It’s not a shock to anyone that I’m not a huge fan of Generative Fill in Photoshop. Yes, it’s an incredible addition to an already incredible piece of software, but the limitations of the 1024 rendering and the poor quality are a bust for me. I have come up with ways to work around it by adding noise and sharpening the render, but that’s only acceptable for minor patches.
What if you need the rendered object to be perfect? What do you do?
You use another form of AI to help Adobe’s AI out 😉 In this tutorial, I will show you how to use Magnific to render impeccable objects. Then, we’ll seamlessly work them into our composition. Let’s do this!
(this is not an affiliate link; I get no monetary cut from you clicking here. I just think it’s THAT good!)
Please do not leave comments about the price or competitions/juried shows. I do realize this is pricey, but for those who value their AI renders and want to use them in professional work will pay a professional price. Also, I do realize this is AI and that these types of images will not be accepted in competitions. I have no desire to enter competitions. I’m an artist, and I use any tool that will help me make my vision become a reality.
For Blake, it's all about the art and process synergy. He dives deep into complex topics and makes them easy to understand through his outside-the-box thinking so that you can use these tricks in your workflow today!
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I wonder when Adobe will buy Magnific. It would be easy to make that a subscription plug-in.
Blake, for us who are slow and hard of hearing, could you ever attach the transcripts of your goodies?
Thanks again for this introduction.
I have not read anyone explaining why Adobe chose the small image size for GF that they did. It is a major flaw, I think. Maybe they haven’t completely figured it all out and rushed the release for economic reasons. They better get this solved because competitors will come out with versions that solve this problem. I primarily use GF for removing large objects in architectural images. I have used Topaz Sharpen AI to improve the resulting image, but it is not ideal. Fortunately I am using a 24.5 image sensor and can get by.
Sorry Blake but a cheapest subscription of almost $40 per month for a single tool, that is for most of us far beyond acceptable. What does it do more and/or better then topaz tools. As you know you can also do generative fill in steps of blocks of 250×250 pixels. In that way the results are far better and for me in compositing mostly acceptable.
Got to agree, when the Pro plan costs $39/month that’s way beyond the pockets of most photographers and it doesn’t leave an awful lot of flex for them to introduce a ‘casual’ user plan at anything like a sensible price. Also it is difficult to see where the value proposition is for it in processing Landscapes given all the AI functionality in the Adobe suite unless one is going to make radical changes.
That said thanks for taking the time to look at it and highlight it.
There are reasons far beyond that make this software incredible. And for the price, you cannot get this anywhere else. To some degree, I think we need to accept incredible technology when we see it. If you saw half of what I’m doing with Magnific you’d spend the money in a heartbeat if it meant more professional results. But, I get it, I didn’t go too far into that. I will in time, but price scrutiny on a product like this is close-minded thinking IMO. No one nowhere can provide a solution like this. You simply can’t go ask some designer to do what this does. It’s unique, one of a kind, more unique than any of the AI image rendering programs out now. This is the way of the future. Hands down.
Good video, as always!
Some suggestions:
1) Perhaps if you had left out the word “rustic”, Gen Fill would have given you a less ramshackled looking cabin. i see you use MidJourney (looking forward to your webinar on that!), so you know that the wording of your prompts is key to the results you receive – and that’s no different for Gen Fill. And,
2) I have not tried Magnific AI, so I have no idea how great it is or isn’t. Looks good in your video. But I do own the latest version of Topaz Labs “Photo AI” and this version is terrific, compared to past versions, IMO. It can automatically mask the subjects – and you can manually add to or remove from the mask. It reduces noise, sharpens, recovers faces, and you can choose the amount of upscaling to suit your needs. It has a beta feature for fixing lighting and future plans to offer removal and auto-fill of unwanted areas/items. And you can manually adjust all these controls if you don’t like what the automatic corrections have given you. Oh, and it can be configured to open right in Photoshop, so you can just pull it in as part of your workflow in there.
I know you said no comments about pricing, but Topaz Photo AI, while not inexpensive, is much cheaper than Magnific AI and is certainly worth your – and your members – consideration. Everything is 25% off until the end of year and there’s a special discount if you already own either Gigapixel, Sharpen or DeNoise – although you have to scroll all the way down on their product page to find that offer. And the yearly upgrade price is half the regular price, and also gets the 25% discount if you buy during their Black Friday and Christmas deals.
I am no shill for Topaz Labs – I have a complete love/hate relationship with them. I bought all their products when they originally came out which all came with the promise of free upgrades for life when I purchased them. And everything was great, until a few years later whenTopaz reached the point where they weren’t making enough money anymore with that policy and forced their existing customers to re-buy the newest versions in order to even just continue to receive updates. Even when those new versions sometimes contained only minor upgrades and/or bug fixes. And, not just once but twice, in some cases – bad Topaz! Had they said that at the beginning, I wouldn’t have had any issues with it. But to get a few years of really nice upgrades for free then to get the rug pulled out from under you, was just wrong!
And most of their products, like Impression, Texture Effects – and all of their filters – Topaz just completely abandoned. They have done nothing to upgrade them in years. Bad, bad Topaz! I have walked away from Topaz Labs several times because I am disgusted by their business practices, but eventually get lured back in with a new program, such as Photo AI – which basically replaced several of their older apps in one program. Unfortunately, I’m sure that dance will continue until one of us is no longer in existence.
Hi,
Got something for my Christmas weekend!
I agree 100% with Janice Hogan’s comments on Topaz.
I am sure that Adobe knows Magnific and has the cash to do anything, if it wants, to consolidate its presence in this new and crazy AI thing.
In my case, it’s still a free-time toy, but this will certainly evolve, and the speed at which it moves is unbelievable.
Topaz is more useful because of the direct integration with PS and LRC. But nothing can be taken for granted in this area.
So, let me enjoy the new toy and create some abstract AI universe.
By the way, I think they are charging too much for a new release product where they will use our images to enhance their AI system.
Bad way to start in my opinion.
Also, they are legally located in Spain. I don’t know if the Spanish Law is effective on the copywriter protections when you send them an image, or what they are doing with your uploaded content.
I’m very suspicious. We live in a crazy world of misinformation and half-trues.
Look at their TERMS OF SERVICE. The last update is December 8th, 2023.
About the developers, they say this:
This service was built by Javi Lopez (@javilopen) and Emilio Nicolas (@emailnicolas), two indie entrepreneurs known for other projects like Erasmusu (acquired by Spotahome) and BestAIPrompts.art.
Suspicious no?
I’ll try it for 1 month (U$39 Make around 200 normal upscales and 100 large ones per month), but I’ll use a virtual test machine for my playtime with them and subscribe with a temp email account.
Thanks for your video.
Merry Christmas with a very Happy New Year to all
Misconception… Topaz DOES NOT do detail like Magnific. Not even one stretch close. They are VERY different products. I still use Gigapixel to upscale, but gigapixel does not clean up detail like this. I repeat, they are very different applications for very different reasons.
Magnific ADDS detail and makes things look more realistic while upsizing the image.
Gigapixel does try to clean it up as it upsizes it, but it cannot fabricate detail. In most cases, honestly, it ruins them because it doesn’t know the difference between bokeh areas and texture, so it tries to add detail to bokeh areas. Magnific knows the difference. All these people here thinking there is something equivalent and different and haven’t even tried it.
Merry Christmas!
Hi Blake,
You write that they are different, and I agree. Topaz doesn’t create images. Topaz, work on the image that you created.
Magnific AI creates an image over the input you provided. PS Generative Fill also does the same, but on a lower resolution, as you say and I agree 100%
My comments about Topaz were because of Janice Hogan’s comments. I agree with them because I’ve also been a user since the beginning and had the same discomfort that she felt.
However, I became sceptical after reading about the developers of Magnific, and their past projects. Sorry if I raised all my defences, but I will wait for the improvement of “generative fill”.
I’ll try for a month with a temp email and a one-time use credit card, just for fun, after all is Christmas time