There are many image generation tools available.

Here are the most popular ones.

Free

• Adobe Firefly
• Microsoft Designer (also available in Copilot)

• powered by DALL•E 3

• Meta AIIdeogram

• DreamStudio by Stability AI

Paid

• Midjourney

  See pricing plans. Free trial allows 25 image generations.

• DALL•E 3  - available in ChatGPT Plus, Team, and Enterprise

  (Free ChatGPT accounts can generate only a few images per day).

Also, many software applications have generative AI features built-in.

Examples:
Canva, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Paint (in Windows 11)

What can you do with these tools?

Text to image or image to image

Text to image Prompt: iguana in a pink suit Made with Adobe Firefly.	Image to image Upload your original image (top), click "reimagine" and get the bottom image. Made with with Reimagine XL(opens in a new tab) from Stability AI.

Inpainting - adding new items to an image

Original image Made with Adobe Firefly.	You can erase part of the image. Then type your prompt ("mushroom").	You can choose from 3 options to add the mushroom or generate more until you find one you like.

Outpainting - extending an image

Original photograph (not AI).

Outpainting (also known as "uncropping") Uncrop: Clipdrop by Jasper

Infinite zoom (in or out)

Zoom out Made with Midjourney.	Zoom in

Image to 3D model

Upload an image, make a 3D model.
Made with 3DAI Studio.
This screen capture video shows a cursor dragging the image around in all directions, including viewing the top and bottom.

Text to 360° world

Made with Blockade Labs
This screen capture video shows a cursor dragging the image around in all directions, as if the viewer is in the center and looking in all directions, including the ground and the sky.

Sketch to image

Draw with your mouse (or finger on iPad), type a prompt,  "a cartoon image of a cat."	An example of what it generates. Made with Canva: AI Sketch to Image

Check with your instructor before using generative AI for academic work. Different courses will have different policies.