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Image and Digital Art: AI Tools for Academic Work

Tool Description Access

DALL.E 2

DALL·E 2 by OpenAI is a text-to-image AI model that uses deep learning techniques to produce realistic images and artwork in response to user prompts or natural language descriptions. With Dall.E 2, users may create photorealistic images by fusing various concepts, characteristics, and styles. Users have the ability to modify pre-existing photos with captions in natural language, add or delete components, and make unique versions of the originals. For a course on DALL.E, follow this link: DALL-E: the Creative Process and the Art of Prompting

Usage based; for other options, contact us at libraryservices@mbzuai.ac.ae

Midjourney

Midjourney is a text-to-image generator that uses brief text descriptions to create unique and imaginative visual narratives and designs. It can be used in art, design, and content development to produce visually captivating content from a variety of sources.

Freemiun; for other options, contact us at libraryservices@mbzuai.ac.ae

Stable Diffusion 

Stable Diffusion is a latent diffusion model, a type of deep generative artificial neural network. It generates photo-realistic images and creative arts from text descriptions or other images within seconds and in variety of styles. Features: prompt database function to browse over 9 million stable diffusion prompts.

Freemium; for other options, please contact us at libraryservices@mbzuai.ac.ae

 DreamStudio

DreamStudio by Stability.ai uses the most recent iteration of the Stable Diffusion picture production model to generate images with an easy-to-use interface. Users can choose styles, edit and create models, enhance writing prompts, submit images with complex settings, and more. It provides access to SDXL model previews. Negative and multi-prompting have been added to provide more precise control over particular picture themes.

Freemium; for other options, contact us at libraryservices@mbzuai.ac.ae

 

Adobe Firefly

Firefly is the natural extension of the technology Adobe that uses generative AI to greatly enhance creative workflows while providing new options for creation, and communication. Firefly generates nice graphics, text effects, and new color palettes using generative AI and simple text prompts. User can use reference photos to create original content and swiftly investigate other options. User can turn text into graphics, add or delete items, and do a lot more with just basic text prompts in more than 100 languages. 

Free trial available; for other options, contact us at libraryservices@mbzuai.ac.ae

MS Copilot

Copilot (MS Bing Image creator) uses a more recent version of DALL-E2 to generate images fast. Like any other AI text-to-image generator, it allows users to describe their thoughts in order to create original visuals and turn them into nice pieces of art. User can purchase credits to remove limitations or speed up the designs, but the tool is entirely free to use. 

Free

Do you have other recommendations for Image and Digital Art Creation, please email us libraryservices@mbzuai.ac.ae

As AI technologies are rapidly evolving, new information can become available regularly. We will do our best to keep our guide updated, but please make sure to always check for updates.