Image Generators

Text to Image

 

crude AI-generated image vaguely depicting Donald Trump in blue jersey and a blob in red jersey.Fairly photorealistic depiction of Donald Trump and Barack Obama playing basketball.
Midjourney, March 2022:
"Donald Trump and Barack Obama playing basketball"		Midjourney, March 2023
"Donald Trump and Barack Obama playing basketball"
Image credit: Twitter/@ParkerMolloy

 

 

Image In-painting

 

Before

image of Peoria Public Library, North Branch, exterior view

 

"Mask" (aka Erase)

cropped version of previous image with a gray blob digitally painted on center of image

 

Instructions: "photorealistic 1950s sci-fi rocket ship in front of a building"

image of the library with a 1950s shiny rocket ship superimposed over the building

 

 

Providers

 

OpenAI's DALL-E 2

115 image generations of 4 images per round / $15

API: 1.6 - 2.0 cents / image

 

StabilityAI's Dreamstudio

Can also run the underlying StableDiffusion image model on your own environment, e.g., Google Colab.

 

Midjourney

Requires Discord interaction.

 

 

Miscellaneous AI Images, DALL-E ca. 2022

exterior view of a librar, AI-generatedAI-generated library, exterior view, steps and a treeAI-generated library, interior view, lots of tables and bookshelvesAI generated image of library bookshelves and windowsgraphic novel depiction of a librarygraphic novel depiction of a librarygraphic novel depiction of a librarycartoon laptop holds a book in the library