Using AI Image Generators - I'm Such A Newbie!
Cute image, I hear you say
True! But the image does not reflect what I wrote in the prompt at all, neither did any of the prompts I used spit out something I was impressed with. But as this little creature with blue eyes was worth using for something, I decided to share my experiences of AI image prompting so far.
Newbie
Learning about AI and using chatgtp (or other tools) but I haven't spent more than 30 minutes on creating AI images since it was released. I currently suck at it as prompting the right things is key here as with every AI tool out there. You HAVE to know exactly what you want, so that you're able to write a prompt that will give you the output you desire.
Late to the party
While I saw discord servers being flood with Midjourney outputs at some point, I never started using them, while I probably should so at least I developed some basic prompting knowledge for Midjourney early on. When I decided to check out these image creators, I bumped on Leap AI which is free to use so this was my first attempt to do anything related to images.
Midjourney curiosity
I bet I'm not the only one being impressed with some of the Midjourney outputs people use for their content. Some weeks ago, I decided to jump into their discord and hopefully start learning how to use MJ, sadly for me for some reason, I didn't get the bot to spit anything out for me. When asking a friend for advice after seeing her create amazing MJ outputs, she sent me a video which was a super simple way to see if my prompt was correct, and it was, I probably didn't pay enough attention the first attempts as now I was able to send out a prompt.
Sadly, I also got notified that due to high demand, free trials weren't available and a paid plan was needed, ugh. I hate it when my boyfriend is right as he told me to sign up tons of times and I kept postponing. Meaning I could have been playing around for free, while now I have to pay, haha. Oops.
Making a plan
As I have a few things where I'd like to use Midjourney for, I'm now making a plan to test this for a month in the most efficient way. I remember signing up for the paid version of ChatGTP and then being completely overwhelmed the first month, barely using it to it's potential and regretting for not learning about it before starting the paid plan. This time, I will do it as I should, first collect the ideas and prompts to then hopefully learn as I go and get better at prompting during the month. Just knowing roughly what I want to create is definitely not enough so I'm off watching tutorials and collecting templates of prompts for Midjourney so that I can edit them to my personal needs.
Monthly update
I will update how the month on paid subscription turned out and if I think it was worth it or that I'd recommend to learn a bit more before you pay for Midjourney. If you were or are in the same spot as I am and want to share your experiences and thoughts, I'd like to read them in the comment section.
Wish me luck :)
I dabble with AI image creators during the early days, most mostly off the mark with my prompt messages, didn't structure it correctly. I think AI images can be super cool and enlivening. So learning how to create them properly is a good skill to have.
Best of luck to you :)
They can be so amazing, I fully agree. But so I've learned while using ChatGTP to create content matrixes and doing customer research, the right prompt is really important. I often struggle to say what I need as an output and then I know I better do it another time because it's just a waste of time mostly. Thankfully, many resources are available, so that helps!
Is your avatar also AI generated?
That's the part I often struggle with, knowing what I want to see but not having the right words to say it. Sometimes, I just let it be and settle for what comes if it is good enough.
Yes, it's generated from AI, Midjourney to be specific.
Luckily there are many 'manuals' to be found on the internet, but one of the key points with AI is to write very detailed prompts. But I agree, the image you used is a very cute kitty!
That's cute! I've only just started to mess around with that too. I'm also a bit late to the party on this one
I know the feeling but check out Bing image creator, my next post on the topic is about that, I've been having so much fun with it.
You'll get there eventually. You always do. This one is pretty cute though. :) Good start.
Yeah, I've been creating a lot better ones already but not with this tool, I'm using Bing image creator now..
Yeah, I have never used Leap AI so not sure how it works. Never used Bing Image creator either. I'm going to have a look at that soon. Good luck creating! :)