Since their introduction almost two years ago, AI tex to image generators have made it easy for everyone to quickly generate beautiful visuals using text prompts. No graphic design required. All you need is to give the chatbot detailed instructions on what you want your image to look like and with a single click you can turn your ideas into visual representations.
For us in education, text to image generators enable us to create various types of educational visuals from classroom posters to illustrative graphics. In this post, I compiled what I think are some of the best AI text to image generators out there. I invite you to check them you and share with your feedback.
Best AI Art Generators
1. Midjourney
Midjourney is one of the best AI text to image tools out there and one of my favourite among them all. It allows you to generate high quality images from text prompts. To start using Midjourney you will need to get a subscription plan (unfortunately no free trial now). The basic plan starts with $10 a month and offers enough credits to generate dozens of images. Simply type in your prompt in the imagine bar and hit enter.
Click on one of the four images Midjourney generates for you and further tweak the image as you like. You can generate another variation of the image, rescale, remix, pan, zoom, and many more. Midjourney also enables you to upload an existing image or use one from their library for style reference. Once you generate the image you want, go ahead and download and share your final product.
2. DALL-E 2
Dall-E is another powerful text to image generator. Created by OpenAI, Dall-E is seamlessly integrated with ChatGPT allowing you to generate stunning images using text prompts. The key is to use correct and detailed prompts to get the best results from Dall-E. like Midjourney, DALL-E lets you take a picture and create variations of it inspired by original version. It also allows you to add edits to your images (e.g., you delete elements while taking shadows, reflections, and textures etc). And yes you can use DALL-E right within your ChatGPT interface (plus users).
3. Freepik AI Art Generator
Built within a user-focused creative platform, Freepik’s AI Art Generator is a formidable choice when it comes to creating mind-blowing digital art for personal and professional use. With a selection of text-to-image AI models, from Classic and Flux Fast to Freepik’s flagship Mystic model, you remain in full control throughout the creative process.
Want a particular style? Amongst other custom parameters, you can choose an artistic style, aspect ratio, and even a custom lighting effect that will drastically improve the visual experience. Access to this feature is free with limited usage. However, to gain full access and increase the output daily limit, you need to upgrade to a paid plan.
4. Leonardo AI
Leonardo AI is another good AI text to image tool I have been tinkering with recently. It offers a wide variety of features that makes image generation quick and easy. For instance, you can use ‘Image Guidance’ to achieve consistent characters, reference the style or content of an image, and much more.
Elements can be used to steer the aesthetics of your image in various interesting ways. You can also use their prompt generator to improve your prompt or create random prompts. There is a free tier that includes a daily quota of tokens to start with. Paid subscription offers increased token allowance, faster image generation, and access to premium features.
5. Deep AI
Deep AI is an AI image generator that creates images from scratch using a text description. You can simply provide your text prompt and select a style from the selection. Some styles are free and others are reserved for premium users. Examples of featured styles include Anime Portrait, Renaissance Painting, Fantasy World, 3D Objects, Surreal Graphics, Pop Art, Impressionism Painting, and many more.
You can either pay as you go ($5 per 100 images) or select the monthly payment plan which costs $4.99/month and allows you to generate 500 images per month; if you exceed it you will be charged at a rate of $5 per 500 images.
6. Bing Image Creator
Bing has recently included image generation technology into its search engine allowing users to easily generate images based on text prompts. “When in creative mode in chat, you can now ask Bing to create a brand new image for you, using only your words. Just say ‘create me an image of’ or ‘draw me an image of’ and finish off with exactly what you’re looking for. Image Creator works best when you’re more descriptive, so get creative and add details like adjectives, locations, or even artistic styles such as ‘digital art’ and ‘photorealistic.’”
7. AI Image Generator, Fotor
Fotor has this handy AI image generator that converts words into images within seconds. Start with describing what you want and the AI image generator brings it to life. Fotor also offers an image to image AI generator allowing you to generate beautiful paintings, illustrations, and visuals from images you upload. If you don’t like the generated image you can always click to regenerate new images.
Fotor AI art generator also supports creating multiple images at once. Fotor requires that you sign up to use its services. Fotoro is freemium. It provides new registrants free credits to test the tool then they need to upgrade to one of its premium plans to unlock the full features.
8. NightCafe
NightCafe is another powerful AI art generator that supports both image to image and text to image generators. You can start by clicking on the create button and then selecting a creation method. There are five creation methods to choose from namely Stable, DALL-E 2, Coherent, Artistic, and Style Transfer. Each method offers unique features. For instance, the Style Transfer method is great for converting uploaded photos to masterpieces while the Artistic method is especially great for creating beautiful images from text prompts.
NightCafe also offers several interesting and unique features including multiple style images, bulk creation, bulk download, custom seeds, etc. As for the price of NightCafe, you can use NightCafe Creator to generate unlimited base Stable Diffusion creations for free… “More powerful settings (for example, higher resolution) cost credits.”
9. Craiyon
Picsart is a text-to-image AI generator that helps you generate beautiful images from text prompts. Here is how it works: open the Picsart photo editor and find AI Image Generator, type or paste your text prompt, and click on the Generate image button. Choose the one and start customizing it the way you want. You can apply filters, and effects, add text, adjust colors, and more.
Once completed, click on Export to download and share your AI-generated images. Picsart offers both free and premium plans. The free plan comes with watermarks and limited photo and video editing tools. Picsart cold costs $5/month billed yearly and Picsart Team costs $7/month billed yearly.
10. CF Spark Art
CF Spark Art is a text-to-image tool that allows you to create beautiful and unique artwork. CF Spark offers a versatile AI image generator that enables you to easily convert your text prompts into stunning art designs with only a few clicks.
No graphic design knowledge is required. The process is simple and easy and here is how it works:
- Head over to CF Spark and launch the AI image generator.
- Type in your prompt. You can select from predefined prompts or copy prompts from existing creations.
- Select your preferred ratio and click on Ignite.
- The AI image generator will produce four variations of your prompt. Select the one that you like and click on publish to share it with others.
Based on your prompts, the process of generating AI images might take a few minutes but you can hasten it by getting a CF Spark subscription. You will get 1000 speed credits which will help you create AI art much faster.
11. Text to Image, Canva
Canva has recently introduced its own AI-based text to image tool that allows you to generate images using textual prompts. I have tried it multiple times and found it decent compared with the AI tools above. Canva’s text to Image is now available as an add-on that you can add to your existing Canva account. Once added, you simply type in your prompts, select a style (e.g., photo, painting, drawing, 3D, pattern, etc), choose an aspect ratio (e.g., square, l; landscape, portrait), and click on Generate Image.
Final thoughts
As you can see, our collection features various AI text to image generation tools which you can use to generate awesome images in seconds and without the need for any design skills. Depending on your own preference choice, you can choose any of the featured tool and start your artistic journey. Just keep in mind that because these are platforms work through prompts, your images will only be as good as your prompts. Try to be descriptive and detailed in your prompts to ensure better results.
