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For those who aren't aware of this yet, there are now a number of AI tools that will create images from your written prompts, where you describe what you want and it churns it out. There's a free, open-source one that runs locally on your own computer instead of a cloud called StableDiffusion.
There are some awesome samples here: https://www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/
And if anyone wants to install it for themselves on their own computer, here is a great guide on how to do it (note, you do need a pretty good GPU):
www.howtogeek.com
For anyone curious how this works, here's my rudimentary understanding: it begins with a random seed which is basically just a bunch of image noise. From there the trained algorithm behaves a bit like how we identify shapes in clouds -- it "sees" things that fit the goals from the prompt, and iterates and refines the noise until it shapes up into images. It can create any number of different outcomes from the same starting prompt, where the final result is based on the huge number of words and images it was trained with. I'm just learning the basics, but the people who are well-versed with these tools can get results that you would think are real images. It's crazy.
So without further ado, here are some of my first results:
"a close-up portrait of a cat by pablo picasso, vivid, abstract art, colorful, vibrant"
"a photograph of a steam locomotive train with train cars full of gigantic peaches, vivid, photorealistic, magical, fantasy, 8K UHD, photography"
"a photograph of Jimi Hendrix with a flaming 1962 Fender Stratocaster at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, vivid, photorealistic, 8K UHD, photography" (I accidentally erased the prompt I used for this one, can't remember the exact wording but it was something like that)
"a photograph of Jimi Hendrix playing a shiny trombone while sitting on a toadstool-shaped chair, vivid, photorealistic, 8K UHD, photography, psychedelic"
There are some awesome samples here: https://www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/
And if anyone wants to install it for themselves on their own computer, here is a great guide on how to do it (note, you do need a pretty good GPU):
How to Run Stable Diffusion on Your PC to Generate AI Images
You can generate AI art on your very own PC, right now. Here's how to use Stable Diffusion.
www.howtogeek.com
For anyone curious how this works, here's my rudimentary understanding: it begins with a random seed which is basically just a bunch of image noise. From there the trained algorithm behaves a bit like how we identify shapes in clouds -- it "sees" things that fit the goals from the prompt, and iterates and refines the noise until it shapes up into images. It can create any number of different outcomes from the same starting prompt, where the final result is based on the huge number of words and images it was trained with. I'm just learning the basics, but the people who are well-versed with these tools can get results that you would think are real images. It's crazy.
So without further ado, here are some of my first results:
"a close-up portrait of a cat by pablo picasso, vivid, abstract art, colorful, vibrant"
"a photograph of a steam locomotive train with train cars full of gigantic peaches, vivid, photorealistic, magical, fantasy, 8K UHD, photography"
"a photograph of Jimi Hendrix with a flaming 1962 Fender Stratocaster at the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967, vivid, photorealistic, 8K UHD, photography" (I accidentally erased the prompt I used for this one, can't remember the exact wording but it was something like that)
"a photograph of Jimi Hendrix playing a shiny trombone while sitting on a toadstool-shaped chair, vivid, photorealistic, 8K UHD, photography, psychedelic"
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