How To Create Viral Images For Social Media With AI

Hi,

Welcome to this week's edition of Leverage AI.

Today, I’ll show you one of my favourite tools for AI image creation and how you can use it to create images containing text for your social media posts.

Today, we’ll explore

• A big problem with most AI image generators

• How to generate images that contain text using AI

Let's dive in.

The Problem With AI Image Generators

If you create content on social media, you’re likely familiar with viral billboard images. They are motivational quotes on billboards or signs. Typically, creators generate billboard images with AI and use tools like Photoshop or Canva to overlay text onto the images. This process is time-consuming, and it can be difficult to create truly natural-looking images.

AI image generators like DALL·E and MidJourney struggle with one crucial element: generating text. Instead of legible words, they produce distorted letters and gibberish.

Here’s an example of Midjourney trying to render text.

As you can see, getting tools like DALL-E or Midjourney to render text correctly in images is almost impossible.

The Solution

Thankfully, there’s a solution. Ideogram.ai is an AI image generation tool that can create stunning images with accurate and readable text.

Here’s the same prompt using Ideogram. As you can see, it does an exceptional job at rendering realistic looking text inside of images.

Prompt

Here’s the prompt to create the above image.

A large sign in a shop window saying, "TRUE HAPPINESS AT WORK COMES FROM FEELING VALUED, NOT JUST EMPLOYED". City. Prime lens. Minimal black text on white.

Here’s another example prompt.

Modern glass storefront with a large, illuminated white sign featuring bold black typography. The text on the sign reads: "TRUE HAPPINESS AT WORK COMES FROM FEELING VALUED NOT JUST EMPLOYED." The author's name, “OWAIN LEWIS” is at the bottom. 

The sign is framed with warm ambient lighting, and the reflection of a city street can be seen on the glass. The environment is sleek, upscale, and contemporary, with a stylish and minimalistic design.

Limitations

While Ideogram is a game-changer, complex text prompts or unquoted words may sometimes lead to spelling errors. Keeping text enclosed in quotes improves accuracy significantly. Spelling errors can be solved by running a prompt several times.

💡 Wrap Up

If you need to create AI images with text, Ideogram.ai might be the tool you’ve been looking for.

Thanks for reading.

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