10 Tips for Adding Text to AI-Generated Images
TLDRThe video offers 10 valuable tips for incorporating AI-generated text into images using platforms like mid-journey, Dali, and stable diffusion. It emphasizes the importance of starting prompts with desired text, repeating words for emphasis, and describing the desired font and background. The video also suggests making variations, using synonyms, and editing text in programs like Photoshop or Canva for final touches. Despite AI's limitations with text, persistence and creativity can yield visually appealing results.
Takeaways
- 🎨 AI image generators like Mid-journey, Dali, and Stable Diffusion can create text on images, but it often requires patience, persistence, and sometimes luck to get both beautiful and readable text.
- 📝 Start your prompt with the exact words you want to include in the image to increase the chances of the AI catching them, as they might skip parts of the prompt.
- 🔄 Repeat the desired text throughout the prompt multiple times to add weight to the words and improve the likelihood of the AI including them accurately.
- 🖼 Describe the desired appearance of the text, including font style, color, and medium, as AI image generators are more adept at working with visual descriptions.
- 📚 Specify the physical format of the text background, such as a book, magazine, or poster, to give the AI a starting point for the text's appearance.
- 🤝 Use synonyms and different terms for text throughout the prompt, like 'headline' or 'title', to increase the chances of the AI understanding and generating the correct text.
- 🔄 Make variations of the best renderings to improve the text generation process, as it may take multiple attempts to get the desired result.
- 🖼 Feed the text into the AI as an image prompt using tools like Photoshop or Canva to refine the output.
- 📏 Shorter text strings are easier for AI to generate correctly, so simplify the text or use single letters for better results.
- ✏️ Use AI image generators with in-painting capabilities like Dolly to fix incorrect text by editing and regenerating the image.
- 🖌️ Clean up and add text to the image using photo editing programs like Pixlr or Photoshop for final touches and to ensure the text is exactly as desired.
Q & A
What is the main challenge with generating AI text on images?
-The main challenge is that AI image generators struggle to consistently make text that is both beautiful and readable. They see words more like a graphic element rather than understanding the underlying syntax or logic of the language, which can result in mistakes or gibberish.
Which AI image generator does Jen primarily use?
-Jen primarily uses Mid-journey as her AI image generator.
How can you increase the likelihood of AI catching the words you want in your image?
-Start your prompt with the words you want to include, set the word or words apart from the rest of the prompt using quotes, commas, or a double colon. Repeating the text throughout the prompt can also add weight to your words.
What is a strategy to help AI image generators understand how you want your text to look?
-Describe the font, colors, and medium in the prompt. AI image generators work with visuals, so providing a detailed visual description of the text can help them generate it more accurately.
How can you improve the chances of getting the desired text in your AI-generated image?
-Make variations of the best renderings and keep making variations. Sometimes it takes many attempts to get the text right, so patience and persistence are key.
What is a tip for handling longer text strings in AI image generation?
-Shorter text strings are generally easier to achieve. The longer the text, the more ways it can go wrong in the image generation process. So, edit your text and use simple words or phrases.
How can you use an image prompt to improve text generation in AI?
-Feed your text into the AI as an image prompt using a photo editor like Photoshop or Canva. This can cut down on the number of variations needed to achieve the desired text.
What can you do if the AI image generator makes mistakes in the text?
-If the AI image generator has an in-painting feature, you can fix incorrect text by choosing the version closest to the desired word, editing the incorrect words or letters, and regenerating the image.
How can you clean up and add your own text to an AI-generated image?
-Use a photo editing program like Pixlr or Photoshop to remove unwanted elements and add your own text using various templates and editing tools available in these programs.
What is the advantage of using Canva to add text to an image?
-Canva offers an easy way to add text to an image with a variety of preset text combinations, editing tools, and design elements. It's user-friendly and doesn't require advanced photo editing skills.
What is a unique feature of Photoshop for working with AI-generated text?
-Photoshop has a 'Match Font' feature that can identify and suggest a font similar to the one used in the AI-generated text, making it easier to recreate or modify the text style.
Outlines
🎨 Tips for AI Text on Images
This paragraph introduces the topic of generating AI text on images, emphasizing the challenges of creating both beautiful and readable text. The speaker, Jen, mentions using AI image generators like mid-journey, Dali, and stable diffusion, which struggle with text consistency. It highlights the importance of patience, persistence, and luck in the process. The paragraph also discusses the limitations of AI in understanding language, treating text more as a visual element than a semantic one. Jen shares her experience with mid-journey and provides a tip on using negative weights for misspellings, suggesting that repeating text throughout the prompt can increase its likelihood of appearing correctly in the generated image.
📝 Strategies for Effective AI Image Text
The second paragraph delves into specific strategies for improving the chances of successful text generation in AI images. It suggests starting the prompt with the desired text, using quotes, commas, or double colons to set the text apart. The paragraph also advises describing the desired font and background medium to help the AI visualize the text better. Tips include using synonyms and variations, as well as creating different versions of the prompt to achieve the desired result. The speaker shares her experience of creating a movie poster and emphasizes the need for patience and persistence in achieving the correct text rendering.
🖼️ Post-Processing AI Generated Text
The final paragraph discusses post-processing techniques to refine AI-generated images with text. It mentions using photo editors like Photoshop and Canva to adjust and add text to the images. The speaker shares a tip about using an image prompt with mid-journey to reduce the number of variations needed. The paragraph also covers methods for fixing incorrect text in AI-generated images, such as using the in-painting feature in Dolly and manually editing the text in photo editing programs. The speaker provides a brief tutorial on using Pixlr and Photoshop for text adjustments and encourages viewers to share their own tips for adding text to images.
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Keywords
💡AI image generators
💡Text readability
💡Prompts
💡Font styles
💡Backgrounds
💡Synonyms
💡Variations
💡Photo editing programs
💡In-painting tools
💡Canva
💡Photoshop
Highlights
AI image generators like mid-journey, Dali, and stable diffusion can generate text on images, but struggle with consistent beauty and readability.
AI tools see text visually and do not understand the underlying syntax or logic of language, often resulting in mistakes or gibberish.
Starting your prompt with the words you want to include in the image can help AI catch them, as it often skips parts of the prompt.
Repeating text throughout the prompt can add weight to the words and increase the chance of AI incorporating them correctly.
Describing the desired font, color, and medium can help AI image generators work within their comfort zone and improve text generation.
Physical format of the background where the text appears can be described to give AI a head start, such as book, magazine, poster, or business card.
Using synonyms for text and words throughout the prompt can increase the likelihood of AI catching the intended message.
Creating variations of the best renderings is often necessary, as adding text to AI images may require multiple attempts.
Feeding text into AI as an image prompt can reduce the number of variations needed, using tools like Photoshop or Canva.
Shorter text strings are generally easier for AI to achieve correctly in the image generation process.
In painting features in AI image generators like Dolly can be used to fix incorrect text by editing and regenerating.
Cleaning up AI-generated images with photo editing programs like Pixlr or Photoshop can improve the final output.
AI image generators are improving, and adding text to images is likely to become easier as AI technology advances.
Canva is an easy-to-use tool for adding text to an image with various templates and editing options.
Photoshop's 'Match Font' feature can identify and apply a similar font to the one created by AI image generators.
Despite their ability to understand text for image creation, AI tools do not fully grasp how to write words on images effectively.
As AI improves, it may become more adept at incorporating text into images, making the process easier for creators.