{"id":21232,"date":"2023-01-24T12:04:19","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T11:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.contents.com\/the-golden-age-of-ai-generated-art-is-here-contents-com-launches-ai-art-its-new-powerful-text-to-image-tool\/"},"modified":"2024-10-09T10:53:40","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T08:53:40","slug":"the-golden-age-of-ai-generated-art-is-here-contents-com-launches-ai-art-its-new-powerful-text-to-image-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.contents.com\/magazine\/content-creation\/the-golden-age-of-ai-generated-art-is-here-contents-com-launches-ai-art-its-new-powerful-text-to-image-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"The golden age of AI-generated art is here. Contents.com launches AI Art, its new powerful text-to-image tool."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you often struggle to find the perfect image for your content? <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quality images can make all the difference, as an eye-catching image can help capture users&#8217; attention and make your communication more effective.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this context, an outstanding <strong>AI-based technology<\/strong> provides an easy way to generate original, optimised and perfect images from a simple prompt.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>How Text-To-Image technology is becoming more widespread on a global scale<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Artificial Intelligence<\/strong> for the creation of images from texts (Text-To-Image) is a rapidly growing technology that uses machine learning algorithms to create images from natural language descriptions (prompts). This technology can have various applications, such as the creation of visual content for marketing, product design support, digital art, design and photography.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The use of <strong>Text-To-Image technology<\/strong> is exploding, not only in the entertainment industry, but also with the creation of visual content for films, games, and other marketing and multimedia outlets.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The June cover of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cosmopolitan.com\/lifestyle\/a40314356\/dall-e-2-artificial-intelligence-cover\/\"><b>Cosmopolitan<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the American fa<\/span>shion and entertainment magazine, is a prime example. For the first time in the history of newspapers, <b>the magazine left the creativity of its cover entirely to Dall-E 2 AI.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-21233\" src=\"https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/cosmo-240x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/cosmo-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/cosmo-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/cosmo-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/cosmo.png 980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source: June&#8217;s Cosmopolitan cover generated by Dall-E 2.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project was a collaboration between the Editors of Cosmopolitan, specialists from OpenAI, and a Digital Artist, Karen X. Cheng, who found the perfect image by typing in as a prompt: &#8220;wide-angle shot from below of a female astronaut with an athletic feminine body walking with swagger toward the camera on Mars in an infinite universe, synthwave digital art&#8221;.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another good example is the famous <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/rethinkideas.com\/work\/heinz-ketchup\/2022\/digital-social\/heinz-a-i-ketchup\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Heinz<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Campaign<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where a Dall-E 2 is asked <\/span><b>how it imagines ketchup<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and shows that \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">just like human beings, AI prefers Heinz<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> reproducing the bottle in various formats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/heinz-300x178.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-21239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/heinz-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/heinz-1024x608.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/heinz-768x456.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/heinz-1536x911.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/heinz-2048x1215.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Source: Heinz Campaign using Dall-E 2<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In truth, if Dall-E 2 depicts ketchup bottles very similar to those of Heinz it\u2019s not because it has tasted all the kinds of ketchup on the market, and Heinz is the best-tasting one, but because the model has been trained with thousands of \u2018spoilt\u2019 data and information from human opinion. Apparently, it is we who prefer Heinz ketchup.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>The main players in the market<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <strong>creation of images<\/strong> starting from texts is based on various technologies that <\/span>allows the processing of an input text to generate corresponding images. In some cases, it\u2019s even possible to start from the same images to improve their quality or imagine contours and contexts that didn\u2019t previously exist (Image-To-Image), as in the <a href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/blog\/dall-e-introducing-outpainting\/\">Outpainting<\/a> mode of Dall-E 2. To date, there are many online tools that allow the creation of images starting from a text suggestion. Among them, the most popular are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Dall-E 2<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Introduced in April in beta version and open to all since September, the tool was launched by OpenAI, also the mother of GPT, the linguistic model that uses<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> deep learning texts similar to natural human language (NLG). The images generated by Dall-E 2 are more <\/span><b>photorealistic<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with models adhering to reality, and respond very well to cultural references, even current ones. Although, in compliance with the safety standards set by OpenAI, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">it is not able to reproduce famous people\u2019s faces;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If, on the other hand, one is searching for more artistic images, with bright colors and references to the world of fantasy, the choice should fall on <\/span><b>MidJourney<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a tool introduced by an independent research laboratory with the aim of expanding \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the imaginative abilities of the human species\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The beta version can be tested on Discord;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Stable Diffusion<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a machine learning model released by StabilityAI. Unlike the previously mentioned tools, Stable Diffusion has made its source code available despite the \u2018ethical\u2019 rules to be respected in the creation of images and reproduction of proprietary code.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fabianstelzer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fabian Stelzer<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> recently performed an image comparison test between these three AI text-image generators: DALL-E, Midjourney and Stable Diffusion and these images are the results.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fb-3-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-21245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fb-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fb-3.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fb-2-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-21251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fb-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fb-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fb-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fb-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fb-2.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/trumo-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-21257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/trumo-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/trumo-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/trumo-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/trumo-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/trumo.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fs-q-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-21263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fs-q-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fs-q-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.contents.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/fs-q.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><b>AI text-to-image processors: Threat to creatives or a new ally?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dall-E 2, Midjourney, Stable Diffusion are models that fall within the sphere of <\/span><b>Generative Artificial Intelligence<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, that is, an AI research field that has \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the potential to give life to new forms of creative content and accelerate the cycles of research and development that range from medicine to product creation<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/en\/information-technology\/insights\/top-technology-trends\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gartner, 2022<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). Like many of these models that allow the creation of \u201cnew forms of content\u201d, the automated generation of images is also subject to a double narrative; on the one hand, it\u2019s defined as a revolutionary,<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0super exciting innovation; on the other, it is demonized, because it is feared that \u201crobots might steal jobs from humans\u201d. In this case, from artists, designers and creatives. The truth probably lies somewhere in between.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One key to overcoming these obstacles should be sought in the very use that is made of these technologies. Generative AI tools should not be used by freelancers and companies to replace human labor, but rather to facilitate it. In fact, based on the data provided by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.onetcenter.org\/database.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">O-NET<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> e <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bls.gov\/data\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BLS<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the risk of job automation for a house painter is 77%, while that of an artistic painter stops at 16%. For a graphic designer only 4% and for a journalist 9%. Where is the difference? In irreplaceable and intrinsic human creativity.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Try generating your images with Contents.com<\/b><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If this overview of AI image generation has piqued your curiosity, don\u2019t miss the new tool coming to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.contents.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contents.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> platform. It will be possible to choose between the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018<\/span><b>image generation\u2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> mode <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Text-To-Image)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to generate an image starting from a text prompt, and the \u2018<\/span><b>improve image<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019 mode (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Image-To-Image<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">), which can both improve the resolution of the photo in general, and perfect the face of your photo portraits thanks to the \u201c<\/span><b>enhance facial features<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d function. The latter function can also be requested in batch mode, improving multiple images simultaneously and saving a lot of time on your project.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The image can be created freely according to your artistic taste, or you can let yourself be surprised by selecting the style that better suits your needs: photography, illustration, graphic design, painting, and digital art. Not only that but the image size can also be customized!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you feel like you\u2019d like to try Content.com\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI Art <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">but think that writing a prompt is too complex? Have no fear! Our image generation tool is ready to \u2018enrich\u2019 your idea, transforming it into an accurate prompt, ready to be assimilated by our \u2018Artificial Intelligence!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are at a key moment for the future of creativity, where generative technology will play an important role in the way people and computers interact in the future. It will be important to explore, experiment, fail (and succeed) as often as possible; to take risks, and share your work with others. <\/span><b>And if you are a creator, a platform that wants to collaborate with us or a thinker in this space, I invite you to <\/b><a href=\"mailto:hello@contents.com\"><b>get in touch<\/b><\/a><b> so that we can work together to usher in this new era.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finding the perfect image for your digital channels may be hard. 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