Adobe upgrades Firefly for better images, vector graphics
Reading Time: 6 minutes Adobe announced a new version of its Firefly image generation tool today at the Adobe Max 2023 conference.
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Canva sets up a $200 million artist compensation fund
Reading Time: 8 minutes Canva announces a $200 million fund to compensate artists for AI, adds new AI features.
Dall-E 3 looks great, but lacks respect for artist rights
Reading Time: 3 minutes OpenAI 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.
Adobe Express offers free AI art and is out of beta
Reading Time: 3 minutes Adobe 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.
Midjourney’s new zoom out feature great for book covers
Reading Time: 7 minutes Midjourney adds zoom out feature, which is great for creating art for book covers.
Adobe will indemnify customers against lawsuits
Reading Time: 2 minutes Adobe promises to cover any legal costs that companies might incur as a result of using their AI-powered image generation tools.
Adobe adds Firefly’s AI image generation to Photoshop
Reading Time: 7 minutes Adobe 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.
Leonardo AI best new alternative to Midjourney — and free
Reading Time: 8 minutes Leonardo AI offers 150 free images a day. They’re not quite as good-looking at Midjourney, but within throwing distance.
How to use the new Midjourney ‘describe’ function to create great book covers
Reading Time: 6 minutes A 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.
3 AI tools I use regularly that aren’t ChatGPT or Midjourney
Reading Time: 4 minutes I use Otter AI, Canva, and Notion nearly every day, and here is why other writers should, too.
Adobe’s Firefly will be a Midjourney killer for book cover art
Reading Time: 4 minutes Adobe 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, Nvidia announce ethical AI image generation
Reading Time: 4 minutes Adobe 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.
Midjourney 5 released with more aspect ratios, photorealism
Reading Time: 4 minutes The fifth generation of the super popular Midjourney app is out, and it’s more photorealistic and better at hands and faces.
AI work can be copyrighted, if human creativity was involved
Reading Time: 3 minutes The 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.
Is generative AI legal? Is it ethical? And can you copyright AI text or images?
Reading Time: 6 minutes Proponents 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.
5 best free alternatives to Midjourney for writers who need marketing or cover images
Reading Time: 12 minutes The top five free, easy-to-use alternatives to Midjourney: Lexica, Canva, Playground AI, Mage Space, and Dreamlike.
The Gartner Hype Cycle, the Dunning-Krueger Effect and the S-Curve, AI, and what they all mean for writers
Reading Time: 11 minutes As 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.
10 Ways to Make Your Writing Come to Life with Midjourney’s AI-Powered Images
Reading Time: 10 minutes How 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.
How AI is used to create images in virtual worlds
Reading Time: 6 minutes From AI art galleries in OpenSim to AI-created fully immersive three-dimensional environments, AI is already shaping how we experience virtual worlds.
Here’s what ChatGPT said about using ChatGPT for video games and VR!
Reading Time: 3 minutes Hey 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.
Dall-E 2 now available to all — no waiting
Reading Time: 6 minutes The viral Dall-E 2 AI image generator is now open to all.
What I learned today while making 28 covers with Midjourney and Canva
Reading Time: 11 minutes I take another stab at making AI books covers. And I make 28. Someone, stop me.
How to use Dall-E 2’s new outpainting tool to make book covers
Reading Time: 3 minutes Today 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 make a book cover with Midjourney and Canva
Reading Time: 7 minutes I use Midjourney and Canva to create a couple of quick book covers.
10 tips for the free Craiyon AI image generator (formerly Dall-E Mini)
Reading Time: 6 minutes I’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).
AI tools to create cool illustrations
Reading Time: 37 minutes How to use free and low-cost AI tools to create cool images for websites and social media.