{"id":5294,"date":"2023-05-03T08:30:54","date_gmt":"2023-05-03T13:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumblejax.com\/content\/?p=5294"},"modified":"2023-05-03T09:04:33","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T14:04:33","slug":"ai-art-generating-upscaling-copyright-printing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bumblejax.com\/content\/ai-art-generating-upscaling-copyright-printing\/","title":{"rendered":"Bring Your AI Art To Life – Generating, Upscaling, Copyright & Printing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Here at Bumblejax, we work with many talented and hard-working artists who use our service to create gallery-quality wall art.\u00a0 The artists we work with include everyone from portrait photographers, to digital artists to painters to interior designers to so many creatives in between a simple label.<\/p>\n

You’ve no doubt been hearing more and more about artificial intelligence (AI) tools, particularly in the past few months to create articles, software programs, video games, and yes.. art.\u00a0 No doubt this has created lots of controversy and will undoubtedly change the landscape across industries forever.\u00a0 We’ve only begun to scratch the surface here of what is possible in AI generated art, the copyright issues around it and how it changes how artists create art and consumers buy it.<\/p>\n

One thing is for certain.\u00a0 It’s helped fuel the creativity of many who are mixing and matching different styles, subjects, genres, and colors to produce art that speaks to them and is personalized to their exact taste.\u00a0 It’s allowed artists to create AI models based on original works to produce residual works.\u00a0 Interior designers can take photos of a space and produce many variations and styles to help the client design their perfect space.\u00a0 The opportunities are endless across many industries.<\/p>\n

What\u00a0 Is AI Art?\u00a0 How Is It Generated?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

AI art, also known as artificial intelligence art, refers to the creation of visual artworks, designs, or compositions using algorithms, machine learning, and artificial intelligence technologies.\u00a0 AI art often involves the use of deep learning techniques, generative networks and\/or neural networks to analyze and learn from existing artistic styles, patterns, and compositions, and then generate new, unique, and visually appealing artworks based on these learnings.<\/p>\n

AI art can involve various forms, including:<\/p>\n

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  1. Generative art: AI algorithms create new, unique visual compositions based on input data, such as a collection of images or text. The AI “learns” from the input data and generates new artworks that reflect the patterns, styles, or themes found in the input data.<\/li>\n
  2. Style transfer: AI algorithms take an existing image and apply the artistic style of another image to it, creating a new image that combines the content of the first with the style of the second. This process often involves the use of convolutional neural networks (CNNs).<\/li>\n
  3. Interactive AI art: AI algorithms are used in real-time to generate visuals or modify images based on user input, such as gestures, sounds, or other data. This can create immersive, dynamic experiences in which the audience can directly influence the artwork.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    AI art challenges the traditional boundaries of artistic creation and explores the intersection of art, technology, and human creativity. It raises philosophical questions about the role of the artist, the nature of creativity, and the evolving relationship between humans and machines in the creative process.<\/p>\n

    Recently we’ve seen an uptick in customers wanting to print AI generated art so we wanted to discuss ways to create it and tips for printing it for optimal results.\u00a0 It should be noted that the output of these AI image generators is fairly low resolution so they require upscaling with … another AI tool!\u00a0 That’s right .. upscaling images has gotten significantly better in recent years thanks to the power of AI.\u00a0 Some tools are better than others and one tool might be great for one image, but not as good for another.\u00a0 Then there are other improvements that can be made such as color enhancement, denoising, sharpening, lightening, etc.<\/p>\n

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    There are several websites and platforms that allow you to create AI-generated art using a variety of techniques, like style transfer, generative adversarial networks (GANs), and deep learning models. Some of the popular websites for creating AI-generated art include:<\/p>\n

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    1. Bing Image Creator<\/a>: Easy to access and free.\u00a0 Runs on DALL-E.\u00a0 Outputs at 1024x1024px.<\/li>\n
    2. Stable Diffusion<\/a>: Free and no signup required so a great intro to text to image AI generation.\u00a0 They even have a database where you can search for prompts by other users to get ideas.\u00a0 Only outputs at the very low resolution of 512x512px.<\/li>\n
    3. DALL-E 2<\/a>: One of the most popular image creators at the moment is DALL-E 2 which is a neural network developed by OpenAI (the same company that developed ChatGPT) that can generate images from textual descriptions. You will need an OpenAI account to play with it and purchase credits for continued use.\u00a0 Highest output at 1024x1024px.<\/li>\n
    4. Midjourney<\/a>: Paid subscription only, no free trial.\u00a0 Outputs the highest resolution images at 2k+ pixels, but incredibly clunky and confusing signup process (requires a Discord account).\u00a0 We recommend using Bing or DALL-E 2 and just using an AI resizing tool to get high res images. (Note: I went through the entire process to create an image and by the time I got to the “you need to subscribe” link I gave up).\u00a0 This is a service that would have to be significantly better than Bing\/Dalle\/Stablefusion to consider paying for it.\u00a0 Plans start at $10\/month.<\/li>\n
    5. Dream by Wombo<\/a>.\u00a0 Both an online app and iPhone app with thousands of positive reviews, Wombo is an easy to use AI art generator.\u00a0 Just type a prompt, pick a style, and get the results.\u00a0 There are paid features as well.<\/li>\n
    6. RunwayML<\/a>: RunwayML is a user-friendly platform that allows artists and designers to create AI-generated art through an intuitive interface. Mostly focused on video but provides image editing and creation tools as well.\u00a0 You can experiment with different machine learning models, including StyleGAN, BigGAN, and more.<\/li>\n
    7. Artbreeder<\/a>: Artbreeder allows you to create AI-generated art by blending and evolving images.\u00a0 You can upload images, mix them with others, and generate new, unique pieces of art to share with the community.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Please note that the availability of these platforms may change over time, and new tools may emerge as AI-generated art continues to evolve.<\/p>\n

      Best Bet?\u00a0 Try them all and see what you like the best!\u00a0 Depending on the style, subject matter, etc one image generator might be better than another.\u00a0 Just look at the sample we did for “flying monkey eating a banana as Basquiat painting” across Bing, Dalle & Stable.\u00a0 In this example, Bing is the clear winner in my opinion.\u00a0 Vastly superior!\u00a0 That may not be the case for other queries.<\/p>\n

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      Upscaling Your AI Art For Printing<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

      So you’ve played around with the AI art generators a bit and come up with a cool image that you’d like to get printed.\u00a0 The big problem?\u00a0 The output of these systems is very low – typically 500-1000px.\u00a0 Generally speaking, you need about 1000 pixels for every 10″ of print.\u00a0 Unless you want a 5-10″ print you’ll need much better files.\u00a0 This is where AI comes in again.<\/p>\n

      There are now many AI resizing tools out there that will artificially add pixels so that you can print large.\u00a0 The quality of these tools varies greatly so you’ll want to try them all out and see what you like best.\u00a0 Here at Bumblejax, we use a combination of AI tools (one tool might work better on one image vs another) and lots of experience optimizing files for print.\u00a0 There’s a lot more that goes into getting an image to print large other than simply upscaling.\u00a0 There are denoising, sharpening, lightening and even color improvements that can be made to make sure your image is the best it can be to go big.\u00a0 All that said, Topaz Labs GigaPixel tool comes up often as a top tool and it’s one we definitely have in our arsenal.\u00a0 It doesn’t come cheap at $99\/year, but they do have a free trial for 30 days so give it a shot.\u00a0 If you want an expert to take care of it for you and get the best image possible we offer complete enhancement services for $25-$50\/per file.\u00a0 We send a before and after pic so you know exactly what you’ll get before paying.\u00a0 Feel free to reach out for more details.<\/a><\/p>\n

      SAMPLE AI Image Enhancement<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

      In this example, I generated an image of a flying monkey eating a banana as a Basquiat-style painting and I have to admit I kind of like it!\u00a0 The goal was to get it to work by enhancing the original low res image from Bing in order to print it fairly large (in this case 36×36″).\u00a0 As you can see in the before & after sliding image below the results are miraculous.\u00a0 I’d be comfortable printing this image all the way up to 42″ square!\u00a0 The original image could only be printed up to about 12″ square so a more than 3x print size improvement after upscaling, denoising, and sharpening.
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      \nPrompt: “<\/strong>flying monkey eating banana as basquiat painting”<\/strong>
      \nOutput: 1024x1024px<\/strong>
      \nPrint Size: 36×36″
      \nEnhancements: Upscale, Denoise, Sharpen<\/strong>
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