Artivive for creatives

Make your art come to life.

Give your print, painting, photo or design an AR layer that comes to life on any phone.

Illustration: a dark graphite phone held well in front of a pastel koi painting on an easel; on the screen the pond is live and a koi, a lotus, a lily pad and a splash of water swim out of the phone

Real work on Artivive

Whatever you make, it can come to life

Real pieces by artists on Artivive. Find your kind of work:

  • A painted harp poster that plays with sound, by Amit Maoz

    Illustration and posters

    Amit Maoz, artist

    A painted harp poster that plays with sound

    On StoriesHow-to: AR movie posters

  • A Metropole magazine cover that finishes its coffee, by Lilly Panholzer

    Books and magazines

    Lilly Panholzer, illustrator

    A Metropole magazine cover that finishes its coffee

    On StoriesHow-to: your first AR book

  • Ink that plays its animation on skin, by Verena Mack

    Tattoos

    Verena Mack, tattoo artist

    Ink that plays its animation on skin

    On StoriesHow-to: AR tattoos

  • Portraits that open back into the footage they were cut from, by Miluță Flueraș

    Photography

    Miluță Flueraș, photographer

    Portraits that open back into the footage they were cut from

    On StoriesHow-to: AR wedding photos

  • Chrome ribbons on two gable walls in Morlaix, by Bond Truluv

    Murals

    Bond Truluv, artist

    Chrome ribbons on two gable walls in Morlaix

    On StoriesHow-to: AR murals

  • Painted shoes that carry their own animation, by Superama

    Fashion

    Superama, artist

    Painted shoes that carry their own animation

    On StoriesHow-to: AR fashion

  • A tarot deck that answers back, by Studionova

    Cards and print

    Studionova, artist

    A tarot deck that answers back

    On StoriesRead: AR postcards, on our blog

  • Your kind of work

    Not on the list? If it can be printed, it can come to life.

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Print and phone

The paper stays as you made it

Through the phone, the drawing comes to life. Away from it, the print is exactly the print.

The plain print against a concrete wall: sixteen faces drawn in blue ink on yellow paper
Art We Are Daily for Uniqon.media, We are unity in art, ink drawings on paper. On Stories

How it works

Image to AR in three steps

All in Bridge, the Artivive editor, in your browser or on your phone. No code. Step by step: the free course.

  1. 1

    Upload your image

    The picture people will point their phone at.

    The Bridge dialog "Add a Trigger Image", with a drag-and-drop field for a photo, drawing or any picture
    Bridge: adding the trigger image (.jpg or .png).
    See this control
    Close-up: Supported file types .jpg, .jpeg, .png, above the field Drag and Drop or Select File

    The file field at the foot of the dialog: drop a .jpg, .jpeg or .png on it, or click it to choose one.

  2. 2

    Add what plays on top

    A video, animation or GIF, with sound if you like. No video yet? Use a Bridge effect.

    The Bridge editor with the templates panel open and a night scene of a moon, clouds and butterflies layered over the trigger image
    Bridge: a template with moon, clouds and butterflies placed over the image.
    See this control
    Close-up: the Templates button in the left rail and two recently used templates beside it

    Templates is the third button in the left rail. Pick one and its layers land on your image.

  3. 3

    Publish and share

    Viewers scan it with the free app, or open it in the browser from a QR code or link.

    The Bridge editor toolbar with the artwork name field and the Publish button, above a forest scene with a glowing sun
    Bridge: name the artwork, then Publish.
    See this control
    Close-up: the artwork name field reading Forest at the top left and the black Publish button at the top right

    The name field sits at the top left, after Home; Publish is the black button at the top right.

Canva and Artivive

Designed it in Canva?

Design in Canva, hand it to Artivive, add the AR layer and publish. No exports, no code.

Watch the Canva walkthrough on Stories

Success stories

Artists who have done it

Every case, with its film: stories.artivive.com

Read the artist interviews on our blog, or send us yours: get featured.

Pricing

Start free, upgrade as you grow

  • Free

    Free

    no card needed

    • 50 views to try it out (lifetime, not monthly)
    • 1 MB per artwork
    • WebAR with a watermark over the artwork
    • Unlimited artworks
    • The Artivive app for viewers
    Sign up free

  • Pro

    17.90 USD a month

    or 139.90 USD a year (11.66 USD a month), about a third less

    • 1,000 views a month
    • 3 MB per artwork
    • WebAR with a watermark over the artwork
    • Unlimited artworks
    Get Pro

  • Pro Plus

    49.90 USD a month

    or 399.90 USD a year (33.33 USD a month), about a third less

    • 5,000 views a month
    • 5 MB per artwork
    • WebAR without a watermark, up to 10 artworks per WebAR QR code
    • Unlimited artworks
    • Timeline and Sequences
    • Statistics
    Get Pro Plus

Teaching? See the educational package. Brand or museum? Artivive for Business. All plans: pricing.

Questions

Questions and answers

Is Artivive free for artists?

Yes, to start. The free Basic plan has unlimited artworks and 50 views to try it out, which are lifetime views, not monthly. Pro (17.90 USD a month) and Pro Plus (49.90 USD a month) add monthly views and more memory per artwork. See the plans.

Do the people who see my work need an app?

No. They can scan with the free Artivive app, or open your artwork in the phone’s browser with WebAR, through a QR code or a link. On the free plan and on Pro, WebAR shows a watermark over the artwork; Pro Plus has none.

What do I need for my first AR artwork?

An image (.jpg or .png, the longer side between 380 and 8000 pixels) and a video or animation to play on top of it. Any common video format works, up to 100 MB; we recommend under 45 seconds. No video yet? Start with one of Bridge’s effects. File types in detail.

What is the difference between Pro and Pro Plus?

Pro has 1,000 views a month, 3 MB per artwork and WebAR with a watermark. Pro Plus has 5,000 views a month, 5 MB per artwork, WebAR without a watermark (up to 10 artworks per QR code), the Timeline and statistics. Paying yearly costs about a third less on both.

Can I start from a design I made in Canva?

Yes. Design the artwork in Canva, hand it to Artivive, add the AR layer and publish, and the printed version comes to life when it is scanned. Watch the Canva walkthrough on Stories.

Start free

Make your first AR artwork today

Bring an image, and a short video if you have one. Bridge does the rest in about two minutes.

“Artivive perfectly translates this combination of media and brings my art to full expression.”
Sissa Micheli Visual artist and photographer