Metranpage: Online service of automatic neural network insertion of print and electronic publications

Main article: Neural networks (neural networks)

2024

Ability to create bright covers

The service of automatic insertion and design Metranpage"" on August 22, 2024 introduced functionality that allows authors, publishers and book designers to create bright covers that are attractive to the target audience and based on their preferences. Conceptual Assistant is a tool that in real time gives recommendations on ideas for the cover, generation styles, colors and fonts based solely on the annotation of the user's book.

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In order to simplify the creation of a selling cover and help writers extend their work to as wide an audience as possible, Metranpage created functionality that is a universal recommendation system for authors, designers and publishers.

The conceptualist helps the authors to reduce the time to find the right concept for the design of the book. It is enough to specify the summary, as well as optionally include the genre and the target audience, to get 5 sentences for key illustrations, 3 recommendations for the style of image generation and a palette of colors for background and accents. Additionally, users are offered a set of 3 fonts: for body text, subheads and minor elements.

Based on recommendations, a person chooses the appropriate plots and one of the styles to generate a picture on his own. The main quality - for this you do not need to create complex prompt requests: the neural network will do everything for you.

Usually, the design of book covers takes weeks, or even months, while the cost starts from 15 thousand rubles. The process of creating them significantly slows down the receipt of the final manuscript, so it must be accelerated and optimized. In creating covers, you first need to think about the reader and context. There are 2 approaches - to entice the target audience, which is pleasant to live in the paradigm of a certain genre, or to try to go against the rules in order to surprise this audience and additionally attract attention to itself. It is this task that we transmit to neural networks, "said Kir Vitkovsky, founder of the Metranpage project.

What service functions can also be used in addition to the conceptualist?

• Cover templates: 20 ready-made compositional solutions are available in the editor, including optimal font sizes, placement of images and other cover elements.
• Non-editable and editable templates for the layout of publications of any genre and content.
• Generation of images based on user simple prompt requests in Russian: the generation is based on 40 established styles for experiments: cyberpunk, watercolor, pop art and others. Generated images can be used for both internal and external design of editions.
• An extension of generated images that allows you to "spread" the picture and see what is hidden outside your generation. As well as the function of improving the generated images.
• Library of preset graphic elements: shapes, arrows, age mark, etc. A great variety makes it possible to create unique and stylish covers, harmoniously combined with the content of the manuscript.
• Gallery of images: a collection of the best works that are added there after undergoing moderation and allow you to be inspired by the experience of Metranpage users.

Following the recommendations and using the existing functionality of the cover editor, everyone will be able to create a design that will not only reflect the plot of the manuscript, but also attract the attention of potential readers by solving one of the authors' serious pains - the issue of promoting their own book.

Announcement of the neural network service for image generation

The service for the layout and design of multi-page publications "Metranpage" has released an updated functionality of neural network image generation for short prompt requests in Russian and the cover editor is a designer for adding the logos of the publication, the initials of the author and other necessary elements. In less than a day after the release, more than 3,500 illustrations were created in the service. This was announced on June 5, 2024 by a representative of Metranpage.

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As reported, in the context of 2023 data, when the digital book market in Russia is growing annually by at least 13%, and the cost of printing has increased by 30%, an increasing role is being played by reducing the cost of preflight. In foreign practice, artificial intelligence already generates covers not only for samizdat, but also for bestsellers, including Sarah Maas's novels The House of Land and Blood and Christopher Paolini's Fractal Noise.

The use of artificial intelligence will optimize the release of published manuscripts and reduce the entry threshold for talented authors who do not have sufficient resources for self-publication. Publishers, in turn, will have the opportunity to shift the focus from illustrative design to post-print processes and direct the necessary funds to marketing promotion and distribution of publications.

Now this opportunity is available without special knowledge and programs from the user and will allow preparing the design of future publications.

Now the online service "Metranpage" not only helps to automatically make up materials using an intuitive built-in editor or thanks to ready-made templates, but also create covers and illustrations for the publication.

source = "Metranpage"

An artificial intelligence generator creates images based on short prompt requests from users.

Opportunities:

• Prompt request - a text reflecting the desired plot or image - is written in Russian and in volume there can be no more than one simple sentence;
• The generation is based on 20 established styles that provide a large space for experiments: engraving, cyberpunk, mosaic, watercolor, anime, pop art, photography, Chinese painting and others;
• The generated images can be used both inside the book as illustrations and for its appearance - the cover.

As part of the functionality, a special cover editor is also provided - a designer for adding the logos of the publication, the initials of the author and other necessary elements. The editability of the resulting illustrations will allow users to modify them according to their preferences an unlimited number of times to achieve the appropriate result.

In addition, the updated functionality of the service will allow you to generate and design not only covers and illustrations for books - images obtained in the service can be used in different areas:

• Business and design of corporate materials: presentations, reports, commercial proposals
• Packaging podcasts and YouTube channels
• Content for social networks and own projects
• Promotional and educational materials and more.

The ability to layout eBooks in ePub format

The online service of automatic neural network insertion of printed and electronic multi-page publications "Metranpage" announced the release of additional functionality for users. Now in the service you can layout not only documents ready for printing, but also eBooks in ePub format. This was announced by Metranpage (Public Systems) on February 13, 2024.

Our ePubs have significant advantages in the Russian electronic publishing market, "said Kir Vitkovsky, ideologist, founder and CEO of the project.

Their feature includes 3 main aspects:

• Compliance with standards: passing all ePub checks for correct tagging and correct opening on readers;
• Speed: a string of text with a volume of 40 thousand characters in a record 2-3 minutes;
• Self-editing: the ability to adapt text to any electronic medium, regardless of its size and configuration.

The service is intended for independent authors, publishers, designers, layout designers and corporate clients, for whom the string presents a routine process that takes not only time, but also money.

Startup Metranpage retains up to 90% of the time and 80% of the money on preflight processes due to the use of neural networks. The use of artificial intelligence technologies allows users to free up time for creative implementation, automating the execution of regular tasks.

The project's immediate plans include the creation of audiobooks, the generation of covers, the completion of photo albums, as well as course and thesis works in accordance with GOST.