Hello Everyone, Happy MAX! Generative Expand seamlessly extends your image, filling empty frames with content that blends perfectly with the original! Try it in the app Work with a sample file and learn how to use Generative Expand. Open InDesign Note: Before you proceed, ensure you're connected to the internet, as Generative Expand requires cloud processing. Generative Expand is not available in mainland China. Automate complex edits by extending images beyond borders Leverage Generative Expand to automatically fill missing areas when resizing images, analyze surrounding pixels for seamless background or object extensions, save time, and enhance compositions with cohesive expansions. Tips and tricks Once you select an expanded variation, the Contextual Task Bar and panel will change to Text to Image as the text frame has no empty space. If there is some empty space in the image frame, you can use the Text to Image panel drop-down to switch to Generative Expand. For an effective text prompt, stick with simple and direct language. Use three to eight words, including a description, character, color, scene, and more. Don’t worry about adding commands like add or remove. Instead, use simple phrases like sunrise behind mountains, a man with headphones, or an ice cream parlor. Learn more about writing effective prompts. If this was helpful, please click the Upvote icon in the top left corner of this post. Your feedback helps us improve the experience. Thank you! Have questions? Click 'Reply' below to ask. Click 'Follow' below to bookmark this post for easy reference.

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Extend images with Generative Expand

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July 8, 2024
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Hello Everyone, Happy MAX!

Generative Expand seamlessly extends your image, filling empty frames with content that blends perfectly with the original!

Try it in the app

Work with a sample file and learn how to use Generative Expand.

Note:

Before you proceed, ensure you're connected to the internet, as Generative Expand requires cloud processing.

Generative Expand is not available in mainland China.

Automate complex edits by extending images beyond borders

Leverage Generative Expand to automatically fill missing areas when resizing images, analyze surrounding pixels for seamless background or object extensions, save time, and enhance compositions with cohesive expansions.

Tips and tricks

Once you select an expanded variation, the Contextual Task Bar and panel will change to Text to Image as the text frame has no empty space.
If there is some empty space in the image frame, you can use the Text to Image panel drop-down to switch to Generative Expand.
For an effective text prompt, stick with simple and direct language. Use three to eight words, including a description, character, color, scene, and more. Don’t worry about adding commands like add or remove. Instead, use simple phrases like sunrise behind mountains, a man with headphones, or an ice cream parlor. Learn more about writing effective prompts.

If this was helpful, please click the Upvote icon in the top left corner of this post. Your feedback helps us improve the experience. Thank you!

Have questions? Click 'Reply' below to ask.

Click 'Follow' below to bookmark this post for easy reference.

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enricaraviola

Known Participant

hi, my indesign italian version is 19.5. Is it always true this statement? tks for yout answer

"Currently, Generative Expand is only available in the InDesign versions of English International and English North America."

Colin Flashman

Braniac

Mike Rankin at CreativePro has published an article that does highlight some current behaviours with this new tool that are worth knowing before diving head-long into using this technique: https://creativepro.com/why-you-should-use-generative-expand-in-photoshop-not-indesign/

In short, it highlights several issues:

File Management: Original Link and File Name Lost
Potential Color Management Problems
Changes in Resolution, Scaling, and Metadata
Captions Lost
File Format Changes, Unknown Quality
Content Credentials Unavailable

Hopefully these issues are resolved in due course, as the feature (at the time of writing) has been recently introduced.

If the answer wasn't in my post, perhaps it might be on my blog at colecandoo!

Sherry @ Lacy & Par

Known Participant

Anyone else having issues where the generated image has the appearance of lower resolution than the rest of the photo? The edge of the original photo is clearly detectible, and the generated image is blurrier on mine.

(good distinction, reproo2773183; I've edited my comment for clarity.)

Sherry Baker

reproo2773183

Inspiring

Yes, it can have the appearance of considerably lower resolution or smudgy, it isn't lower resolution than the rest of the returned image, but the whole image can be noticably lower than you started with.

You can get much better results if you pre-crop and scale the original image so that the AI returned image is 2048pixels or less on the long edge. But since this is meant to be a time saver and avoid the round-trip to Photoshop I'm not sure how practical or worthwhile this is.

c.pfaffenbichler

Braniac

Generative Expand seems to be listed in the »Text to Image (Beta)«-Panel here (19.5 on MacOS 14.5), but inactive.

Could this be due to the phased roll-out or should it be generally available now?

J E L

Braniac

I see how this could be useful in some situations. The generated image does not appear to be editable from within InDesign through the Links panel (edit in Photoshop) and the original image is not preserved within the app as a separate layer or link.

reproo2773183

Inspiring

Gen AI images are Embedded in the InDesign Document.

Links Panel, Right Click, Copy Link(s) to... , Save

You'll then be able to Edit as normal.

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jany38741646xcrv

New Participant

Amazing post, very helpful.

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Nick Gioia

Braniac

AI is coming along and fast. Exciting new things!

photoretouchpro

Inspiring

Indesign Generative Expand (Beta) appears to work with RGB JPEGs/PNGs and will convert to RGB if a CMYK JPEG is used. TIFs and PSDs will show the Expand function grayed out. There is no link path for the generated image so I cannot find it to copy to the work folder. The generated image should be stored where the original image is. I have been wanting this feature for a very long time and am glad to be able to start using it.

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mark@headTrix

Braniac

so cool!

headTrix, Inc. | Adobe Certified Training & Consulting

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creative explorer

Braniac

This is pretty cool...I just wish when text is used in the artwork, it is in English. I had 3 different images, and only one had English in it, while the other two seem gibberish