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As I investigated further, ChatGPT isn't making images. It is actually DALL-E. What the heck is DALL-E you ask? Well this is the image creator from the OpenAI guys and gals. I almost said just guys, but that doesn't sit well with some gals, though all my kids just say guys includes gals. Anyhow.....

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How to Create DALL-E 3 Images with ChatGPT

dall-e.io: How to Use Dall-E 3 with ChatGPT (11/2/2023)

How to Use DALL·E 3 to create AI images with ChatGPT The biggest change is that DALL·E 3 is no longer a standalone app, at least not for the time being. Instead, it’s integrated with ChatGPT. This makes it easier to use

First, sign up for ChatGPT Plus

At the moment, DALL·E 3 is only available to ChatGPT Plus subscribers. To get access to it, sign up for a ChatGPT account, and then click Upgrade to Plus at the bottom of the left sidebar. Select the $20/month ChatGPT Plus subscription plan, enter your payment details, and you should be good to go.



So far, DALL·E 3 seems to have the same cap as GPT-4: you can send 50 requests every three hours. In theory, this means you could create well over a thousand images a day. That’s a lot more than you typically get with an AI image generator like Dream Studio (which uses Stable Diffusion) or Midjourney, although pricing across the board isn’t consistent. And I suspect if you routinely start cranking through that many prompts, OpenAI might have something to say.

If you want to try DALL·E 3 out without signing up for ChatGPT Plus, you can also test it out in Bing Image Creator. You don’t have the same level of control, but it uses the same underlying model. Technically, it’s free to use, though the images are watermarked, and it uses a “boosts” credit system. Once you’re through your allotment, it may take longer for Image Creator to render your prompts.

Getting started with DALL·E 3

To access DALL·E 3, head to ChatGPT, and hover over GPT-4 at the top of the screen. From the dropdown menu, select DALL·E 3 Beta.



After that, using DALL·E 3 is just like using ChatGPT. You can either enter a normal text prompt or interact with it using natural language. Each prompt will get you four different images to choose from.

Some Things To Try Are:

“A cubist painting of a large cow in a small field”

“An oil painting of a monkey in a spacesuit on the moon”

“A Canadian man riding a moose through a maple forest in the style of an impressionist painting”

“A stock photo of an Irish man working remotely”

One thing that DALL·E 3 does differently is automatically improve and iterate on your prompts. It also uses a slightly different prompt for each of the four images it generates.

For example, when You entered “a cubist painting of a very large purple cow in a small field,” DALL·E 3 actually used the following prompts:

“Cubist painting showcasing a massive purple cow dominating a compact field, with fragmented geometric shapes highlighting its form.”

“Oil painting in a cubist style depicting a large purple cow, its body composed of angular shapes, set against the backdrop of a confined meadow.”

“Art piece in cubist fashion illustrating an oversized purple cow with distorted dimensions, standing in the center of a limited grassy area.”

“Cubist artwork where a voluminous purple cow, made up of disjointed planes and angles, stands out prominently in a petite field.”

To see what DALL·E 3 used as a prompt for any image, just click on it. What it attempted to generate will appear in the Prompt box.

How to get the best results with DALL·E 3

While DALL·E 3 is still in beta, it’s possible to get some great results with it. In particular, I found that DALL·E 3 was excellent at creating drawings, paintings, and other kinds of artwork, rather than photorealistic images. Here are some things to keep in mind to help you get the best results.

Give detailed prompts

Even though DALL·E 3 makes it easier to use simpler prompts by extrapolating out a lot of things itself, if you want a particular image, add lots of details to your prompt

DALL·E 3 understands numbers and position

Although it’s still possible to overload DALL·E 3 with a ridiculous number of details in your prompt, it’s much much harder than it was with DALL·E 2. And while it’s still not perfect, DALL·E 3 has a significantly better understanding of things like numbers and the position of different elements within your image.

Ask for subtle variations

If you ask DALL·E 3 to make variations based on one of its results, it can sometimes make pretty big changes to the initial prompt. If you would prefer it kept things a bit more similar, ask it to make “subtle variations.” While this doesn’t stop it from generating entirely new images, I found that it would change the initial prompts less.

Have fun and play around

Seriously, the only way to really grasp what DALL·E 3 is—and isn’t—capable of is to play around with it for yourself. ChatGPT was able to pull off some requests that I really thought it would struggle with, but it also completely messed up what I though were simple changes.