Everyone loves to generate AI art, but no one likes to pay for it. GeeksByTheHour.com and Dr. Sky also believe that “Freedom of Expression”, especially through art, should be free! Not just low levels of quality expression, but also high quality art should not cost anyone an arm and a leg to express themselves, their culture, or even showing how they are feeling today.
Here are five places you can go right now to make some pretty pictures that are free to create, but don’t necessarily “look” free!
1 Craiyon
This tool used to be known as “DALL-E Mini”, but had to change to Craiyon since the company isn’t affiliated with OpenAI or its DALL-E image generator.
Transparency here at GeeksByTheHour.com is a key value, so we want to be clear – Craiyon does not produce very good results compared to most paid or free AI image generators, but it is the only free option that still has that unique “shaky-ness” that early AI images had. While everyone is approaching perfection with their models, Craiyon has retained that quirky charm, and so deserves some love in my opinion.
2 Stable Diffusion Online
If you have a GPU with enough memory and performance, you can run Stable Diffusion locally on your computer. If not, or you don’t want the hassle, then you can use this high-end image generation model via Stable Diffusion Online. You can sign up and generate images for free, although you only get a limited number of credits to play with.
Also, on the free plan images have a watermark, but you can always crop that out if you’re smart with the aspect ratio selection. Overall, the quality of the images generated here is great and comparable to paid services like MidJourney or DALL-E.
3 Ideogram
Ideogram is a hot new competitor to MidJourney which I found to be quite promising in terms of features, but not quite there when it comes to the final quality of the results or consistency. However, one big advantage Ideogram has over MidJourney is its free tier. MidJourney used to offer a free tier, but has since ended it. So if you want something quite similar, but don’t want to pay for it, give Ideogram a shot. It’s definitely one of the best AI image generators on the market right now.
4 Artbreeder
Artbreeder offers a set of different tools that let you do all sorts of creative things with images. This includes “Prompter” which is the core tool to create images from text prompts. However, there’s some interesting stuff that lets you mix images, create a character with a certain pose from source images, and much more. The output is quite decent, but it works best when you provide your own source images in addition to your text prompt.
The free tier comes with 10 credits per month, but you can get more by earning achievements.
5 OpenArt
OpenArt comes with a 50-credit trial, and if you join the OpenArt Discord server, you’ll get another one-time allocation of 100 credits. These credits let you use all the premium features of the service.
Once you have used up those credits and fall back to the free tier, you will be limited to 50 generations using one of only four models per day. You are also limited in terms of image size.
One major bonus of the free tier for OpenArt is that even images generated on the free tier are private, which is not true for the competition who usually require a paid subscription (and quite an expensive one) to generate images privately.
While you are enjoying those free trial credits, you’ll have access to a mind-boggling number of specialized image generation models, so make the most of it!
While it’s definitely worth paying for a premium art generation service like MidJourney, if you just want to make some AI images for a once-off project, or you want to learn the ins and outs of this fascinating new technology without spending any money, these free services offer more than most people will ever need.
ChatGPT is the future and right now in 2023 so far it is completely FREE!
In this article, I will show you how to use it to make video creation a breeze.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is quickly becoming a powerful tool in the kit of any creator. From smart editing tools to copy writing to whole original image creation, there is a lot that AI can do. One stage of the creation process that AI can streamline is the pre-production process: brainstorming, writing, and prepping.
In this article, I’ll show you how to use ChatGPT to write something like a video script to make your video production workflow faster and easier.
What Is ChatGPT?
How to Use ChatGPT to Create Content
What Are the Limitations of ChatGPT?
What Is ChatGPT?
ChatGPT is the latest tool from OpenAI, the company behind DALL-E, the AI-powered art and image generator.
Unlike DALL-E and other AI art tools like the Lensa AI Magic Avatars or the MyHeritage AI Time Machine that have become popular recently, ChatGPT is NOT an image generator.
Summary: It’s a conversational text and code generator.
You plug in a question or a prompt, and ChatGPT will give you an answer. Or an essay, poem, idea, line of code, etc.
OpenAI has made ChatGPT available as part of a research release. That means a) that they are taking users’ feedback during this period to improve the AI model and b) that it’s currently free to use, which is great news for creators.
How to Use ChatGPT to Create Content More Quickly
Let’s walk through how to use ChatGPT and how it can speed up your content creation process.
Step 1: Set Up an Account with ChatGPT
To start, head to chat.openai.com. You’ll be asked to either log in or create an account.
As of writing this article, setting up an OpenAI account is totally free, no payment info required.
I opted to use the integrated Google login.
Step 2: Read Through the Disclosures and Limitations
Once you’ve signed in to ChatGPT, you’ll see a few pop-ups explaining how the research release works and what to expect.
It’s important to read through these disclosures to fully understand the limitations of the tool and how to use it for best results.
Step 3 (Optional): Ask ChatGPT for Video Script Ideas
If you already have an idea for the video you want to shoot in mind, go ahead and skip this step. But if you’re still looking for ideas, enlist ChatGPT as your brainstorming buddy.
All you have to do is type your prompt or question into the chat bar at the bottom of your screen:
In just a few seconds, ChatGPT will generate a list for you.
Not happy with the results? Just hit the “Try again” button. You can also try wording your prompt differently to get better results.
Step 4: Ask ChatGPT to Write Your Video Script
All that’s left is to write your video script. Or rather, to let ChatGPT write it.
In the chat bar, type your request and make sure that you include the idea you’ve chosen from ChatGPT (or your own idea).
And that’s really all there is to it. Sit back and let ChatGPT generate a whole video script for you in just a few seconds.
You can see that the script isn’t that long — it took me about three minutes to read it out loud at a moderate narration pace. That’s because ChatGPT can only generate so much text at a time and now that it is approaching INCREDIBLY POPULARITY faster than Facebook, Google, and even Instagram, the “demand” for its “Server” aka the computational workhorse behind the scenes is truly working harder than an air conditioner in a Las Vegas summer!
This is a great tool for turning out short-form content, like TikToks and YouTube Shorts, quickly.
For something like a video for your regular YouTube feed, you can always pad your ChatGPT video scripts out with examples and asides, to give it more of a personal touch and add a little bit of watch time.
If you want ChatGPT to write the script for any videos longer than 5 minutes, I’d recommend asking for an outline first, then having the AI write each section of that outline individually.
Step 5: Edit and Publish Your Video
Script-writing isn’t the only part of the video creation process that artificial intelligence can help with. To keep your video editing as streamlined as your script-writing, here are three AI-powered GeeksByTheHour tools I recommend using:
1) SmartCut
Remove silences and awkward pauses from your videos automatically with SmartCut. You will find SmartCut under the “AI Tools” section in GeeksByTheHour’s video editor Resources.
To use it, just click on the SmartCut button and the AI will automatically detect and delete silences from your video.
You can adjust the threshold of what SmartCut detects as a silence by using the Silence Sensitivity slider. Once you’re satisfied with the results, click “Done” and the changes will be applied to your video in the editor.
2) Clean Audio
Filming conditions aren’t always ideal, but that doesn’t mean your video has to have poor audio quality. You’ll find the Clean Audio tool in the left sidebar under the “Audio” tools.
Clicking on it will remove unwanted background audio as well as level the audio volume and reduce popping sounds.
It will take a few minutes for the AI to process and clean your audio, depending on the length of your video. Once it’s done, you’ll know the Clean Audio tool has been applied because the button in the sidebar will remain blue.
3) Find Scenes
For longer form content, it’s important to break your content up into scenes with headers and even include the timestamps in your description for platforms like YouTube. Finding all of the spots in your video where you move from one topic to the next or the scene changes can be tedious, though. Find Scenes lets AI do that for you.
Find Scenes is in the AI Tools section of the Edit menu
In the Find Scenes window, adjust the AI’s sensitivity to control how many scenes are detected. Wherever a scene is detected, your video will split into separate clips.
After you’ve applied the changes to your video, you can easily add title cards, graphics, talking head footage, etc., between scenes.
What Are the Limitations of ChatGPT for Content Creation?
Even though it was only recently released, it’s already apparent that ChatGPT is going to be a very powerful tool. With that said, though, it does still have functional (and ethical!) limitations. Let’s break down a few of the more important ones.
Does ChatGPT Always Provide Factually Accurate Information?
While ChatGPT is trained on a large amount of data and is designed to provide factual information, it’s not always possible for it to provide completely accurate answers to every question. This is because ChatGPT is a machine learning model and its responses are generated based on the inputs it receives from you, the user. In some cases, this can result in responses that are not entirely accurate or complete.
Additionally, ChatGPT is a text-based AI and does not have access to the internet, so it cannot browse the web or provide information that is not contained within its training data as of today at least (2023).
It’s always a good idea to double-check the information provided by ChatGPT and use other sources to verify its accuracy.
Is ChatGPT versed in current events?
No.
ChatGPT is a large language model trained by OpenAI, and its training data has a fixed cutoff point. In its current iteration, that cutoff point is the end of 2021. This means that it may not have the most up-to-date information on certain topics, and its responses may be based on outdated information.
For example, you wouldn’t be able to ask ChatGPT to explain the timeline of Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter because that happened in 2022 before the OpenAI database “updated” any data or information such as events that occurred in 2022 or for that matter today in 2023!
What Kinds of Inappropriate Requests Is ChatGPT Programmed to Decline?
According to OpenAI, ChatGPT is “trained to decline inappropriate requests.” However, when I asked ChatGPT what is considered an inappropriate request that it would decline, this is the response it gave:
“ChatGPT is a neutral AI and is not trained to decline inappropriate requests. It is trained to provide responses based on the inputs it receives from the user, and it will generate a response to any input it receives, regardless of whether the request is considered appropriate or not.
In general, it is always a good idea to treat ChatGPT with respect and to ask questions that are appropriate and relevant. This will help ensure that you receive the most accurate and helpful responses possible.”
That doesn’t mean that you can generate any kind of content with ChatGPT, though. If you input an inappropriate request, ChatGPT will form a response, but you will also receive this pop-up warning:
You can find a full, detailed list of what ChatGPT has been trained to detect as inappropriate in OpenAI’s Content Policy. Here is the Summary:
You may not use ChatGPT to generate content of the following natures:
Hate speech
Harassment
Violent
Self-harm
Sexual
Spam
Deception
Malware
As with any tool, AI or otherwise, ChatGPT should be used responsibly.
I hope that this article helps streamline your creation process by using ChatGPT to write video scripts. For more creator tips, tools, and news, visit our Resources Library or check out our YouTube channel. We create new content every week, made for creators by creators.
