Week 1 Discussion

Which editing tools did you find most valuable and why? I had never really explored the full list of editing tools and mostly relied on the ones in the “edit selection” section at the top of the list. Taking more time to explore the “generate from selection” options provided some interesting perspectives I hadn’t previously considered. As someone who can sometimes struggle with getting started, these tools help spark my own thinking. I find that once I see an example written out, it often jumpstarts my creative process and I'm able to build from there. 

What challenges did you face when trying to get AI to produce the results you wanted? Image generation has been my biggest ongoing challenge, particularly around achieving visual consistency across a set of images. In one exercise using the Vector style, my first image came out exactly as intended. But subsequent images were overloaded with elements and didn't match the tone I was going for. Despite multiple rounds of prompt revision, I couldn't get them where I wanted them. In the end, I spent more time working on prompts than it would have taken to find a cohesive image set created by a single artist. It's a good reminder that AI image tools still require some trial and error, and sometimes a traditional approach is the more efficient one for me.