Introducing Control Canvas

The Generation & Canvas UIs have been seamlessly merged into a unified, streamlined experience as part of the Control Canvas. Previously, editing took place in a separate canvas tab, but now, the canvas and generation tabs are combined into one. This integration enhances the interaction between all your favorite features, making them work together more intuitively and efficiently. Below is a highlight of the key improvements and new additions that bring this experience to life.

Accessing the Control Canvas view

To access the Control Canvas view from the generation view, click the ‘Closer Viewer’ button at the top right corner of the ‘Layers & Gallery’ panel.

Sending an image to the Control Canvas

To edit on the canvas, simply select the ‘Send to Canvas’ next to the Invoke button. This will stage your work-in-progress in the canvas area of your workspace when you hit ‘Invoke.’ All the settings and layers you’ve applied will be applied to the canvas workspace, and you’ll see that process happen live, with changes applied as a new raster layer in your canvas image. As before, you’ll be able to accept those changes, delete them, and save those changes directly to the gallery.

Alternatively, you can select an image to edit on the canvas by right clicking on an image in the Gallery and selecting ‘New Canvas from Image’ on the menu. 

Saving a Canvas

Remember to save your progress. You can save the entire canvas to your gallery using the save button on the menu at the top right corner of the canvas, or if you need just a portion, adjust your bounding box (you can move it selecting any area inside the box), and right-click on the canvas to clip out a specific section and save that as a separate image.

Canvas Tools

Regional Guidance, Regional Reference Image, and Inpaint Mask layers are applied using a mask, drawn onto the canvas, representing the region in which the layer's guidance will be applied.

Begin by clicking on the Regional Guidance layer you want to edit, then select a tool to edit the mask for the region.

• Brush: Add to the region's mask by drawing with a brush.
• Eraser: Erase parts of the region's mask with an eraser.
• Rectangle: Drag to add a rectangular to the region's mask. Like brush strokes, rectangles can be erased with the eraser.
• Move: Reposition the region's mask.
• Undo/Redo: Undo or redo the last action.

Regional Guidance, Regional Reference Image, and Inpaint Mask layers have a mask preview color, but this does not affect generation - it's there to help you differentiate between regions.