The AI workspace for your mood and reference boards

A moodboard is supposed to be the creative anchor for a project. In practice, it's usually an artefact you build once in one tool and then struggle to share, update, or connect to the work that follows. Pinterest boards are someone else's library dressed up as yours. Milanote boards are standalone, disconnected from your reference collection. A moodboard in Figma is a page in a design file that grows stale the moment you stop updating it. In each case, the board is built by importing references from scattered places, and the result is a static snapshot that lives apart from both the references it draws on and the project it's meant to guide.

Fabric makes moodboards a living part of your workspace. Build them on an infinite canvas from your own searchable visual library. Search references by colour, similarity, and meaning. Collaborate in real time. Share with one tracked link. Update the board and the link reflects the change. The moodboard stays connected to the library it draws from and the project it serves.

Build from your own visual library

Most moodboarding starts with a gathering problem. You know you've saved references that would work, but they're in Pinterest, your camera roll, a screenshots folder, and a desktop directory from a past project. The first hour of building a moodboard is spent re-finding and re-importing material.

In Fabric, the library and the canvas are the same workspace. Every reference you've ever saved, photos, screenshots, web clippings, design assets, is already in your searchable library. Building a moodboard means searching and dragging, not importing and converting.

AI search finds references by colour, visual similarity, and meaning. Search "warm concrete textures with natural light" and find matching material across your entire collection. Drop in one reference and similar search finds everything visually related. The deeper your library, the richer every future moodboard becomes, because there's more material to draw from.

An infinite canvas for spatial arrangement

Moodboards are spatial. The relationships between references matter: proximity, scale, grouping, contrast. A grid of thumbnails doesn't capture this. A dedicated moodboarding surface does.

The canvas is infinite and freeform. Place images, notes, links, and text anywhere. Resize, group, overlap, and arrange until the mood emerges. There's no imposed grid and no page boundary. The board grows with the idea.

The canvas supports live embeds from Figma, YouTube, Spotify, Google Maps, and other services. A moodboard for a video project can include playable reference clips alongside still images. A moodboard for a physical space can include maps alongside material samples. The format isn't limited to static images.

Collaborate on boards in real time

Creative direction is often collaborative. A designer and an art director building a mood together. A team aligning on a visual direction before production begins. A client contributing references alongside the agency's.

Real-time collaboration on the canvas supports multiplayer cursors, follow mode, threaded comments, and @mentions. Multiple people can add, arrange, and annotate on the same board simultaneously. The creative conversation happens on the moodboard, not about it in a separate channel.

Annotations let anyone pin comments to specific spots on the board or on individual references. "This is the texture direction." "Can we find something warmer than this?" "This is the hero reference." The feedback is spatial and attached to what it refers to.

Share with one tracked link

Moodboards are shared constantly: with clients for approval, with production teams for direction, with stakeholders for alignment. Exporting a board as a PDF flattens it. Giving someone access to a design tool is overkill.

Publish any canvas moodboard as a clean, shareable link with password protection and link analytics. The client sees the board in its full spatial form. You see when they've viewed it, how long they spent, and whether they've shared the link.

Update the moodboard in Fabric and the link reflects the changes. No re-exporting, no re-sending, no "here's v3 of the moodboard" emails. One link, always current.

Moodboards that stay connected to the project

In most tools, a moodboard is an island. It sets the direction, then the project moves on and the board becomes a dead artefact nobody returns to. In Fabric, the moodboard lives in the same space as the project's briefs, assets, feedback, and deliverables. The references on the board are the same objects as the references in your library. The annotations on the board are searchable alongside the project's other notes.

When the project evolves and the direction shifts, update the board. When a client asks "why did we choose this direction," the moodboard and the conversation around it are still there, searchable. The board is a living document, not a snapshot.

The AI assistant works from the board and the library around it. Ask it to find more references matching the board's direction, identify what's missing, or suggest material from your library that complements what's already on the canvas.

Who uses Fabric for moodboards

Moodboards are fundamental to visual creative work. Designers build them for design projects and brand development. Architecture studios create precedent boards and material palettes. Creative teams and agencies align on visual direction with clients. Video editors build mood reels and visual treatments. Music creators set visual direction for releases and campaigns. Content creators plan visual content and aesthetic direction.

For the full moodboarding workflow, see moodboards and inspiration. For spatial ideation beyond visual boards, see brainstorming and ideation. For managing a team's visual assets, see digital asset management.

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FAQs

Can I build moodboards on an infinite canvas?

Yes. The canvas is an infinite, freeform surface. Place images, notes, links, and embeds anywhere. No grid constraints, no page boundaries.

Can I search my library for references by colour?

Yes. AI search finds references by colour, visual similarity, and meaning. Search a specific palette and find every matching image in your library.

Can I find references visually similar to one I already have?

Yes. Similar search finds everything visually related across your entire collection. Drop in one reference and build the board around what surfaces.

Can the canvas include video and audio embeds?

Yes. The canvas supports live embeds from YouTube, Spotify, Figma, Google Maps, and other services. Moodboards aren't limited to static images.

Can my team build a moodboard together?

Yes. Real-time collaboration supports multiplayer cursors, follow mode, comments, and @mentions on the canvas.

Can I share a moodboard with a client?

Yes. Publish the canvas with password protection and link analytics. The client sees the full spatial board. You see when they've viewed it.

Does the shared link update when I change the board?

Yes. Update the moodboard and the published link reflects the changes. No re-exporting or re-sending.

Can clients or collaborators leave feedback on the board?

Yes. Annotations let anyone pin comments to specific spots on the board or on individual references.

Can the AI suggest references for my moodboard?

Yes. The AI assistant can find material in your library that matches the board's direction, suggest complementary references, or surface images by mood and style.

Does the moodboard stay connected to the project?

Yes. The board lives in the same space as the project's briefs, assets, and deliverables. The references, the annotations, and the project context are all searchable together.

Does the library get better for moodboarding over time?

Yes. Every reference you save deepens what colour search, similarity search, and the AI can draw from. A library built over years of collecting makes every future moodboard richer.

How is this different from Pinterest?

Pinterest is a social discovery platform built around its content library. Fabric moodboards are built from your own collected references, searchable by colour and similarity, arranged on an infinite canvas with real-time collaboration, and shareable via tracked, password-protected links. You own the board and the library behind it.

How is this different from Milanote?

Milanote is a standalone moodboarding tool. Fabric is a full workspace where moodboards live alongside your other files, research, notes, and project materials. The key differences: visual similarity and colour search across your whole library, AI that works from your references, and moodboards that stay connected to the project rather than existing in isolation.