I have been saying for some time now that I wanted to train an image generation model on a ton of POV Poi images to make one that I can use for Magic Poi image generation.
“I want an celtic knot image – blue with black background” should ideally generate something usable on the poi. Up until recently tools like Dalle, Stable Diffusion and Midjourney simply weren’t up to the task. The type of image that works on my poi (dark background, primary colours, pixel perfect, small size) just weren’t an option – most pics end up blurry and just look worse than making it yourself in Photoshop*. Don’t even get me started on how annoying the ChatGPT image generator is! “Image needs to have no white, only primary colours” (white image generated) “Zero White PIXELS!!!!” (Still blinds me with glaring white background)
I recently went looking again and actually found some! There is a service aptly named “thereisanaiforthat.com” with a ton of free services listed. I have linked the best ones below.
Some Example Images
Services:
https://free.theresanaiforthat.com/@kadi_228/pattern-generator-srcset
https://free.theresanaiforthat.com/@zurcher/decorative-patterns
More to view here:
https://free.theresanaiforthat.com/pattern-images/
I am not sure, you may need to sign in for these to actually work but all of the ones I linked are free!
I still have that trained image generator for poi pics on my list of things to do, but it seems I may have a better starting point to work from soon, if these projects are anything to go by. The field is advancing rapidly!
*I actually use Krita, open source image editing software with Pixel brush. It’s really good.