AI image generation tools have evolved significantly, offering various functionalities for enhancing and modifying images. The terms outpainting, uncropping, and extenders (or expanders) are often used interchangeably as they all refer to the process of expanding images beyond their original boundaries. Here’s an overview of notable tools and concepts related to these functionalities, as well as their relationships with other techniques like enhancers, upscalers, and inpainting.
Outpainting, Uncropping, Extenders/Expanders
These tools allow users to expand images while preserving the original quality and composition.
Here are some prominent examples:
- Phot.ai AI Image Extender: Allows users to extend their images beyond their original borders.
- Getimg.ai AI Image Extender: Provides tools for expanding images while maintaining coherence with the original content.
- Recraft.ai's AI Outpainting Blog: Discusses how to expand images using AI technology.
- Pincel.app AI Extender: A tool for creatively expanding image boundaries.
- Kapwing AI Image Extender: Converts images into larger canvases with additional generated content.
- Pixelcut AI Uncrop: Enhances and expands cropped images to restore or creatively expand them.
- ExtendImage.ai: Focuses on expanding images for various uses like social media or art projects.
- Picsart AI Image Extender: Lets users expand their photos creatively.
- Midjourney: Offers features like "zoom out" for expanding image content.
- Photoshop: With its Generative Fill feature, allows for outpainting by extending images or filling in new areas.
- Adobe Firefly: Includes capabilities for extending images in Adobe's suite of tools.
- Galaxy AI Image Extender: Uses AI to expand images with new, relevant content.
- Fotor AI Image Extender: Helps users to extend images for various purposes.
- AIease AI Image Extender: Extends images to fit different aspect ratios or add new elements.
- Canva Image Extender: Part of Canva's suite, allowing for image expansion within the editing platform.
- Fooocus Stable Diffusion on Google Colab: A setup for using Stable Diffusion models to outpaint or expand images.
- RunwayML: A versatile AI editing tool that includes an image extender feature, allowing users to easily expand images while adjusting settings and adding prompts for customization
- Clipdrop: Offers a user-friendly interface for extending images and enhancing backgrounds.
- Repairit AI Image Extender: Focuses on enhancing visual appeal and extending backgrounds without compromising quality.
- Photoroom AI Image Expander: An online utility that allows users to recover objects outside the frame and repurpose photos effectively.
- Based Labs AI Image Extender: Provides a “Magic Expand” feature that maintains image quality while expanding photos quickly.
- YouCam: Offers various aspect ratios for social media platforms and allows multiple outputs per generation.
- Media.io: Allows users to extend images seamlessly while maintaining high quality, suitable for both professional and personal projects.
Check out this video on how to extend an image:
Enhancers, Upscalers, Resizers, Super-Resolution
Enhancers or upscalers focus on improving image resolution and quality. They are often synonymous with terms like super-resolution.
Here are some notable examples:
- Midjourney: Can upscale images for higher resolution outputs.
- Microsoft Designer: Includes features for image enhancement and upscaling.
- Pixelcut AI Upscaler: Enhances image quality and increases resolution.
- Fotor: Offers tools for upscaling and enhancing image quality.
- Hitpaw: Provides AI solutions for image enhancement including upscaling.
- Krea: Known for AI-driven image upscaling and enhancement.
- Let's Enhance: A specialized tool for super-resolution image enhancement.
- ImgLarger: Provides AI-based image upscaling services.
- Topaz Labs: With Gigapixel AI, offers super-resolution upscaling with quality preservation.
- AI Image Enlarger: Focuses on enlarging images while maintaining or enhancing detail.
Inpainting, Magic Eraser, Generative Erase
Inpainting is related to techniques like magic eraser or generative erase, focusing on filling in missing parts of an image.
Notable tools include:
- Midjourney: Has capabilities for inpainting through its editing tools.
- Microsoft Designer: Includes features for removing or altering parts of images with AI.
- Photoshop: Features like Content-Aware Fill and the newer Generative Fill in beta versions act as sophisticated inpainting tools.
- Fotor: Offers an AI-powered remove tool for inpainting.
- Pixelcut AI: With its "Remove Background" and "Erase" features, it relates to inpainting concepts.
- Adobe Firefly: Includes tools for generative erase, allowing users to remove objects and fill in the background seamlessly.
- Picsart: Has a Magic Eraser tool for selective removal of image parts with AI filling in the gaps.
- Canva: With its background removal and object removal features, it touches on inpainting for design purposes.
- Hitpaw Photo Enhancer: Includes an AI inpainting feature for photo restoration.
- Remove.bg: While primarily for background removal, it uses inpainting techniques to fill in areas.
- GIMP Resynthesizer Plugin: An open-source alternative that offers inpainting capabilities similar to Photoshop's content-aware fill.
Prompt-Enhanced Tools
Many of the tools listed above can use prompts or text descriptions to guide the generation or modification of images.
For instance:
- Stable Diffusion on services like DreamStudio or through Google Colab setups can use detailed prompts to control outpainting, inpainting, or upscaling outcomes.
- Midjourney allows for detailed text prompts to influence image generation, including expansions or modifications.
- Photoshop's Generative Fill can take text inputs to decide what to add or remove in an image.
- Adobe Firefly uses prompts for both generative and editing tasks, enhancing user control over the AI's output.
- Recraft.ai allows detailed prompts to influence the style and elements generated around the main subject during outpainting.
The landscape of AI image generation is rich with tools that cater to various needs—whether expanding images, enhancing quality, or creatively filling in gaps. The integration of prompts allows users greater control over the output, making these tools invaluable for designers, marketers, and content creators alike. As technology continues to advance, the capabilities of these tools will likely expand further, offering even more innovative solutions for visual content creation.