Create an image for a presentation or post

Step by step

1. 1Decide where the image will be used and the size or shape it needs.
2. 2Describe the subject, style, colours and composition in plain words.
3. 3Generate several options and pick the closest one.
4. 4Refine or edit that option with specific changes.
5. 5Check text, hands, logos and faces for errors, and read the tool’s terms for how you may use the image.

Template to copy

Create an image of [subject] for [where it will be used].
Style: [style]. Colours: [colours]. Composition: [layout, e.g. subject on the left with space for a title].
Avoid: [things to avoid].

Asking AI to flag uncertainty does not make its answer correct. Keep checking the parts that matter.

Check the result

• The image fits the purpose and the size you need.
• There are no visible errors in text, hands or objects.
• It does not imitate a real person, brand or artwork you may not use.
• You checked the tool’s terms for how you may use the image.
• You would be comfortable explaining that AI helped make it.

Tools you could try

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