imports Visual Electric projects or reproduces its historical controls.

When comparing candidates, name the exact operation that matters. “Can place three approved references beside an output” is a useful requirement. “Feels like Visual Electric” is difficult to test and can hide a missing download, privacy or collaboration capability. Verify the required destination format before investing in a large replacement board.

Test a small campaign handoff

Use an invented campaign brief and media you have permission to process. Keep one approved reference, one selected image and one rejected direction with a written reason. Ask the replacement workflow to preserve the distinction among them. The goal is not to regenerate a visually similar favorite at any cost, but to see whether another collaborator can understand what was accepted and why.

Then export one asset to the intended layout tool. Check dimensions, transparency where required, color appearance and whether the version name survives the transfer. Ask the collaborator to locate the approval note without being coached. If they cannot identify the correct asset, improving generation quality alone will not fix the handoff.

Finally, inspect sharing and retention settings using a non-sensitive example. A private board, a private image and a private conversation are different claims; confirm which one the replacement actually offers. This protocol has not been executed for this article, and it should not be reported as a measured migration success.

What remains unknown

This research does not establish current Visual Electric subscriptions, remaining account tools, refunds, restoration options, a precise final closure day or continuity of historical plugin integrations. Those omissions are intentional. Old daily allowances and subscription prices are not useful purchasing guidance after the announced wind-down, and they have been removed from the proposed current-facing fields.

Keep the historical entry when it helps identify an asset or understand an old workflow. For new work, choose an independently verified service and run the narrow handoff test before moving a full campaign. Sources were checked on September 12, 2026; no account was accessed, no migration performed and no image quality comparison measured.