Image Creation by AI

AI Image Generators take a text prompt, process it, and create an image that best matches the description in the text prompt.  These images are created from scratch utilizing trained artificial neural networks. These generators use an advanced machine learning algorithm known as artificial neural networks (ANN) to generate new images and have the capacity to create original, realistic visuals.  The generator processes and is trained on large datasets of images.  Once they have learned the patterns and styles of the training data, they can interpret a text prompt and create new images mimicking any art form.

There is a wide variety of AI image generators, each with its own unique capabilities. Below are some of the most commonly used in the market today (Fall 2023)

DALLE 2 - https://openai.com/dall-e-2 Links to an external site.

$ - pd credits
DALL·E 2 is a Generative AI system from OpenAI that can create realistic images and art from a text-based prompt.  It can create new images in a variety of different styles as specified in the prompt.  In addition to generating images using AI, DALL·E 2 can edit them. Inpainting allows you to erase some aspects of an existing image and use AI to fill in the gap with whatever you want.  Outpainting lets you use AI to expand the borders of an existing image. 

Midjourney - https://www.midjourney.com   Links to an external site.

$- pd subscription. 
Midjourney is a generative AI program/service that generates images from text prompts.  It is currently only accessible through a Discord bot on their official Discord server.  To generate images, users use the /imagine command and type in a prompt; the bot then returns a set of four images. Users may then choose which images they want to upscale. Midjourney is also working on a web interface.

Playground ai

Playground ai is a free-to-use (up to 1,000 images per day) online tool that lets you create and edit images like a pro with artificial intelligence. You can use it to make art, social media posts, presentations and more.

DreamStudio

DreamStudio has free credits to get started.

DreamStudio is the public app of Stable Diffusion, an open-source AI image generator.  It also utilizes natural language to generate images from prompts and allows for users to input controls to further customize the image.  It is very easy to use and intuitive.  

 

Firefly (Photoshop) - https://www.adobe.com/sensei/generative-ai/firefly.html Links to an external site.

Firefly does have a few version that gives the user 25 generative credits per month.  For only $4.99 per month you get 100 credits per month. 

Firefly creates high-quality images and text effects.  It generates new images from detailed text descriptions, prompts, AND it can create text effects from a written prompt (example: the word "TOAST" written with letters that look like they're made from toast).  It can also recolor vector artwork, or add AI-generated elements to your images.

Gencraft - https://gencraft.com/ Links to an external site.

Free but can upgrade to pd. subscription for advanced features.  Free version only gives you 10 prompts per day.  
Gencraft is a very user-friendly AI Image Generator that has a free version if you want to get started with AI image creation.  It has various styles to apply to your generated image and does have some advanced features for fine-tuning results.