AI image generators such as Midjourney and DALL-E 2 have recently exploded into the mainstream consciousness. More of these tools seem to be popping up all the time, but they aren’t always available to the public. Here are the ones you can use right now—today.

Midjourney Beta

Midjourney is a great balance of ease-of-use and outstanding results. It only requires a Discord account. Text prompts can be submitted in channels as messages. You also have the ability to look at what other people create. Midjourney also offers nice features such as upscaling or variations.

MidJourney Beta free To use the prompts for 25. Then, choose one of the many full-memberships available starting at $10 per monthly.

Stable Diffusion

Stable Diffusion, an open-source machine-learning image is available. generator. You can also create images using text prompts, modify images and enhance blurry images. Stable Diffusion can be run locally on your computer. A guide is available to help you set it up.

The cool thing about Stable Diffusion is it’s completely freeIt runs on a local machine so you have lots of control. It is important to check that the computer you are using meets these requirements.

If you don’t have the horsepower to run it on your system, you can also try a demo of Stable Diffusion on the web. Other websites host Stable Diffusion online. You can find the Stable Diffusion Subreddit here a long list of places you can use it in your browser.

You can even view a searchable gallery of images generated by Stable Diffusion online—it’s like using Stable Diffusion but without the wait for generating each image.

Craiyon (DALL-E Mini)

DALL-E Mini gained popularity quickly after DALL-E 2 began appearing on the news. It was later renamed to “Craiyon” to avoid confusion. Craiyon is a web tool, and it’s not nearly as impressive as the others. However, it’s super easy to use with no accounts or anything else. You just enter a text prompt and let it do it’s thing.

NightCafe

NightCafe This web tool creates images using text prompts that are specific to a particular art style. For example, you can choose styles such as “oil painting,” “cubist,” “fantasy,” or “3D game.” NightCafe also includes the ability to make videos, and it has a pretty decent community around it.

Five are the maximum number. free There are many creations every day. The process may take a while due to high traffic. To create more than that, you’ll need to purchase additional credit packs starting at $7.99.

Wombo Dreams

Dream by Wombo NightCafe is an identical implementation. Text prompts are paired with art styles, such as “polygon,” “realistic,” “meme,” and “line-art.” However, you do have the option to choose “no style” if you’d like. Dream is accessed on the web, and there’s a mobile version as well. The entire Dream website is available. free It is easy to use, and you don’t have any daily restrictions.

DALL-E 2

DALL-E 2 most likely is the AI picture generator You were the one who first heard of it. Although it is widely considered to be one of the top tools available, the competition is rapidly catching up. DALL-E 2’s interface is simple to use, and it will produce amazing results.

It wasn’t available to the public for a while, but as of September 2022, anyone can sign up without a waitlist. Each user is entitled to 50 free You will receive credits for your first month. Then, you’ll get 15 credit each month. More credits can be bought.

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You can see that some AI image generators may be more easily accessible than others. There are many. a lot of these tools availableThere will be many other options. If you’re just looking to test the waters and have some fun, these options will get you started.