Long time MIA on this forum my laser friends but Sasquatch is BACK with useful information for your laser journey.
Here is a very good breakdown video tutorial on how to use FREE AI software to generate images that your laser will easily engrave.
This video will teach you how to:
→ ask AI to generate images for you
→ suggested search terms to use to filter the type of image it generates that makes it laser friendly
→ turn your graphic file into an SVG with free software
→ enlarge a small image to a large image without losing resolution with free and paid software
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This tutorial was published before Microsoft Bing AI image generator was released. In my humble opinion the Bing AI called DAL-E is better than the one suggested in this video.
All illustrators and artists despise AI-generated images.
Partly because they are generally flawed, like this lion missing the whiskers on the left of the images.
Mostly because these AI are trained on images stolen from artists without their consent, and of course without compensation. So they can parody the style from an artist, or do mashup of several artists’ styles. It is unfair and on the verge of being illegal (might be someday…).
And beside, it takes away work from them, as we see some editors using AI-generated book covers instead of paying an human to do them, etc.
Personally, if a laser manufacturer promotes using AI in their software, it is a red flag for me.
Obviously, you do whatever you want, I just wanted to make this heads up…
Yes. The results are admittedly good looking, but they show the AI doesn’t know at all what it draws, ie. it has no concept of perspective, volume, structure, etc.
See the many feet (too many fingers is common too), the hair shadow on the cheek without hair at this place, the crossed feet, etc.
As said, it makes collages out of billions of images stolen on Internet, based on context of these images (a bit like when you google an image, it knows what an image represents based on surrounding text, perhaps image name, etc.).
I have played with AI quite some time now it is not in the slightest creative - everything has a sameness about it nothing original – great for memes where you cant be bothered putting in to much time or effort.
It just like using common free clipart for your company logo - every one spots it
Its a toy I enjoy now and then BUT not for any business use
Could the AI take a digital photo and add touchup and convert it to sketch style for lasering.
Not all people and things are naturally photogenic and not everyone can take a good photo. Is it suited to adding a little bit of character to an image that you just cant sketch or capture something or someone in the moment, like historical period, lighting, setting etc.
I dont like the art & creativity theft bit, nor do I like the mass production of classic art or style as it may reduce the specialness but it is useful for having inspiration but lacking the technical skill or time to develop it.
If you use the style coloring book you can get some amazing results. make sure in your prompt you start out with minimalistic image black and white clipart, vector, line art. Another tip, no background and some negative prompts I use are color, ugly, extra limbs
I would have to disagree with this opinion. I think the artists that feel that way are just crying sour grapes and don’t want to put in the extra work that the changing environment is requiring.
“Mostly because these AI are trained on images stolen from artists without their consent, and of course without compensation. So they can parody the style from an artist, or do mashup of several artists’ styles.”
Most artists, if not all, are trained on images stolen from other artists. That is how they learn, by imitating the art that they see and enjoy, by mashing up several artists’ styles until they find their own. And I can guarantee you that, for the most part, they were not compensating the artists whose work they learned from as they grew their skills. I understand being pissed off about avenues of your livelihood being shut off. I’ve had to deal with a career change myself as the industry I worked in evolved and my job evaporated. Artists who strive to maintain an ideal artistic integrity are my heroes. They help hold society back from the inevitable race to the bottom. I wished we lived in a world where that was the expected norm. But we don’t. Very few can afford that luxury. But I don’t think using AI tools for art should be thought of as compromising or selling out or cheating in some way. I think much of the fear and hate of AI art is unwarranted and detrimental to artists, and should be reconsidered. If you do not want anything to do with AI, I would recommend getting a day job now and make art as a hobby, you will be at a severe disadvantage to the competition in your field. To continue as a successful professional making a living, most artists will need to embrace AI as a necessary tool in their toolbox that they will have to learn, not something to fight against. I’ve made some images with AI tools that I really like, it’s so much fun for me to play with. And the flawed images can be corrected by correcting the prompts that you feed into the tools. Or the artist can manually take over at that point and continue the work from there by hand, speeding up their productivity. Either way you feel about it, these AI tools are here and aren’t going away anytime soon. Many artists fought against going digital, but now that is the most common medium for professional art. And people make really cool art that is unique to the medium, impossible to create by other means. AI will be the same once all the dust settles.
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