Magma AI Closed Beta Team | Join the team and try the NEW Features!

2023-05-04T18:01:08+0000 · 5min read
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Recently on April 12th, we launched our Magma AI closed beta program and reached our goal for 100 users to join us in testing these features!

We would like to extend this invitation to join us in trying Magma AI beta features, providing feedback, and sharing artwork experiments!

  • Users must join “Pyro’s Lab” Artspace to use the features (provided after signup)
  • Users must agree to the terms & conditions (provided when clicking “Signup”)
  • Users are expected to participate in testing & sharing their artwork and experience with our tools

Magma reserves the right to remove users from the Beta program at any time. This program will consist of professionals and hobbyist community members. As such, collaborators will be expected to conduct in responsible behavior & focused attention on the task of evaluating the AI tools. Any collaborator found to be disruptive to this process may be removed at the discretion of the Magma team.

Magma AI Beta Team Presentation | Concept Art Workflow

  • This presentation highlights some examples from artists on the beta team that demonstrate how to effectively use core painting, editing, and AI assist tools to design concept artwork for pre-vis, or general creative usage.
  • This presentation does not highlight our existing ethical solutions in blocking the usage of artists names in prompts. This presentation simply represents general applications and we do not condone the usage of artists names in prompting. Please read below on current ethical functionality to support the artist, and we encourage all testers to help us in submitting artists names to be blocked for prompting. Information to do this available in Pyro’s Lab artspace.

Instructions to Join & Try Magma AI Features:

1.) Complete the signup form below:

Signup For Beta Access

2.) Once you’ve completed the form, the Magma team will be notified and will send you an email confirmation with a link to join Pyro’s Lab ARTSPACE!

*email will be sent to what was input in the “Signup For Beta Access” form

  • Pyro’s Lab artspace is a shared space for ALL beta testers, and within this space you will be able to freely use the AI beta features
  • Pyro’s Lab artspace will give visibility to ALL of who have access to this space to see what others are creating with the AI tools

Note: While in your personal Artdesk, you will not have access to the AI beta features. You must be in the Pyro’s Lab Artspace to use these features.

Trouble Getting Access?

Send us an email with any questions or issues!

[email protected]

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What Does Magma AI Offer to Artists?

Since the introduction of AI image generation, artists globally have been experimenting with these tools in their existing workflows, while also exploring the ethical and moral concerns in how trending models are trained and utilized. We are on a mission to do the most we can as a company & a community to deploy ethical solutions that protect the artist while retaining value in using AI solutions along with pure creation workflows.

The Issues:

  • Unethically trained models. The majority of AI models are considered by most to be trained unethically
  • Protections and monetary value for the artist and their work
  • The need for efficient methods when using AI as an assistant to generate images, while supporting the continued need for the artists and their skills to be of top priority in creative pursuits

How Does Magma Solve These Issues?

We continue to see a bridge where these two can coexist and propose solutions to directly counteract these issues, while seeking to connect with the artistic mind and find common ground.

Current Functionality:

  • Magma AI blocks the use of artists’ names in prompts unless the artist has given explicit permission. With an existing & ongoing database, users have the ability to submit names to be excluded from prompting functionality.
  • AI content is permanently marked as AI. This means that if AI was used in the canvas, the layer will be tagged as “AI” permanently, to improve transparency amongst collaborators.
  • Complete prompt history record for every canvas. This means that in any canvas everyone is able to see all the prompts that were used in the entire canvas timeline for transparency in collaborative art.
  • Magma’s layer AI tagging system along with prompt history records are well-equipped to help artists prove human ownership.

In Development:

  • Enabling artists to detect, license, and monetize their styles
  • Metadata/signature in downloaded artworks to improve AI visibility on artwork shared outside of Magma

Usage Examples from Beta Team Designers:

Examples presentation in “Magma AI Beta Concept Art Workflow” presentation. This presentation video can be found in Pyro’s Lab Artspace to use as a resource for inspiration.

Breakdown of highlighted image in how this character was developed with mixed painting, editing & AI assist tools 👇:

Silhouette Thumbnailing Techniques for ideation & inpainting 👇:

Enhancing existing paintings to modify designs created with shapes & editing tools 👇:

Inpaint selections to isolate creation areas to apply targeted AI generation 👇:

Outpaint Image Bounds 👇:

Enhance existing paintings to modify rough outs using core drawing, painting, and shape tools 👇:

Read through our AI Manifesto to learn more about our Mission with AI tools:

Magna AI Manifesto

We care about your thoughts and opinions whether you are a participant of this closed beta program or not. If you would like to share your opinions and provide feedback on this subject, please fill out our quick Magma AI Survey!

Magma AI Survey

We are incredibly excited to be stepping into this new territory together and we hope to see you in the closed beta program :)

-The Magma Team

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