Postprocessing Artwork generated with Nightcafestudio

 What do I mean when I say "postprocessing"? I mean all the steps I take when the image has been generated. In Nightcafe, I usually take 2 steps:

• Enhancing the image (the original image is 512x512; the first enhancement step enlarges the image to 1024x1024 px. This step is necessary in case you want to show yourimage on facebook or instagram. You have to pay for this enhancement (1 credit).
• Publishing the image (I only publish images on Nightcafe which have been enhanced in order to give the viewer a good image.)

I then download the image and open it with Gimp (the free alternative to Photoshop). I now

• use the filter "enhance" on Gimp with the button "unsharp mask". This is especially important if you have created your image using DALL-E2 on Nightcafe. 
• I go to "Images" and add more contrast with the "brightness and constrast" button.

I then save the image for uploading to facebook, instagram or google images.

However, postprocessing artwork can be more than that.

The original Ai generated artwork showed only one polarbear with a lightblue background. In order to create the image you see here, I

• went on the website lunapic.com and had the background removed.
• I opened the file again, added an additional layer with a gradient background.
• I selected the layer with the polar bear and copied it, getting a layer with another bear. 
• I now downscaled the second bear and moved it.

Experiences with Canva and Lunapic

In my last post I showed you the green beetle which I had painted with acrylicinks. I had saved it in png format and tried to delete the background in gimp, but as Gimp does not have the magic eraser it is quite difficult and time consuming to do it with it.

I uploaded the file to Canva - unfortunately only Canva Pro has the "remove background" filter, and I use the free version. But there is Youtube - and actually I found a very useful tip: There is an online image editing software which removes the background with one click - You can find it on lunapic.com. 

So I removed the background there, downloaded the file and uploaded it again to Canva and copied the beetle and rearranged the two images till I was satisfied with the result.