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Ask HN: I spent 16 credits on DALL-E and it failed to generate intended image

4 points by amts 4y ago

I've registered my account at open.ai recently and spend 16 free credits on DALL-E to generate an image I wanted, with rather detailed queries, and it failed. I used "photo" and "3D render" for style, maybe it imposed some constraints. The thing I want from it isn't rocket science and seems easily doable in Photoshop/Blender. But it failed to generate a single image I wanted. Is DALL-E really worth it?

throwaway12245 4y ago
Download stable diffusion.
throwaway888abc 4y ago
Failed is really broad term. How does it "failed" for you ? Here is nice guide to learn more and practice with prompts: https://pitch.com/v/DALL-E-prompt-book-v1-tmd33y/ae3935aa-8864-4fcb-a64c-1de8d5e0b405 https://pitch.com/v/DALL-E-prompt-book-v1-tmd33y/ae3935aa-88... All the best - it's good fun
- amts 4y ago
  >>How does it "failed" for you ? It generated ~0.01% of what was intended. The task is take an object from one type of images and insert it instead of another object from another thematic category of images. It tried to insert some very few elements of the first object alongside that another object, but not instead of it (didn't fully replaced it). And in one 3D render it inserted a graphical symbolic representation of this first object, rather than the object itself.
senthilnayagam 4y ago
Don't give up so easily I will give a analogy first, you know what dish you want but you don't know the recipe. Everyone here was a novice when they started, you can ask chatgpt to generate a dalle2 prompt for your situation and it can generate a reasonable first output then you can tweak from it. you can look at other peoples work for discord on midjourney There are also sites which show generative images and prompt used like Lexica https://lexica.art https://lexica.art There are paid marketplaces for prompts like https://promptbase.com https://promptbase.com where readymade prompts are available and also people who offer prompt writing services.

4 points by amts 4y ago

throwaway12245 4y ago

Download stable diffusion.

throwaway888abc 4y ago

Failed is really broad term. How does it "failed" for you ? Here is nice guide to learn more and practice with prompts: https://pitch.com/v/DALL-E-prompt-book-v1-tmd33y/ae3935aa-8864-4fcb-a64c-1de8d5e0b405 https://pitch.com/v/DALL-E-prompt-book-v1-tmd33y/ae3935aa-88... All the best - it's good fun

amts 4y ago
>>How does it "failed" for you ? It generated ~0.01% of what was intended. The task is take an object from one type of images and insert it instead of another object from another thematic category of images. It tried to insert some very few elements of the first object alongside that another object, but not instead of it (didn't fully replaced it). And in one 3D render it inserted a graphical symbolic representation of this first object, rather than the object itself.

senthilnayagam 4y ago

Don't give up so easily I will give a analogy first, you know what dish you want but you don't know the recipe. Everyone here was a novice when they started, you can ask chatgpt to generate a dalle2 prompt for your situation and it can generate a reasonable first output then you can tweak from it. you can look at other peoples work for discord on midjourney There are also sites which show generative images and prompt used like Lexica https://lexica.art https://lexica.art There are paid marketplaces for prompts like https://promptbase.com https://promptbase.com where readymade prompts are available and also people who offer prompt writing services.