I was playing around with the Generative AI Diffusion plugin for Krita (https://github.com/Acly/krita-ai-diffusion) but I could not figure out how to expand an image for a while. Eventually, I learnt how to get the job done by doing the following steps, illustrated below.
- Load in an image you want to expand, e.g. a Halloween pumpkin, in Krita.
The image to be expanded loaded in Krita - Next, select the crop command in the tool palette, or press C on the keyboard. Then click on the image itself.
Handles appear around the image - Use the mouse to drag the handles in the direction to be expanded, e.g. to the left.
Drag the handle to the left in the expansion direction - Now, double click in the empty expanded area.
The image is resized but empty of content in the expanded area - Click the Rectangular Selection tool or press CTRL-R. Drag out the empty expanded area to define a rectangle.
Select the area for AI image generation - In the AI Image Generation docker, choose an appropriate style, e.g. Digital Artwork. Type in a suitable prompt, e.g. Halloween pumpkin still life, pastel style. Then press the Expand button.
Choose a style and enter a prompt - A preview of the AI generated image appears as shown below. You can see the AI has taken the image context and prompt to fill in the empty expanded area.
