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Features of Realtime Canvas

Real-Time Mode (Premium): Experience the magic of your creativity with Realtime Canvas, where every brushstroke is transformed into detailed art in almost instant real-time.

Interactive Mode: Engage with Realtime Canvas through intuitive actions like clicks, drags, and movements. The system smartly waits for your interaction to finish before it breathes life into your sketches, turning them into richly detailed artwork.

Realtime Gen (New Feature): Effortlessly introduce complex image elements into your artwork without manual drawing, thanks to the newly integrated Realtime Gen tool within Realtime Canvas.

Upcoming Drawing Tools & Shapes: Look forward to expanding your creative arsenal with a variety of drawing tools and primitive shapes, designed to enrich your sketches with deeper artistic expression.

Layers & Organization (On the Horizon): Prepare to manage your artwork with ease, using a layer-based system reminiscent of Photoshop for crafting complex images in a user-friendly environment

Artwork Refinement & Personalization: Elevate your art's quality with the Alchemy Refiner, a tool that not only enhances your creations but also saves them directly to your Personal Feed for convenient access and further personalization. Choose from two refinement modes—Normal and Creative—directly in Realtime Canvas.

Style Presets: Transform the mood and style of your sketches with the click of a button, cycling through various style presets for diverse artistic interpretations of your work.

Streamlined Interface: Benefit from an efficient UI designed for creativity, allowing you to upload images, navigate easily, and utilize a split-screen view for detailed attention to your work.

Screen Input (Coming Soon): Anticipate seamless integration with your favorite creative software as inputs to Realtime Canvas, whether it's Blender, Microsoft Paint, or any other tool you prefer.

Enhanced Control with Advanced Options: Gain finer control over your creative output with options to randomize generation seeds for unique results, or stick with a fixed seed for consistent modifications. Fine-tune your artwork's adherence to prompts and detail level with adjustable Guidance settings.

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Advantages

Unlock Your Creative Potential: Realtime Canvas places you at the helm of creativity, equipping you with the capability to instantly bring your imaginative visions to life.

Precision in Color Selection: Realtime Canvas simplifies the process of specifying colors for different parts of your image, ensuring fidelity to your original sketch as you adjust the Creativity Strength.

Effortless Conceptualization: Sketching your ideas into existence is quicker than ever. A mere dab of color on Realtime Canvas can evolve into a complex piece of art. Opt to guide the transformation with a prompt or let the canvas interpret your strokes unrestrictedly.

Sophisticated Image Editing: Dive deeper into your creative process with Realtime Canvas by iterating over your artwork. Use the Output to Input feature for endless modifications, drawing directly on top of previous outputs to refine your vision continually. Plus, you can easily import your own artwork into the mix for further personalization.

Getting Started with Realtime Canvas

01.Initiate: Navigate to the homepage and select Realtime Canvas from the sidebar on the left.

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02.Create: Use the brush tool to start sketching with any chosen color or upload a pre-existing image to modify. If you have a specific vision in mind, enter a prompt to guide the transformation. Observe as Realtime Canvas dynamically updates your artwork as you progress.

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03.Customize: In the advanced settings, refine your creation by adjusting the Guidance, selecting a Style preset, and setting the Creativity Strength according to your needs. For premium users, there's an option to activate High Quality mode for enhanced output.

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04.Preserve: Click the Upscale Image button to save your artwork to your Personal Feed and upscale it for a more polished finish. Alternatively, you have the option to directly download your creation using the download button located in the upper right corner. The Instant Refine feature is also available for immediate enhancements before downloading.

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Using Realtime Canvas on iOS

01.Open: In the app's main area, select "Canvas" from the bottom menu.

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02.Create: Hit the icon to enter your desired prompt and press "Done". Begin sketching to see Realtime Canvas transform your doodles into polished artworks. Choose your preferred drawing tool from the selection at the bottom.

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03.Stylize: Access different styles by tapping the icon again and picking a Style from the menu to alter the output's appearance.

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04.Adjust: For fine-tuning, tap the settings icon. Here, you can modify Creativity and Guidance levels, or even alter the Background Color to suit your vision.

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05.Preserve Click the icon for instant refinement of your artwork or the icon to access Alchemy Refiner settings. This allows you to refine and save your masterpiece directly to your Personal Feed.

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Exploring Inpaint Mode

01.Getting Ready: Begin by choosing an existing artwork from Realtime Canvas or select a picture from your device.

02.Starting Inpaint Mode: Activate Inpaint mode by selecting the Inpaint option located above the canvas area.

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03.Making Edits: Proceed to sketch your desired modifications. Include a prompt for specific changes, though this may be unnecessary for simple color adjustments.

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04.Customizing Strength: Tailor the Inpaint Strength to suit your preferences. Higher values may lead to more significant deviations from your original sketch, while lower values keep results closer to your input, potentially affecting quality. In the advanced menu, toggle the 🔄 button (ensure Fixed Seed is activated) to explore different inpainting outcomes and fine-tune the Guidance for improved prompt alignment and detail accuracy.

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05.Applying Style: Choose a style preset to apply a distinct aesthetic to the inpainted sections of your artwork.

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06.Refining Artwork: Opt for Instant Refine for enhanced quality, or proceed to upscale the image for a polished version.

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07.Continuation Options: To further draw on your piece, revert to Draw mode, automatically using the inpainted output as the new base. For additional inpainting, select Output to Input to incorporate new elements or prompts.

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Leonardo's Advice

• Tip #1: A range between 0.45 and 0.75 for Inpaint Strength generally yields satisfactory results. Don't hesitate to experiment to discover the ideal settings for your artwork.
• Tip #2: Enhance the quality of your inpaint work using Instant Refine before returning to Draw mode, ensuring a higher quality base for further creativity.

Realtime Gen Usage

01.Start: Find and click on the Realtime Gen tool located in the left toolbar. Feel free to adjust the size of the generation area either before or after initiating the tool.

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02.Generate: Type in your prompt and hit "Done." Should the initial result not meet your expectations, use the "Regenerate" option to continue generating until you achieve a satisfying outcome.

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Important Note: The prompt input in Realtime Gen is meant for guiding the immediate generation and does not directly influence the ultimate appearance of the output. Generally, the resultant image might differ from the final piece unless you significantly lower the Creativity Strength setting.

Background Removal Process

01.Select:Use the Select tool to choose the desired image layer. Then, activate the Remove Background feature.

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02.Adjust: After removing the background, you have the flexibility to reposition and resize the image as needed. Additionally, the order of image layers can be modified using the ↑ and ↓ buttons for optimal layer arrangement.

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Features and Settings Overview

1. Realtime Canvas Editor: Customize your brush settings, including size and color, with ease. Undo brushstrokes, utilize the eraser for edits, upload images, and rearrange elements with the select tool through simple navigation.
2. Realtime Gen (New): Incorporate image elements directly into your canvas using textual prompts with the Realtime Gen tool, bypassing the need for manual drawing.
3. Background Removal (New): Swiftly blend any image into your canvas by removing its background with a single click, whether the image is generated or uploaded.
4. Output to Input: Effortlessly transform your generated artwork into a new canvas for additional modifications and improvements.
5. Guidance Strength Control: Dial in the degree to which your artwork adheres to the given prompts, with higher values ensuring closer alignment.
6. High Quality (Premium): Enhance your output's resolution to 640×640px, improving quality with a minor trade-off in performance.
7. Fixed Seed Usage: Ensure consistency across your creations or explore diverse outcomes by adjusting the generation seed.
8. Creativity Strength Slider: Strike the ideal balance between precise input adherence and the AI's imaginative flair.
9. Style Presets: Instantly apply distinct styles to your creations with ease, avoiding complicated prompts for unique artistic effects.
10. Instant Refine: Boost your canvas's resolution to 1024×1024px without using any tokens, refining the output directly within the interface.
11. Image Upscaling: Archive your refined images in your Personal Feed and apply the Alchemy Refiner for enhanced settings, without losing the original essence.
12. Smooth Mode: Ideal for softening features like hands and faces, ensuring cohesive image quality, particularly effective with airbrushed and vector styles. Note: This mode might reduce detail for certain intricate styles.

Leonardo's Insights

• Tip #1: For brushstroke sketches, filling in shapes can significantly enhance the visual output.
• Tip #2: Refine line drawings by using specific terms such as line drawing, line art, or manga in your prompts.
• Tip #3: After refining, leverage your Personal Feed's post-processing features for further enhancements or use the AI Image Canvas for additional artistic exploration. For coloring, consider using semi-opaque brushes on top of your output as an input, reducing Creativity Strength below 0.6 for optimal results.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the token cost for using Realtime Canvas?

Realtime Canvas is free to use, except for the Upscale Image feature, which costs 8 tokens.

How can I organize my layers?

Layer management is not currently available directly through the user interface, but a dedicated layer management feature is planned for future updates.

My sketches or images aren't translating well in Realtime Canvas. What can I do?

If your results are not as expected, consider lowering the Creativity Strength to around 0.6 or below. This makes Realtime Canvas rely more on your original input, which might affect the creativity of the output.

What resolution can I expect from Realtime Canvas outputs?

Standard output images are 512×512 pixels. With the High Quality feature activated, the resolution increases to 640×640 pixels. Instant Refine produces images at 1024×1024 pixels, and the Upscale Image feature generates images at 1496×1496 pixels.