Ivan Volchenskov

Ivan Volchenskov

CEO & Co-Founder of NewArc.ai. A serial entrepreneur and tech geek, building AI tools to help designers visualize ideas in fashion, apparel, and footwear.

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Use your photos, illustrations, or sketches to visualise multiple concepts for your design projects.

Apply Pattern Tool

You can now apply a pattern to your product using the Apply Pattern tool.  Upload your sketch or image and a pattern and the tool will realistically wrap the pattern into the folds and contours of the product.  You can change the scale, rotation, hue and saturation. You’ll find it in the list of ‘All Tools’

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Credit Usage Limits for Enterprise Users

Enterprise users can now set limits on how many credits each team member can consume over a time period. You’ll find it under Credit Usage Limits on the billing page. Limits are organization-wide. Each limit applies to every team member individually, preventing any single user from consuming too many shared credits.  You can also set individual limits for each team member, which will override company-wide limits. Click on the three dots next to the team member in the ‘People’ section of your

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Project Map View

Project Map View is the new way to lay out your generations in an interactive visual map. It shows every uploaded image, every generated output and how they’re all connected.  Find it at the top of your dashboard.  Multiple generations are grouped together in a stack. Click into the stack to expand the view. Click the filter icon to enter focus mode and highlight only related items.  From the Project Map View, you can drag and drop your items into the left hand panel and new generations will

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Standard Mode

Standard mode is now available in Sketch to Photo and Smart Edit. It renders materials and follows prompts better than Speed, at a lower cost than Quality. How the three modes compare Speed: 42 credits, 1K. Fast and cost-effective. The right starting point for most generations. Standard: 69 credits, 1K. Better material rendering, texture realism and prompt following. A strong option for everyday work where Speed falls short. Quality: 154 credits, 2K. The strongest results for complex pr

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Nano Banana Is Now in NewArc

You can now access Nano Banana directly in NewArc, using credits from your subscription. Nano Banana 1 Best for: Quick edits and remixes when speed matters more than fidelity.  Nano Banana 2 Best for: Strong prompt-following and 4K output - a good middle ground when you need more than a quick edit, but don’t need the highest quality output.  Nano Banana Pro Best for: The best quality compositions, legible text, and 4K when quality matters more than speed.  All three share the same inputs:

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Explore Many Colors in One Go

The new Colorways tool allows you to generate your product in up to 10 different colors with one click. How it works: * Upload an image * Pick a detected item or describe what to recolor * Select colors using the color palette, eyedropper,or a HEX code * Click ‘Generate’ Find it in All Tools on the tool sidebar. 

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Find the Right Tool for the Job

As the list of tools available in NewArc keeps growing, we’ve made it easier to find the right tool for your goal.  The All Tools Selector There's now a dedicated screen for browsing and selecting tools. Click the ‘All Tools’ option at the top of the sidebar to access it.  Every tool has a preview image and a short description to help you find the right feature. Access Your Most-used Tools Select the pin icon in the top right to pin a tool to your sidebar.  The sidebar will show your pinn

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Extract Items From Photos

We have shipped the Extract Item tool.  How it works * Upload an image * Items are auto-detected and appear as selectable options * Select one or more to extract * Add extra instructions if you need them  When to use it If you want to isolate a jacket from a look, pull out a bag from a campaign image, or separate a shoe from its background, Extract Item is the fastest way to do it. Find it in All Tools on the tool sidebar.

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Reusing Images Got Easier

What’s New? When you click the ‘input image’ box, you’ll now see three options: 1. My Assets Reuse images you’ve previously used as inputs. No need to re-upload them each time.  2. Recent Generations Quickly select from outputs that you’ve recently generated within NewArc.  3. Upload The familiar upload experience is still there. Drag and drop or upload from your device. Plus, you can now:  Paste from Clipboard: Bypass your hard drive entirely - just copy and paste an image directly

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Speed or Quality: Choose the Right Mode for Your Workflow

When creating an image, you can now choose between Speed and Quality mode. Speed Mode: Good, Fast, Cheap In the majority of cases, Speed mode gives a strong, usable result quickly and at a lower credit cost. It’s ideal for: * Most footwear and apparel concepts * Standard product visuals * Everyday design tasks * Generating multiple variations For most cases, this will be the go-to option. Quality Mode: Precise, Detailed Quality mode takes longer and uses more credits, but it’s better

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Image to Sketch Is Now Sharper and Cheaper

More Accurate Proportions Sketch outputs now better match the dimensions and proportions of your input image. Silhouettes are preserved more accurately and there is less distortion between your image and the resulting sketch.  Sharper Details & Higher Resolution  Smaller design elements, such as stitching, are now more clearly defined. Plus, sketches are now generated at 2K resolution (previously 1K) for cleaner lines and more flexibility in using in larger formats.  Improved Color Accuracy

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