Show HN: NightCafe Creator – Create art from a text prompt using VQGAN+CLIP
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Show HN: NightCafe Creator – Create art from a text prompt using VQGAN+CLIP
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Re: Show HN: NightCafe Creator – Create art from a text prompt using VQGAN+CLIP
#2I've been working on NightCafe for a few years now and have submitted to Show HN in the past, but since VQGAN+CLIP is a new technology and, to my knowledge, no-one else has built an app around it yet, I thought I'd submit again!
Advantages over using Google Colab:
- It's >2x faster (runs on NVIDIA RTX A5000 GPUs). E.g. 800 iterations at 600x600px in 8 mins vs 19 mins on Colab.
- Can do higher resolution (894x894px > 700x700px).
- Run multiple jobs in parallel.
- Works from any device.
- Obviously it's much easier to use for anyone non-technical.
- It's easy to "evolve" creations. I.e. tweak the prompt, increase the resolution, and/or just run them for longer.
- You don't need to keep the tab open to see the result.
It's free for basic use, but does cost money for extended use. Unfortunately I don't have the same access to GPUs as Google does.
Try it out. Would love to get the thoughts of the HN community!
Re: Show HN: NightCafe Creator – Create art from a text prompt using VQGAN+CLIP
#3Cool!
There are at least 2 more VQGAN + CLIP systems:
- makeai.art (also see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28070149)
Re: Show HN: NightCafe Creator – Create art from a text prompt using VQGAN+CLIP
#4Cool! There are at least 2 more VQGAN + CLIP systems: - makeai.art (also see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28070149 ) - https://NeuralBlender.com
I hadn't seen either of these. Thanks!
Looks like they're both new apps, so they've done well to get everything up and running so quickly! I already had a lot of the groundwork laid for NightCafe Creator, so it was much easier for me to get this done. There's a lot involved, especially if you're going to charge for use (which is a must if you expect to have any sort of volume in the long run).
Re: Show HN: NightCafe Creator – Create art from a text prompt using VQGAN+CLIP
#5Cool! There are at least 2 more VQGAN + CLIP systems: - makeai.art (also see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28070149 ) - https://NeuralBlender.com
I hadn't seen either of these. Thanks! Looks like they're both new apps, so they've done well to get everything up and running so quickly! I already had a lot of the groundwork laid for NightCafe Creator, so it was much easier for me to get this done. There's a lot involved, especially if you're going to charge for use (which is a must if you expect to have any sort of volume in the long run).
Indeed - your UI/UX and credit system look very nice.
Re: Show HN: NightCafe Creator – Create art from a text prompt using VQGAN+CLIP
#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
I hadn't seen either of these. Thanks! Looks like they're both new apps, so they've done well to get everything up and running so quickly! I already had a lot of the groundwork laid for NightCafe Creator, so it was much easier for me to get this done. There's a lot involved, especially if you're going to charge for use (which is a must if you expect to have any sort of volume in the long run).
Indeed - your UI/UX and credit system look very nice.
Thanks
Re: Show HN: NightCafe Creator – Create art from a text prompt using VQGAN+CLIP
#7Looking through the recent and top creations, it seems that including specific artistic styles or moods in the prompt produces more recognisable results. Do you have any other tips for crafting the prompt?
Re: Show HN: NightCafe Creator – Create art from a text prompt using VQGAN+CLIP
#8Looking through the recent and top creations, it seems that including specific artistic styles or moods in the prompt produces more recognisable results. Do you have any other tips for crafting the prompt?
You're right, adding modifier keywords like "impasto" or "cubist" have a big effect. There are also some powerful community-discovered keywords that have a huge impact on your results, like "Trending on Artstation" and "Unreal Engine".
My best tips for good results - use a phrase describing objects you'd commonly see in pictures and art, like "House on a hill" or "Futuristic city", add some modifiers, then start with the smallest resolution and runtime. Try a few variations of phrase and modifiers, and see what looks promising. Then pick the best one(s) and use the "Evolve" button to run them for longer and increase the resolution.
Re: Show HN: NightCafe Creator – Create art from a text prompt using VQGAN+CLIP
#9Looking through the recent and top creations, it seems that including specific artistic styles or moods in the prompt produces more recognisable results. Do you have any other tips for crafting the prompt?
You're right, adding modifier keywords like "impasto" or "cubist" have a big effect. There are also some powerful community-discovered keywords that have a huge impact on your results, like "Trending on Artstation" and "Unreal Engine". My best tips for good results - use a phrase describing objects you'd commonly see in pictures and art, like "House on a hill" or "Futuristic city", add some modifiers, then start with…
How is your experience with re-seeding images to the system going from small resolution to a larger one? When I tried it, results were not as good as starting a high res image from scratch.
Re: Show HN: NightCafe Creator – Create art from a text prompt using VQGAN+CLIP
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
You're right, adding modifier keywords like "impasto" or "cubist" have a big effect. There are also some powerful community-discovered keywords that have a huge impact on your results, like "Trending on Artstation" and "Unreal Engine". My best tips for good results - use a phrase describing objects you'd commonly see in pictures and art, like "House on a hill" or "Futuristic city", add some modifiers, then start with…
How is your experience with re-seeding images to the system going from small resolution to a larger one? When I tried it, results were not as good as starting a high res image from scratch.
Interesting. For me it's worked out well, but it would be worth doing a proper comparison. I'll add that to my to-do list.