Silk Silk (actually, Weavesilk) is a kaleidoscopic flame maker (it creates “interactive generative art”) that is very simple to use either online or as an app. There’s an excellent tutorial explaining how to use Silk on a PC or on a mobile device at https://www.wikihow.com/Use-Weavesilk. Daniel Prust made the Deep Dreamers’ logo with this resource!
Ultra Fractal is a fractal generator for download that runs on Windows or Mac OS X. The free trial version runs for 30 days and includes tutorials, and the website provides comprehensive resources and a user forum. The latest version to date is Ultra Fractal 6.01. The paid program costs between USD 29 and USD 99, depending on the features included. In addition to the beginner’s tutorial available on this wiki, tutorials are available at […]
NeuralStyler uses AI to convert videos, GIFs or photos into artwork using a handful of styles of famous artists such as Van Gogh. You can create your own styles (train the neural network with styles of your own or contribute styles). Download NeuralStyler for Windows or Linux. Apparently, rendering is very slow (see article at https://www.ghacks.net/2016/09/14/neuralstyler-turn-videos-into-art/).
Painnt is a neural image enhancer app produced by Moonlighting Apps LLC (an apps publisher based in Cordoba, Argentina). Painnt is available in a free and paid version for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android. The free version limits output resolution, has ads and adds a watermark, plus you can choose from a library of some 1,000 styles. Over 2,000 styles are available to subscribers, or you can use custom styles. For the paid version, every […]
Free fractal makers for download. The fractalforums.com community members who discovered the Mandelbulb also developed two pieces of software for rendering images of it, and its family of complex, chaotic objects: Mandelbulber (Windows, Mac, Linux) and Mandelbulb 3D (Windows, Linux). According to the site, “Mandelbulber is an experimental application that helps to make rendering 3D Mandelbrot fractals much more accessible. A few of the supported 3D fractals: Mandelbulb, Mandelbox, BulbBox, JuliaBulb, Menger Sponge, Quaternion, Trigonometric, […]
This site allows you to turn any image into a fractal or hyperbolic tiling (see image). The program is probably a little rudimentary compared to some of the fractal programs out there, but it’s easy to use and web-browser based. Firefox may be required for some features. Image Fractals – http://www.malinc.se/m/ImageFractals.php Hyperbolic Tilings – http://www.malinc.se/m/ImageTiling.php The site also has several more conventional fractal creators, but I recommend a more robust program if you’re looking for more features.
A free smartphone & tablet app for iOS and Android that packages some of Photoshop’s features in a streamlined mobile wrapper. Especially useful for quick collages with a reasonable degree of customizability, and the ability to export with layers to Photoshop for further edits.
Let’s Enhance Let’s Enhance is an online neural network-based image smoother/enlarger. Developed by a small team in Estonia, the site returns your enhanced images very quickly. First, register with Let’s Enhance to increase the resolution of five images for free. Next, you can enlarge more images if you purchase a bundle (e.g. 20 images for 4,99) or pay a monthly subscription fee of USD 6,99 for 999 images. Let’s Enhance returns upscaled images in three […]
Platform fractal generator downloadable for various operating systems.
Freeware Image Editor for Windows.
A free Google Play Store app for Android phones, similar to flame painter for computer. Saving images requires access to the phone’s memory. Thanks to Dane Young for flagging this resource.
GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) is freeware that is downloadable for numerous operating systems and can be used on images, to create original artwork/graphic design and to make fractals. Works on all Platforms.
Supposedly works on Windows. You need a specific old CUDA version installed, and the quality might not be on same level as the more recent Linux-based projects. Thanks to Filipe Cruz for providing this resource.
Fotor is an online image editor, collage maker and design creator. The basic functions are free. What’s interesting for Deep Dreamers: The GoArt part of the site allows for easy AI style transfer. Simply upload a photo and apply one of over 30 predefined styles. Next, adjust the intensity of style transfer to the resulting image with a simple slider. Finally, download the image if you like. Unfortunately, the free version puts a big watermark […]
Freeware text design tool. Thanks to Peter Barlow for flagging this resource.
Digital painting tool that lets you create flame effects. Free to experiment with, full version at cost. For Windows only.
Free graphic-disgn tool website. Thanks to Alison Lee Cousland for flagging this resource.
Freeware image viewer/editor for use with Windows. Many thanks to Andrew Irving for drawing DDG’s attention to this tool, which offers image scaling and enhancement by interpolation.
Category: Image Editor Description: The industry leader in layer-based image editors, Photoshop is not cheap, but it offers a whole lot of bang for its buck. The latest version, Photoshop CS 2018, is available only as a subscription service, for 10 bucks a month or as part of a larger package of Adobe’s multimedia tools. License/Cost: Paid (Expensive) Link: https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html Platform: Windows,Mac Tutorial(s): https://www.notion.so/7284bcb7d0a84bc68f05a924fd6f791d, https://www.notion.so/1b960cc891234e14820a366f49e40ec8
Watercolor and acrylics simulation program. Free experimental browser version, full Windows version costs money.
Lunapic has numerous functions similar to those of other image editors. The editing tools, effects, filter, and art effects are easy to use. Particularly useful tools include quality increase, resizing, overlaying, color histogram visualization and selective color adjustments. Tutorial(s): https://www.notion.so/1b960cc891234e14820a366f49e40ec8
Description: This photo organization tool also contains a number of tools that are useful for deep dreamers, such as an ability to make animations from a series of still images (very useful for animating a deep dream’s stages of evolution) and a number of options for manipulating images. The “Pop” slider is especially useful for giving images an extra “visual punch”. Tutorial(s): Tailoring a Style to Fit Using a Color Histogram, Media Management Tips for Android
Image editor, collage maker. Good for mixing grayscale with color.
Photo editor, collage maker, design tool. Basic functions are free, more functions are available at a monthly rate of USD 2.91 billed yearly (or a monthly rate of USD 4.95 billed monthly). Has a very good cartoon render effect in Artsy/Digital.
Double or even quadruple the resolution of your images using AI to predict the pixels between pixels. Will not work in Firefox. License/Cost: Shareware/Trialware Link: http://bigjpg.com/
A Java-based freeware color histogram utility. Very useful for adjusting and measuring color values to better match those in a source image. Tutorial(s): https://www.notion.so/1b960cc891234e14820a366f49e40ec8
A “digital darkroom” for organizing, optimizing, preparing, and tweaking large photo collections. Also used to tag our deep styles with its AI image recognition feature.
Description: Fractal flame editing freeware for download. Tutorials e.g. at https://design.tutsplus.com/articles/fractal-art-an-introduction-to-apophysis–cms-22248 License/Cost: Freeware Link: http://www.apophysis.org/
Freeware for image editing for PCs that run on Windows.
In this post, I’ll be presenting an experimental process of mine for creating detailed, vivid dreams. I’ve developed these steps over time to help me maximize the visual impact of my dreams and all but ensure an extremely high level of visual synergy between source and style. I’m hoping that a closer look into my process will give you a few new ideas to integrate into your own approach. I hope you’ll agree that this […]
How to easily ensure your photos and videos are backed up and remove them from your phone’s storage when you need to free up space.