Palettes
Make your own Palette
Making your own Palette
Custom Palettes are a way to create personal and private Ai model that understands your style. You can use these palettes to visualize your sketches in Vizcom with greater consistency while reflecting your personal or your brands aesthetic. This guide will walk you through how to curate images for your palette, how to create it within Vizcom, how to thoroughly test it, and how to publish a Palette to your workspace.
Palette Curation
Defining your Palette
In order to create a successful Palette, you need to teach Vizcom your aesthetic by uploading images that reflect a particular style. These could be images that reflect your sketching style, brand language, or visual style.
Number of Images
Use 4 to 30 images in your Palette to help Vizcom learn your style effectively.
Image Consistency
Think of the images you upload as the ones you’d like to generate. They should share similar visual qualities, lighting, and material to those you’d like to generate.
Multiple Small Palettes vs. One Large Palette
For best results, organize images into multiple smaller Palettes rather than one large one. Mixing images with varying fidelities, such as sketches and photos, in the same Palette can hinder the generation of a cohesive aesthetic. By separating images by fidelity, Vizcom can better interpret and generate images with the desired style.
Uploading Multiple Views for Versatile Rendering
Uploading various angles of a product allows Vizcom to understand the object in three dimensions, enabling accurate rendering from any angle. A Palette with only one view will focus on generating images from that perspective and may struggle with alternate views.
Simple Backgrounds
For ideation, use images with simple white backgrounds to maintain clarity and focus on the product. This setup helps Vizcom produce cleaner, more adaptable renderings.
Un-Cropped High Resolution Images
Ensure that images are high-resolution and free from pixelation. Avoid cropping in too closely on the subject—having the entire subject in the frame improves the Palette’s effectiveness.
Avoid Inspiration Images
We recommend using inspiration images as reference material rather than including them directly in Palettes. Inspiration images tend not to generate effective results in this context and are better suited as supplementary reference material within the tool.
Creating a Palette in Vizcom
Creating a Palette in Vizcom is straightforward. Start by creating a new workbench file, then click the plus button in the toolbar to open the insert panel. Drag or click to add a Palette block to the canvas, then click “Upload” within the Palette block to upload 4–30 curated images that reflect a consistent style. You can also drag images directly from the canvas into the Palette block.
If any images are added by mistake, simply click to delete them, or continue adding more as needed. Double-click the Palette title to rename it for easy identification. Once your images are set and the Palette is named, click "Train" to start the process. Training typically takes around 5 minutes, though this may vary depending on the number of images in the Palette
Testing Your Palette
After training your Palette, it’s time to test its effectiveness. For Pro users, a green chip will replace the “Train” button upon completion, while Enterprise users will see a purple “Publish” chip.
The purpose of testing is to evaluate how well Vizcom interprets the aesthetic of your curated images. If the initial results are not as expected, try duplicating the Palette and adjusting its images to refine the style.
Testing in Workbench
Upload Your Sketch
Click the plus icon in the top toolbar to open the insert panel and upload your sketch. You can also drag the image directly onto the canvas.
Connect a Prompt Block
Attach a prompt block by dragging the plus button from the right-hand side of the selected image. Within the prompt block, you can:
Toggle between “Render” and “Refine” modes.
Select your Palette by opening the Palette selector and scrolling to “Local Palettes” at the bottom.
Adjust the drawing influence, which controls how closely Vizcom follows the sketch or incorporates creative elements from your Palette.
Compose Your Prompt
When you select a Palette, Vizcom will populate the prompt block with tags derived from your images. Use these tags as a guide to create a descriptive prompt that reflects the aesthetic (e.g., "wooden toy car design, painted, black wheels, white background").
Generate and Evaluate Results
Test the Palette by generating images at different drawing influence levels:
100% Influence: Closely follows your sketch’s lines.
Lower Influence Levels (e.g., 80%, 60%, 40%): Adds creative details from the Palette.
Adjusting the influence allows you to gauge how well Vizcom interprets your sketch and Palette style.
Testing in 2D Studio
Enter 2D Studio
Double-click an uploaded sketch to open it in 2D Studio, or create a new drawing by adding a draw block from the insert panel and double-clicking it to enter 2D Studio.
Select Your Palette
In the create panel on the right, open the Palette selector and scroll down to “Local Palettes” to choose the Palette you’ve created.
Compose Your Prompt
Vizcom will display tags from your Palette images, which you can use to craft a prompt that maintains the Palette’s aesthetic style (e.g., "wooden toy car design, painted, black wheels, white background").
Generate and Adjust Drawing Influence
Set the drawing influence:
100% Influence: Follows your sketch closely.
Lower Influence Levels (e.g., 80%, 60%, 40%): Adds creative elements from the Palette images.
Testing at varied influence levels allows you to see how well Vizcom interprets the aesthetic from both the sketch and the Palette.
Publishing Your Palette
Once you're satisfied with how your Palette renders sketches, you can publish it to your personal library, making it accessible across all files in your workspace. Note: Publishing is available for Enterprise plans only.
Publish Your Palette
In Workbench, click the “Publish” button next to the Palette title. Publishing makes the Palette available in any file, and teammates can access it by publishing it from their own libraries.
Customize Before Publishing
On the publish screen, you can rename the Palette or upload a custom thumbnail for better discoverability within the Palette selector.
Toggle tags on or off to control which tags are visible. Disable any tags that didn’t align with the intended style during testing.
Finalize and Access
Click “Publish.” Your Palette is now accessible from the Palette selector in any file, allowing seamless use across projects.
FAQ
What should I do if my Palette fails to train?
Palette training may fail due to issues like poor internet connection, image anomalies, or other factors. Try clicking the “Retrain” button. If the problem persists, contact support for further assistance.
How can I improve my Palette if I’m not satisfied with the results?
If your Palette isn’t producing the expected results, try duplicating it and adjusting the images by adding or removing certain ones. Curating an effective image set is key to achieving the desired aesthetic in Vizcom. See the curation tips above for guidance on refining your Palette.