Useful Tips in Creating Images from Playground AI
Learn to maximize the features of this AI image creator
Playground AI is one of the most useful websites I have found when it comes to generating AI images.
And the good thing here is that you can use Playground AI even for free!
For those of you who are thinking twice about paying for AI image generation using Midjourney, you may want to try this one without shelling out a single cent.
Unlike Midjourney, Playground AI does not work on a Discord server. You can just go to the website, register for a free account and then start writing prompts for your images.
Where can you use these images?
Playground does not limit your use of image whether you’re paying a fee or you’re using its services for free. There is even a community feed for images generated by others and you can use even those.
It’s up to you where you want to use your AI generated images. You can use it:
on Substack or your personal blog as an image accompanying your article
on your social media accounts like Facebook and Instagram
on YouTube when making your videos
your book cover
Playground AI has the following features in addition to simple image generation:
upscaling an image 4x
cropping, erasing and editing an image
inpaint and outpaint
creating variants
various filters
image to image function
Here are some useful tips I have applied myself when creating images from Playground AI:
1. Use good prompts for desired images
Describe the images you want clearly. Write if you would like to have a close up or a wide shot of an image. Say what type of painting style you would like to see. Include the time of day you would like your image to appear in.
2. Observe the prompts used by others in the community feed and learn from them
I have often found it useful to find out what prompts were used by those who were able to create good images in the community feed. Never stop learning!
3. Make your valuable images private
Playground AI has this ability to set some of your images in private. So if you don’t want your image to appear in the community feed, just set the setting of your image to private.
4. Use the “image to image” function
Through this feature, you can upload a previous image from which your new image will be based.
As an example, you may upload a photo you have downloaded with proper permissions. You can they instruct the AI to produce an image inspired by that photo. It can render something similar in watercolor style or even in a cartoon-like drawing.
5. Exclude traits you don’t want in the image
This may not work every time. But it is better if you could specify what you don’t want to see in the image rendered e.g. blurred, disfigured faces, more than one person.
6. Upscale image to a high resolution only when you’re happy with the images rendered
In order not to use up all your available limits, try to upscale only those images that satisfy your needs.
7. Choose the image dimension you want
You may want your image to be in portrait or landscape mode. You can also choose the resolution such as 512x512 or 768x512. And if you’re in the paid version, you can choose more dimensions/resolutions for your images.
Final thoughts
Playground has a lot of features you can use for free when it comes to AI image creation. Be sure to read the reference pages available in their website and maximize your use of their services.
I have already been able to produce many worthwhile images that I could use at my work as a freelance writer and content creator. You can also do the same.
Don’t forget to play and have some fun!
Here are some of the images Playground was able to create.
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