Reading Time: 9 minutesAdobe Firefly, which is only trained on fully licensed images and pays artists, has added some new features that make it even easier for authors to create illustrations.
Reading Time: 6 minutesAdobe announced a new version of its Firefly image generation tool today at the Adobe Max 2023 conference.
Adobe upgrades Firefly for better images, vector graphics Read More »
Reading Time: 8 minutesCanva announces a $200 million fund to compensate artists for AI, adds new AI features.
Canva sets up a $200 million artist compensation fund Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutesOpenAI announced its newest AI image generation tool yesterday, Dall-E 3. The images look fantastic, and it can do things that no other AI image generator can do. But it lacks a little bit in terms of respect for creator rights.
Dall-E 3 looks great, but lacks respect for artist rights Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutesAdobe Express is now publicly available, with free AI image generation. Plus, since it’s Adobe, the AI is trained only on fully-licensed art, and artists and compensated.
Adobe Express offers free AI art and is out of beta Read More »
Reading Time: 7 minutesMidjourney adds zoom out feature, which is great for creating art for book covers.
Midjourney’s new zoom out feature great for book covers Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutesAdobe promises to cover any legal costs that companies might incur as a result of using their AI-powered image generation tools.
Reading Time: 7 minutesAdobe has added Firefly’s AI image generation to Photoshop so that you, or your cover designer, can create book covers using commercially-safe AI image generation.
Adobe adds Firefly’s AI image generation to Photoshop Read More »
Reading Time: 8 minutesLeonardo AI offers 150 free images a day. They’re not quite as good-looking at Midjourney, but within throwing distance.
Leonardo AI best new alternative to Midjourney — and free Read More »
Reading Time: 6 minutesA week ago, Midjourney, which is the best AI generator on the market today, added the “describe” function, which lets you upload any image and get some suggestions for prompts that could have created it. It’s a great shortcut for creating images for book covers — or anything else you need graphics for.
How to use the new Midjourney ‘describe’ function to create great book covers Read More »
Reading Time: 4 minutesI use Otter AI, Canva, and Notion nearly every day, and here is why other writers should, too.
3 AI tools I use regularly that aren’t ChatGPT or Midjourney Read More »
Reading Time: 4 minutesAdobe Firefly’s images are almost as good as Midjourney, the interface is infinitely better, and artists will get paid for their training data. The beta is open now, and it’s looking extremely promising.
Adobe’s Firefly will be a Midjourney killer for book cover art Read More »
Reading Time: 4 minutesAdobe and Nvidia both announced AI image generators today — Firefly and Picasso, respectively — that do not use artists’ work for training data without their permission. Both companies also promise to pay artists for work generated in their signature styles, as does Getty Images.
Adobe, Nvidia announce ethical AI image generation Read More »
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe fifth generation of the super popular Midjourney app is out, and it’s more photorealistic and better at hands and faces.
Midjourney 5 released with more aspect ratios, photorealism Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe US Copyright Office issued a ruling today that AI-generated content can, in fact, be copyrighted — as long as a human being has contributed work to the end product.
AI work can be copyrighted, if human creativity was involved Read More »
Reading Time: 6 minutesProponents argue that generative AI is transformative and therefore fair use. Opponents point to financial losses from AI deep fakes. And the Copyright Office won’t grant copyright to AI images. But all of this could change as lawsuits make their way through the courts and AI companies adapt their business models.
Is generative AI legal? Is it ethical? And can you copyright AI text or images? Read More »
Reading Time: 12 minutesThe top five free, easy-to-use alternatives to Midjourney: Lexica, Canva, Playground AI, Mage Space, and Dreamlike.
5 best free alternatives to Midjourney for writers who need marketing or cover images Read More »
Reading Time: 11 minutesAs writers progress in their writing journeys, they may face a drop in confidence and obstacles along the way. To overcome these challenges, focus on core skills, keep practicing, and level up by learning a new skill that aligns with your goals.
Reading Time: 10 minutesHow to use AI-generated art to illustrate blog articles and social media posts, for book covers and website design, character concept art, author images, and more.
10 Ways to Make Your Writing Come to Life with Midjourney’s AI-Powered Images Read More »
Reading Time: 6 minutesFrom AI art galleries in OpenSim to AI-created fully immersive three-dimensional environments, AI is already shaping how we experience virtual worlds.
How AI is used to create images in virtual worlds Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutesHey there! I’m ChatGPT, and I’m here to tell you all about the amazing things you can do with ChatGPT in video game development and virtual reality.
Here’s what ChatGPT said about using ChatGPT for video games and VR! Read More »
Reading Time: 6 minutesThe viral Dall-E 2 AI image generator is now open to all.
Reading Time: 11 minutesI take another stab at making AI books covers. And I make 28. Someone, stop me.
What I learned today while making 28 covers with Midjourney and Canva Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutesToday OpenAI announced a new feature — outpainting. It’s like cropping, but in the opposite direction. You can make an image bigger, and Dall-E 2’a AI automatically fills in the background of that image.
How to use Dall-E 2’s new outpainting tool to make book covers Read More »
Reading Time: 7 minutesI use Midjourney and Canva to create a couple of quick book covers.
How to make a book cover with Midjourney and Canva Read More »
Reading Time: 7 minutesA new AI image generator called Midjourney offers images comparable in quality to Dall-E 2, but is open to the public.
Midjourney is a great new AI image generator — if you’re a fan of Discord Read More »
Reading Time: 6 minutesI’ve been collecting AI-powered image generation tools for the past year and one has become my go-to over the past couple of weeks — Craiyon (formerly Dall-E Mini).
10 tips for the free Craiyon AI image generator (formerly Dall-E Mini) Read More »
Reading Time: 37 minutesHow to use free and low-cost AI tools to create cool images for websites and social media.
