Working with AI generated images in GIMP: prompts, repairing hands and text, upscaling, background removal, colour matching, batch scripts, and the honest limits.
A generated image is a starting point, not a finished one. These articles cover the work that comes after the prompt: repairing what the model got wrong, cutting the subject out, matching colours to real photographs, and getting the file to a size and format that actually works.
They also cover the parts people get wrong in the other direction, including what GIMP genuinely cannot do, why detector sites are unreliable, and where the copyright position currently sits.
Extra fingers and wandering eyes are still the giveaway in generated images. Five repair techniques in GIMP, from a ten second crop to rebuilding a hand from a donor image.
Read More →Generated images are usually much easier to cut out than photographs, and there is a trick at the prompt stage that makes it easier still. Three methods, ordered by how long they take.
Read More →Generated images arrive with the same handful of problems every time. This is a repeatable seven step GIMP workflow that turns one into something you can actually publish.
Read More →Most disappointing AI images come from prompts that are too short. Here is a six part structure that works with any generator, plus 25 examples you can paste straight in.
Read More →Free image generators fall into three groups, and the differences matter more than the brand names. Here is how to choose one, what limits to expect, and how to judge the output.
Read More →GIMP has no built in image generator and no Generative Fill. It does have several smart tools people mistake for AI, plus a plugin route that covers most of the gap. Here is exactly where the line sits.
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