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Comparing the 5 leading AI tools for image generaton from text Part one of an eight-part series of blogs |
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Having recently compared the 4 main AI tools for text prompts, I thought I'd do the same for image generation tools. In this blog series we compare Dall-E (via ChatGPT and separately via Copilot), Firefly, Midjourney and Stable Diffusion for 3 pre-defined tests to see which ones score most highly for cost, ease-of-use, speed, editing ability and above all for quality of image.
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I recently wrote a long blog comparing the main AI tools (the likes of ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot and Gemini), and thought I'd now do the same thing for text-to-image generation tools (ie ones where you type in what you want to see and the AI tool creates a picture showing you this).
Before we go any further, a word of warning: I'm doing this from the point of view of someone who wants to create relevant images for inclusion in blogs, articles and newsletters. I am NOT a graphic artist, nor do I have any interest in spending hours fine-tuning pictures until they are good enough to be published in a glossy magazine. I suspect 90% of users of AI image generation tools fall into the same category as I do, but I just thought I'd mention this at the start!
Here's what the rest of this blog will cover:
Section | What it will cover |
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The 5 main image generation tools I've chosen to compare (and some of the main omissions, with why I chose not to include them). | |
The pre-defined prompts that I'll give to each image generation tool, and some thoughts on what I'm trying to achieve for each. | |
Asking each tool to create a photo-realistic picture. | |
Asking each tool to create a child-like line drawing, with detailed instructions. | |
Asking each tool to create a Marvel Comics style picture (this includes uploading a picture in the first place). | |
How the 4 tools compared for cost, speed, ease of use and image quality (original and edited). | |
Based on the results of running the tests, my thoughts on which tool I'll be using most going forward, and why. |
To ensure that the tests are as fair as I can make them, I have pre-defined the prompts for each test and used exactly the same one for each image generation tool. At the time of writing, I genuinely have no idea which tool I'll prefer!
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