This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
This chapter is from the book
Generating a complete image
In earlier lessons, you used generative AI to enhance existing images. Another popular use of generative AI is to create entirely new images. The 15_Start.psd document needs an appealing image of a breakfast.
You do have to think about how appropriate generative AI is for the project you’re working on. This project promotes a general breakfast service and not a specific named dish, so a generative AI image may be acceptable; but always check with the client. If the promotion was about a specific item on the menu, it would be much better to commission a photograph of what that menu item actually looks like.
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The lesson file has two layers. The bottom layer, Gradient Fill, is a radial gradient that goes from transparent in the center to black at the edge. If you want to inspect how it’s set up, in the Layers panel select the Gradient Fill layer, and then in the Tools panel select the Gradient tool so that the Properties panel displays Gradient Adjustment options. The gradient is transparent in the center so that after you generate an image and move it to the bottom of the layer stack, you’ll be able to see the image through the gradient.
The top layer, Breakfast Ad Text, was created in Photoshop as a separate document and saved as a Photoshop PDF to maintain its vector outlines. It was then brought into this lesson file using the File > Place Embedded command, which adds it to the Layers panel as an embedded Smart Object.
If the document contained a pixel layer and it was selected, the Contextual Task Bar might offer a Generate Image button. Neither of the existing layers is a pixel layer (one is an embedded Smart Object layer and the other is a gradient fill layer), but that’s not a problem; you can still use generative AI from the Edit menu.
Choose Edit > Generate Image.
In the Generate Image dialog box, click in the “Describe…” prompt box, type healthy breakfast to describe the image for it to generate, and then click Generate. If a message appears asking you to read and agree to the Generative AI User Guidelines, click Agree when you’re ready.
Generating images may take some time. When it finishes, you’ll see that:
On the canvas, the empty selection is replaced with new content.
In the Layers panel, a new Generative Layer was created, and the name of the layer is the prompt you entered.
In the Properties panel, as long as a generative layer is selected, a Variations section offers alternatives you can click to try. The selected variation is the one you see on the canvas.
In the Layers panel, drag the Healthy Breakfast layer to the bottom of the layer stack so that you can see the design working as intended, showing the text and radial gradient in front of the image.
In the Variations section of the Properties panel, click the other variations in turn, and leave selected the variation you think is the best.
Save the document.
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