AI generated images from DALL-E make better blog thumbnails, do it cheaper, and generally just be more fun? I spent the weekend and $45 in OpenAi credits generating new thumbnails that better represent the content of all 100+ posts from It’s worth some time browsing r/dalle2 to get some ideas for what goes into a good prompt.

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1. Prompt engineering is hard, and requires creativity. ​2. You get better at writing prompts with practice. ​3. Stylistic modifiers are critical to getting interesting images. ​4. It’s worth some time browsing r/dalle2 to get some ideas for what goes into a good prompt. ​5. You may need to photoshop out gibberish text. ​6. Watch out for unexpected content violations. ​7. You can edit your images after. ​8. Getting a specific thing, a specific color, a specific number of things, or a thing in a specific place is hard. ​9. The role of humans in art isn’t going away anytime soon. ​10. I wouldn’t go long on $GETY (Getty Images). ​Bonus killer feature request for Google ​Sign up for newsletterThe takeaway ​
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