[JasonB]

I wan't really sure where to put this, but...

I'm not a big fan of the idea of AI, but then, I thought I ought to at least dip my toes in and see what it's all about. 

I was aiming to find a useful way for people to produce posters to promote their slot car events. I was hoping that some snazzy AI would be able to produce the whole thing for us from a text description, for free. Well, that didn't happen, but it wasn't a completely wasted attempt.

I found a completely free, no log in reqired site, which will turn your text description into an image, https://perchance.org/ai-text-to-image-generator. Needless to say  there are a few caveats, which may be deal breakers...

• It won't create accurate versions of a particular car
  
• It doesn't do text or numerals vey well, which is a bit bizarre, since they are fairly simple and well established
  
• The maximum image size is 768 x 512, way too small for a printed poster, but maybe just about okay for forums and socials.
  

So, if that hasn't put you off completely, let me show you some examples.

I searched for 1990s saloon racing cars. The software also has several settings to produce different styles, and in this case I set it to 'Professional Photo' 

       


A search for 1970s F1, pulp art, produced these.

       

Prompting the AI with Racing cars Le Mans in a painted anime style provided these results

       

Racing cars vintage Le mans, painted anime.

       

Racing cars vintage Le Mans, concept sketch style

       

Dakar rally, 60s photo style, also finding that adding smoke to the prompt can add some drama.

       

I tried 1970s rally, with a cinematic style, and for the second one added splash and smoke to the search terms.

       

Then I searched for 1950s NASCAR, added crash, smoke and sparks, and also asked for a newspaper headline page. Mixed results, it doesn't do text very well.

       

Finally, rally cars in a 'franco-belgian comic' style, wth added "VROOM" text in honour of Michel Vaillant.

       

[Kevan]

AI tools are developing at a fast pace, the genie is out of the bottle whether we like it or not so embrace it.. especially if it's free.