Thank you Ravi. A really interesting and informative piece. A1 is an incredible tool as an image generator and I'm enjoying experimenting. It can go horribly wrong unless you guide it correctly so your insight is much appreciated. Thanks again.
Hi Fabrice, the best products I've found specifically for product photography are Flair.ai and Claid.ai. These are dedicated to product photography and work really well to keep packaging looking like the reference.
You can also do some of this in Midjourney too, but it tends to take a little too much creative license in "Create" mode (i.e., the product shot changes in unpredictable ways). For this, the "Edit" function in Midjourney tends to work better. You can upload a product shot on a transparent background and prompt Midjourney to just generate the background. It will do a nice job of this and keep the product shot directly as is.
Hi Antonin, its a great question. For an existing photo, I've worked with a couple of options. You can use a photo editing tool like VSCO to apply film presets to your photo. Some photo editors will do some basic relighting. If you want to change the lighting significantly, you can use the original photo as a reference in Midjourney or other image editors. The problem here is that the source material will change and this is particularly an issue for portraits where small changes can make someone look unrecognizable.
Stunning. Thanks for the step by step breakdown, really useful to get the context.
Thanks Elena! So glad you found it helpful.
Ravi, thanks for sharing this hard-to-come information.
Super practical, thanks for sharing this Ravi!
And Finn too :)
Thank you Danny! I had so much fun experimenting with these ideas.
Thank you Ravi. A really interesting and informative piece. A1 is an incredible tool as an image generator and I'm enjoying experimenting. It can go horribly wrong unless you guide it correctly so your insight is much appreciated. Thanks again.
Interesting. Any advice to generate exact picture of products in different settings?
Hi Fabrice, the best products I've found specifically for product photography are Flair.ai and Claid.ai. These are dedicated to product photography and work really well to keep packaging looking like the reference.
You can also do some of this in Midjourney too, but it tends to take a little too much creative license in "Create" mode (i.e., the product shot changes in unpredictable ways). For this, the "Edit" function in Midjourney tends to work better. You can upload a product shot on a transparent background and prompt Midjourney to just generate the background. It will do a nice job of this and keep the product shot directly as is.
Does it work as well to improve images that I have already shot? (e.g: I want to give them this film aestetic and some new lighting)
Hi Antonin, its a great question. For an existing photo, I've worked with a couple of options. You can use a photo editing tool like VSCO to apply film presets to your photo. Some photo editors will do some basic relighting. If you want to change the lighting significantly, you can use the original photo as a reference in Midjourney or other image editors. The problem here is that the source material will change and this is particularly an issue for portraits where small changes can make someone look unrecognizable.