How to use DALL-E 2 to edit and create images

DALL-E 2 is one of the most powerful AI Art Generation programs on the market. It is comparable to that of Midjourney and Disco Diffusion, however the DALL-E 2 has tools to not only create generative art, but to edit existing images. The ability to edit existing images is what sets DALL-E 2 apart from the crowd.

This course will be split up into two sections, firstly the course aims to simplify the process of utilising text prompts along with additional parameters to create stunning pieces of art. Secondly this course will demonstrate the numerous ways in which DALL-E 2 can be used as an image editor, by removing or adding things to existing images (known as inpainting). We will also discover how to extend images beyond their original borders (known as outpainting).

DALL-E 2 has now removed their Waitlist and the software is free of charge, There is however a 15 credit limit per month. Within this course I have purchased extra credits as I use DALL-E 2 a lot in my professional work. However there is no requirement for you to make any purchases!

The only pre-requisite to this course is that you need an email account and access to the internet. I do also use photoshop in one of the lessons, but again this is not a requirement for the course.

Course outline

Part 1 Using DALL-E 2 to generate AI images

What is DALL-E2? (A walkthrough and introduction to DALL-E 2)

How to access DALL-E 2 (This session will show you how to access DALL-E 2)

How to generate images in DALL-E 2 (In this session we will utilise the prompt command to generate our first artwork)

Generating faces in DALL-E 2 and how to use GFPGAN to correct those faces (In this session we will utilise an additional AI tool to correct some of the wacky faces DALL-E 2 generates)

Prompt Tips (This session will cover some additional tips for generating text prompts)

First Class Project – (This lesson will walk you through the first assignment that you have been tasked with, summarising the skills and techniques learnt so far in the course.)



Part 2 Using DALL-E 2 to edit images


Creating Variations from images in DALL-E 2 - (In this lesson we will upload existing images to see what variations DALL-E 2 can make of the image)

How to replace part of an image in DALL-E 2 - (In this lesson we will use the edit function of DALL-E 2 to replace specific parts of an image)

Changing the environment of an image in DALL-E 2 - (In this lesson we will use the edit function to change the environment of an existing image)

How to add a person to a photo in DALL-E 2 - (In this lesson we will use DALL-E 2 and GFPGAN to add a person to an existing image)

Expanding the edges of an image in DALL-E 2 - (In this lesson we will use the generation frame function to extend the edges of an existing image)

Final Class Project - (This lesson will walk you through the final assignment that you have been tasked with, summarising the skills and techniques learnt previously in the course.)

As mentioned above in the course outline, the course will finish with a really fun assignment where you will have the opportunity to practice the skills that you have learnt in this course! I'm looking forward to seeing what you guys create so please upload your work!

I hope you enjoy this course as much as I enjoyed creating it!

For the Class projects, please see a detailed outline in 'Project Task (Assignment)'.