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Publication: AI, Machines Rising

2023-01-01

I was recently interviewed by Rob Wilson to offer some of my thoughts about AI and photography for an article in the digital publication of FRAMES Magazine… I also created the example images from the author’s photographs using 3 techniques and 3 different AIs – the attached is

It’s a worthwhile read if you are interested in new technology and how it might change the ways we work as image-makers. I was very honest and positive about how I foresee the two tools converging, as they already are and have been in the past… That said, I can’t help but laugh a little at how any time people talk about AI they act like the world is coming to an end. Of course it is, but chill, yo. (and don’t even get me started on Beno Saradzic’s out-of-context line about David Holz using images without consent, or how AI is breaking copyright law – that’s not true and not how it works)

Read the Article here:
LOOK CLOSER: “AI – Machines Rising ” – by Rob Wilson

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Breaking MidJourney with 50MP

2023-09-21 | Art, Thoughts, Tricks, V5

Any mad scientists here? For the past few days I have been running the same prompt over and over in an attempt to break MidJourney - and I finally succeeded… well… kinda. I created a 50 megapixel image (16,320 x 3,072px) and then MidJourney said, “Nah man, you done!”...

Mixing Different Versions

2023-09-09 | Tricks, Tutorial

You can mix two different versions of MidJourney with the new Vary Region feature! Want to give new life to an old creation? Just find an old image in your gallery, copy the job ID, then use the /show command to bring it back in Discord - then you have the option to...

InPainting, aka Vary Region

2023-08-24 | Art, Tricks, V5

When I am wrong I admit to it, and guess what - I was wrong. The royal we have been wanting and begging MidJourney to add inpainting for what feels like eons. As many of you know, I am a HUGE advocate and word-spreader for MidJourney BUT what I also did is constantly...

One Year Later

2023-07-17 | Thoughts

I just saw this pop up in my memories and it gave me a good feeling. A year ago today I released the first version of Prompter (the prompt-building spreadsheet) for free just to see if people would use it... I never thought that a year later it would get so much...

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