The BEST way to upscale AI Art for printing and apparel!

In today's #aiart guide, I show you how to upscale and fine-tune your AI-generated images for printing! Despite what some believe, AI art does NOT need to be limited to "low resolution garbage" and this video helps showcase how you can get beautiful prints out of it!
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TIMECODES:
00:00 Low Resolution Garbage?
01:00 Understanding resolutions and print sizes
02:40 Step 1 - Upscale with AI!
07:53 Step 2 - Last Mile Upscaling w/ Photoshop Magic
09:32 Step 3 - Secret cleanup sauce to make it POP!
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[@tulogrodigital]

Excellent video, thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@TheDigitalLearningConsultant]

THIS. This is EXACTLY what I needed. Thanks man!

[@analog-dreams]

Glad I could help!

[@dronehomeless]

Your blended layer trick at the end reminds me of parallel compression techniques in audio production. Nice!

[@ecogrief9936]

Damn you're right =D

[@solarjesus7289]

haha incredible comparision

[@itschef808]

same haha. i was like, this feels familiar!

[@JonnyRoss]

2:00s in and already more informative than any other video I've seen. Commenting as a thank you!

[@analog-dreams]

Glad to help

[@derrickevans5366]

Once again, knocked it out of the park! Thank you.

[@JimPenceArt]

Great stuff! Thanks!

[@paulspvk6049]

Many SD implementations now have a grid upscale feature that cuts your original picture into little chunks and then does Img2Img to upscale them with added context-aware details. Works really well for large landscape/cityscape type scenes.

[@jichaelmorgan3796]

Can you show me where I can fine more info about this? Thanks!

[@paulspvk6049]

@@jichaelmorgan3796 Auto 1111 has a bunch of upscale options including this called SD upscale. Stable diffusion 2 also comes with a diffusion based upscaler.

[@jichaelmorgan3796]

@@paulspvk6049 thanks for the info!

[@chriskilbane]

This is awesome, subscribed

[@shaunafenderson397]

This vid is whaaaat I needed, thank you

[@MissMolly3377]

I have watched this video several times, now. It's awesome. I I have some great images, but I need to upscale them....and this really is the best video for doing that.

[@analog-dreams]

Glad it was helpful!

[@whitefox7318]

I agree , the best video that explains the whole process and provides additional details. Thanks 🙏. Exactly what I was looking for.

[@rasmuskaurk]

Another thing I have used for this is Lets Enhance, gives great results!

[@hellrxvenexp]

Gigapixel is like using Hacks, tried it on a 512x512 textures and damn son, the result is on universal level

[@sannyassi73]

72 tabs open at once! You're a Mad Lad! Awesome! Thank you so much for this Vid! Tons of useful info I'll be referring back to for a great long while! Subbed and liked!

[@analog-dreams]

Thanks for subscribing!

[@peace.n.blessings5579]

Thank you G

[@analog-dreams]

Any time

[@vintagevibesproduction]

Have you tried SuperZoom in Neural Filters of Photoshop?

[@analog-dreams]

Yeah, it doesn’t really scale enough IMO Good for getting some extra cropping headroom out of a photo but not this

[@AndyHTu]

I really like your teaching styles, but would love to see you do some videos on stable diffusion as I like it more because of textual inversion. I love the art of MJ but it seems very limited in putting your own characters in. And dang Ive been wa tching your videos for awhile and never noticed your badass studio in the background lol

[@gregsallin9385]

You Just changed my dpi world. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! I'm a PS newbie.

[@analog-dreams]

Glad I could help!

[@PeteEdmunds]

You can specify width 4200 in gigapixel to save the last mile upscale step in photoshop.

[@2ndChanceCrafting]

I love your video's, learning a lot. I don't have photoshop and can't afford it. Do you know of any video's for scaling in Gimp from MidJourney? I have used Gimp a few times and need help with poster size and going to shirts. And I was doing it wrong in Gimp - was changing the dpi and not W/H! Thanks for all this, I am enjoying it. Love your studio look!

[@manfrombkk]

The newly released Topaz Photo AI application is probably now better suited than just the previous single Gigapixel AI application. IMHO

[@ObservationDeck]

Just purchased that myself, did consider the pack of three from topaz previously but waited for Photo Ai to be released, and does a great job on my Ai-generated images.

[@VernNorrgard]

Fantastic!

[@kierand9410]

Im curious. Why wouldn't you use Magnific AI?

[@EmmaDeacon-mn5gk]

Great video, really helpful to get my head around the workflow for this type of thing, Im still slightly lost on file formats, you've used a PNG all the way through that, but is that because its for POD apparel? If I am wanting to sell digital art on something like etsy, at what point into this process am I converting the image to a JPEG/ pdf, is that purely after the final photoshop edit??

[@jeremymurray8237]

Another pretty decent free upscaler is sticker mule upscaler. Most likely not the best out there but its free without getting technical

[@lynnemarie7885]

Thank you thank you thank you.

[@analog-dreams]

You are so welcome

[@jwalzer]

TYVM for making this great video - was wondering if making the image a Smart Object gets rid of any issues of resizing it?

[@russellbaker7914]

What about printing to a large wall canvas?

[@jasw6712]

Now the Nero Image Upscaler can do the same with one click. I think it's good as well.

[@companyreviews294]

How do you make the details when zooming in 200% less crispy and weird generative ai chunks more natural? Instead of using the sharpen and high pass filter what is else is there to optimize or camouflage those ai details a bit?

[@slcraw4ord]

Just found your channel and watching all your things. I’ve learned A LOT so, Thank you. While this video is very helpful I was wondering if you can do any with working with Affinity software? I’m sure there are others that have this, I just wondered as I love your teaching style. Keep up the awesome content

[@pasoderholm]

How about using Photoshop's Neural filters? Specifically the Super Zoom filter, and how does that compare to Topaz AI GigaPixel?

[@channelnotfound403]

Thanks for pointing this feature out, I hadn't been keeping up on these new (no idea when it was added) features in PS. While it has way less control over the output compared to what was shown in this video for Gigapixel, it did a really good job for a Midjourney artwork I just created today.

[@delta_x3791]

does it work for paper printing? for example: if I want to print an image in different ratios? like 2x3 or 3x4 ?

[@agostinhoserra]

GREAT VIDEO!!!!!

[@youradds]

How do you get the comparison slider thing? i.e where you move side to side and compare before and after? I'm on the demo version of Gigapixel AI, but can't see an option? (you seem to have it turned on from when you open it). Thanks!

[@whitefox7318]

What would be the outcome if you enhance the Midjourney image by removing noise and adjusting image sharpness before upscaling ? Would that help the upscaling process or not ?

[@louispont8004]

Thanks for this video! How about if I want to print a Midjourney image on a 100cmxcm frame, how would you do the same process? Thanks

[@analog-dreams]

I would do the same thing, just setting photoshop to the correct size and upscaling in photoshop to the correct last-mile size

[@louispont8004]

@@analog-dreams thanks for your answer. For some reason after doing the same process as you, when I move the image to the white canvas the image remains small. I'll try to figure this out. Cheers anyways

[@ForMoodandSoul]

Do I need to convert my image to CMYK for POD or can keep it in RGB when offered as a digital download on Etsy? Thank you!

[@queenkitty7725]

Some POD places require your uploaded image to be RGB even though of course it's going to be printed in CMYK. i don't understand why, but that's how it is. Printify does this, for example. So you should be fine keeping it in RGB.

[@nn-db4fw]

You're using the word "photoshop" a lot; does this mean you are using Photoshop program or do you mean the Gigapixel Ai program when you use this word?

[@jonaszIGD]

Gigapixel wylacza mi komputer. Na początku myslalem ze padla mi plyta glowna lub RAM

[@VictorBerumen]

Just wow

[@rogerbeltz2370]

Excellent (but very fast) explanation...........except for one thing you said which confused me. This is relating to image resolution. Unless I misunderstood you it seemed like you said; "resolution doesn't matter, whether 72 ppi or 300 ppi, makes no difference." Are you saying that there would be no noticeable difference in image quality between say, a 3000ppi x 4000ppi (physical size) image at 72ppi or 300ppi resolution? If so, I most definitely have to disagree. Their would definitely be a big difference in image quality between a canvas size of 10" @ 72ppi and 10" @ 300ppi (I must be missing something???)

[@queenkitty7725]

I don't understand that either. Hope he explains it better.

[@drendelous]

and free options for ordinary people?

[@honoryhonra]

I recently got the Gigapixel AI software but it crashes the PC as soon as I open an image. All is updated and none of this occurs with any other rendering program or even benchmarking. Is this happening to you at all or know how to encounter this issue? Thanks

[@KP-hv2id]

wonderful tutorial thanks I heard about Viesus Cloud from somewhere It is AI based image enhancer and upscaler which gives good quality of images without too much artificial look. can you please share some information about it also. you can easily find it by searching in your browser.

[@tribzman3977]

just checked - at $100 per month, far FAR too expensive sadly and frustratingly Grrr...

[@Noname-yu8qw]

why don't you use photoshop neural filter upscale ?

[@mrpixelgrapher]

Why should one use "preserve detail 2.0" instead of runiing it through gigapixel again?

[@georgematsos4416]

Is the image 300 dpi?

[@backgro]

Thanks for the video! Where can I buy a T-shirt like yours? :)

[@slope333]

what do i do if i dont have photoshop? is gigapixel not good enough on its own? im trying to print on 11x17 paper

[@analog-dreams]

Gigapixel is great, but you still gotta finesse it into a print-friendly format for what you’re doing. I posted a version of this guide with Affinity/general-purpose strategies here: Upscale MidJourney & Stable Diffusion art to PRINT for FREE kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZ29fmmXidl_Z9E

[@eelcodehaan3994]

still like vectoring better for enlarging illustrations, but great option if you don't have illustrator or something similar.

[@Empressmone]

Vectoring?

[@queenkitty7725]

Vectorizing images works for some images, but not well for others because it doesn't do gradients well.

[@xellostube]

why not using Remacri in SD instead? (which is better and free)

[@RATFgaming]

ive had issues with remacri being blurrier than realESRGAN x4plus as well as the colors being off slightly

[@RAHowarth1990]

Would Photoshop alone generate suitable shirt quality art?

[@danielabrahamrios7307]

Anybody know of any AI upscaler software that can be compatible with a Chromebook??

[@analog-dreams]

At that point you just need to use web-based ones like bigjpg.com/

[@danielabrahamrios7307]

@@analog-dreams gotcha. Thnx for the quick response 😊. Subscribing 👍

[@analog-dreams]

Thanks :)

[@RATFgaming]

if your chromebook has the feature to run linux, you should be able to use linux version chainner

[@G.A.C_Preserve]

0:05 he will be the first on the list that's for sure once the AI gain self-awareness

[@st1nkh3ad]

just do this in stable diffusion there are plugins or chainer

[@analog-dreams]

Over half of what I show in this video cannot be done in Stable Diffusion lol I do have a video showing how to do the 4x upscale with Chainner but that doesn’t cover the rest of the workflow

[@187designz]

nice video just a tip.... you dont need to open the image in a new tab and then copy paste it in template. you can simply drag n drop it there. This way it will be placed as a smart object and not as rasterized layer. scaling up or down the smart object wont affect the resolution while with the rasterized image you ll lose quality :)

[@analog-dreams]

In Windows at least, dragging from browser to Photoshop hasn’t worked for me since the Windows 7/CS6 days. Dunno why, but across multiple PCs and windows installs it never has. But also when pasting an image lower res than your canvas, it’ll paste at full resolution, so as long as you’re only scaling up (not down/up/down etc) any quality impact would be the same. Native res scaled up to canvas as rasterized or smart object will look the same. But if you plan on scaling repeatedly to get a correct fit or for more complex edits, 100%!

[@187designz]

@@analog-dreams not from browser. Gotta save the image first, then drag n drop it

[@analog-dreams]

@@187designz Well yeah. I specifically didn't do that here because I was already saving it to show how to upscale in other programs. Even keeping it as a smart object, transforming it up to fit the canvas will not look good

[@187designz]

@@analog-dreams yeah, I saw the video. I m just saying... gotta save it, upscale it in gigapixel or whatever app you want and then drag n drop it as a smart object. The quality will remain the same even if you scale it down first and then scale it up. If you open it in another window, copy paste it into the new template as a simple layer, not as smart object, and then scale down and up, you ll lose quality :)

[@villagranvicent]

I have tried but Gigapixel makes my Midjourney images softer than they originally are.

[@analog-dreams]

That's bizarre. Which upscaling model are you using?

[@adrewbateman1760]

In this video u said you had a video to do all this from your phone …I can’t find it ??

[@visualizestudios84]

how about the file size? its huge

[@analog-dreams]

What about it?

[@roti1873]

No more custom aspect ratios in V4

[@israeldavila27]

Nothing is easy in this life, you got to put some effort, research, time, and energy into it in order to get out something beautiful and profitable.

[@awm6598]

That hit me today. Even when AI does 90% of the work. Lol

[@jichaelmorgan3796]

I see ai more like the visual art version of the synthesizer.

[@cbeausoleil]

Great tutorial. Have you ever tried chaiNNer?

[@Pythagoras-Jr]

Can you sell mid-journey pictures? ... Copyright

[@Shadow-ep4xp]

Only if you’re paying a subscription

[@lldd11]

Topaz produces garbage images, I used a lot of upscallers (before AI art even I do POD for long time), I tried Topaz for many different types of art and none of them produces good results. So it would be my LAST choice. I have a couple of better then Topaz, but I'm yet to find perfect upscaller that actually enhances AI.

[@lldd11]

Don't do any of that to do POD , this is "monkey business" way to upscale and you close up image will be garbage and your customers will leave you bad feedback. Use AI art specific upscaler (NOT Topaz) - there are several of them, do your search and compare. DO not ever upscale x4 or more. Max upscale maybe x2.5, so print smaller stuff but preserve the quality.

[@unsopken0623]

once you find one please update or share it.

[@lldd11]

@@unsopken0623 There are few of them, not one. You choose the one works for you, I use 2 of them.

[@cjs6762]

@@lldd11 Which 2 do you use?

[@RaduP3]

I used topaz for video upscaling . from 360p it upscaled to 1080p. but man! i will never use that program again and regret using it. it took 5 mins to upscale the short video, but my processor was 100% throughout the whole time. i couldnt even browse google chrome without it freezing at essentially every move along the way. i have a ryzen 5600g, it's not a weak proc, but damn that application is super hungry and keeping the processor in 100% is unhealthy for the computer. do that as a habit and you can throw away the pc in a few months.

[@analog-dreams]

This is factually untrue about how processors work and any intense workloads like video rendering, 3D work, encoding, etc will keep your cpu pegged at 100% if it is needed. Totally fine. That’s what they’re built for. Only a problem if you have really bad cooling - and even then, the CPU will just slow itself down to stay cool

[@setitheredcap2677]

When you are already paying for mid journey, the last thing you want is to fork out for more software.

[@analog-dreams]

I mean, not really lol The “more software” is the *actual art software*

[@protoeuropean9012]

You have to pay to use midjourney AND pay more money to make the image usable... what a ripoff 😂😂😂

[@firemaster786]

I guess stealing other peoples art and marketing it onto apparel and other stuff is fine now... cool.

[@analog-dreams]

Nothing I’m selling on apparel is stolen

[@derFleder]

You could also use waifu2x-caffe, which you can run at your own pc for free and upscale even higher than only 2x.

[@lemurdream]

AI upscale

[@lakshyamadhukar6855]

bigjpg only giver 25 free tries a month