Gencraft Tutorials

Training Your Own Custom Models

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Train your own model on Gencraft and unlock your creative potential! Create unique models by uploading images in a consistent style, and apply that style to your generations.

Note: This feature is available to Pro users only, and requires an additional payment per model training.

Say goodbye to pre-defined styles and let your unique vision take center stage with Gencraft’s Create Model feature. Want to generate images in a style that we don’t offer among our pre-built Styles or Models? Or maybe you want to generate images of a specific person that isn’t well-known enough to be recognized by the model? With this feature, you can build it yourself. Just upload a few photos, caption them, and then let us do the rest of the work.

Example Model

To get started, go to “My Library” on the top menu bar and select “My Models.” You’ll see a “Sample Model” that creates balloon animals. If you click on this model, you can view examples of uploaded images and their captions. You can also click “Use model” to try it out for yourself.

Four examples using a custom-made balloon model
Four examples using a custom-made balloon model.
Step 1: Uploading Images

Select the “Create model” button to begin building your model. You’ll then be prompted to enter a name for your model. Next, you will upload the images that will be used to train your model. You can upload between 5 to 200 images, but we recommend at least 10 for optimal model quality.

Step 2: Captioning Images

After uploading your images, you will be prompted to enter captions for each of them. Make sure your captions are as long and detailed as possible for best results. These captions are crucial, as they are how your model will learn to replicate the styles and subjects in your images. It is also very important to be consistent in how you describe the style or subject of these images — for example if you’re uploading images of a person, call them by the same exact name in each of your captions.

A sample caption: "Kyle is a cartoon wearing jeans and a cowboy hat. Smiling, hands in his pockets"
A sample caption: “Kyle is a cartoon wearing jeans and a cowboy hat. Smiling, hands in his pockets”

Notice how detailed our caption is in the example above. The caption references “Kyle,” which trains the model to recognize this character and style. The more diverse the training images, the better the model will identify and reference Kyle in future creations.

We provide an “Instant Caption” feature as a starting point for your captions, but these captions are often short and don’t include much detail. We recommend editing them to include more descriptive language and specific names of objects and people.

An Instant Caption for an image of a rabbit made out of balloons: "Balloon sculpture of a grey rabbit."
An Instant Caption for an image of a rabbit made out of balloons: “Balloon sculpture of a grey rabbit.”
Step 3: Training Your Model

After you’ve captioned all of your images, you’re ready to start training your model! Model training requires a fee, and you will be prompted with a check out step before initiating training.

The model training process will take up to 30 minutes. After training is complete, you can find your model under the “My Models” section of your library. Simply click on it and then select “Use model” to begin generating with it.

That brings us to the end of our tutorial! We hope this helped you to get started exploring Gencraft and its endless creative possibilities. Check out our other step-by-step guides, and feel free to contact us at support@gencraft.com if you have any questions we didn’t answer.

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