More and more AI tools are coming on the market for magazines. Artificial intelligence also offers support in the editors for designers and image editors. And we are not just talking about generating illustrations or photos. In this overview we list all the tools for image editing and creative generation.
Improve photos
Everyone knows the situation that a supplied photo of a too low quality is. If you want to increase the resolution of photos, there are different tools that can do this. It is called ‘upscaling’. How does it work? A photo consists of pixels. Each pixel is colored and together all those color areas form the image. The higher the resolution, the more pixels a photo contains. Different ‘upscaling tools’ can increase the amount of pixels based on an existing photo and these are ‘colored’ by AI according to the example of the original. This way you increase the resolution of an image with the push of a button.
Different tools are: stockphotos upscaler, Videoproc Converter AI, Piktid, Gigapixel, Vance AI, Upscale.
Polish out portraits
You often get a portrait delivered to an interview or a column. Where what do you do if the photo is not good enough and there is no money or time to send a photographer to the person in question? Then you can use AI to turn a boring portrait photo (or even worse, a holiday photo or bad selfie) into a studio -worthy portrait. There are a lot of tools available that make portrait photos better at low costs. Exposure, composition, even clothing and backgrounds can be adjusted. AI turns every selfie into a professional photo shoot photo.
Different tools are: Better Pic, Headshot Pro, Headshot Kiwi, Aragon AI, Ai Suit Up.
Search models and organize a photo shoot
In the world of fashion it is no longer necessary to book models for a shoot and to organize a photoshoot. Are you looking for a model? Then you go to an AI modeling agency full (not in real life) people. From young to old, from dark to white, from normal to stunning. Is a good source Generated Photos. Or you are looking for it higher and book a virtual top model The Clueless. Do you want to organize a photoshoot? Then as a maker you can drape your designer bag over the shoulder of a mannequin, or you put on your dress yourself, take on a pose. AI modeling agencies use your photos and make slick photoshoots, complete with background and avatar of your choice.
Well -known AI models and styling agencies are: AI model agency, detail ai model agency, deep agency or botika.
Take stock photo in Adobe Firefly>/H2>
It can sometimes take endlessly before you have found the perfect stock photo. For example from a image of man in a certain situation, or from a still life in exactly the right color scheme. As a image editor you can save a lot of time by generating these stock photos yourself. The image you are in Adobe Firefly Can generate is remarkably good. Make sure that you choose in the settings for generating a photo (and therefore not an illustration). Adobe uses his own large database of stock photos to train its own AI to generate image. In the meantime, the quality of the AI photos can hardly be distinguished from real photos. Making an AI photo takes less time than endless searching in the image banks.
This way you make a good prompt for generating image
Just as with the generation of text, the content of a good prompt is important when generating image. And it doesn’t matter if your image generates in Chatgpt, in Midjourney, in Microsoft Co-Pilot, Google Gemini, in Adobe Express, Firefly or in Canva. A good prompt is long and extensive and must contain the following elements:
– write detailed on the subject
– Describe your composition (think of the difference between one drone shot and a close-up)
– Name the lighting (natural light, studio light, twilight, backlight, etc)
– Describe the background in detail
– Name the colors that you want to see again
– Describe the emotion or atmosphere you want to see
– Describe well the style that you want to see again (hyper -realistic as a photo, as a vector illustration with simple color areas, as an oil painter in the style of impressionism, or as a cartoon in the style of The New Yorker, etc.)
To make these illustrations in Midjourney, I promptly used the following: make an illustration of a woman in a cozy living room. You see the woman in the foreground, she is sitting on a couch and read a magazine. In the background is a window that makes natural light. The illustration is hyper -realistic as a photo. Make the image romantic and emphasize the serenity of the moment. Use warm colors.
Logos
You get the assignment for a new house style and you are looking for inspiration. There are different AI tools that help you to generate logo proposals for free. These tools require a number of preconditions, such as industry and degree of creativity. And then you will see dozens of logos after a few minutes. These are not quite good to use immediately. So see it more as sketches that you as a designer give ideas.
Different tools are: looka, fire market, logomakr, designhill, hatchfull, tailorbrands.
Search color combinations or make color palettes
You want to work with a fixed color palette or you are looking for beautiful complementary colors for a spread or a poster. Then there are handy AI tools that help you with that. This search often starts by determining a number of basic colors (for example of the customer’s house style) or the colors of the campaign image. AI is looking for great color combinations, so that you can choose from all kinds of suggestions for a nice palette. A great tool is: Khroma.co
Choose Fonts
It can take endlessly for your perfect combination of fonts for, for example, a head and an upper or lower head, an intro or streamer. There are so many fonts to choose from! AI has also devised a solution for that. You can via the website of Fontjoy Choosing a font and AI shows an infinite combination.
AI tools will not quickly replace the work of creative designers. So don’t see these tools as a threat, but as a help and support in your work. AI tools make designers more creative, smarter and they bring a lot of efficiency to work. AI will change the work field in the creative industry, in the coming years. So it is advisable to keep an open mind and see how AI can help you in your work.
Do you have a good tip for an AI tool yourself? Send me a message via Instagram or LinkedIn? Team Bladendokter regularly organizes training on AI on the editors and has developed a training of half a day especially for magazines and designers, which is completely on AI for image and design. Curious? Contact us.