Itsnew Stable Doodle toollets you draw a simple sketch which the software turns it into a selection of images.
It’s impressive and easy, but it still requires a short written description.
For users, it’s like going from a command-line computer to a GUI.
Using Stable Doodle.Unsplash / Mockup Photos
Stable Doodle
Anyone cantry out Stable Doodlewithout signing up.
While it is billed as a sketch-to-image tool, it’s more of a hybrid.
As you could see in the excellent examples here, I drew a particularly realistic crocodile.
Crocodiles drawn by Stable Doodle.Charlie Sorrel / Stable Doodle
It came up with three rather nasty-looking piggies, but they had very little to do with my drawing.
I also tried the same crocodile sketch with the text prompt “parking lot.”
This was even weirder, but I had run out of free tries and could not download the result.
Stable Doodle appears to give more weight to the text description.Charlie Sorrel / Stable Doodle
But the combination of image and text is powerful, especially if you have the final image in mind.
The Future of AI?
AI is moving fast, but we see this pattern with all technology, albeit slowed down.
Example from Stable Doodle.Clipdrop / Stability.ai
For years, using a computer meant typing instructions at a command-line prompt.
The same is happening with AI images.
First, text prompts that require quite deep knowledge or excellent guesswork.
Now, text combined with sketches makes it easier, and the future will probably be even easier.
Take a look At Stability AI’s product range to get an idea.
Clipdrop / Stability.ai
But this text-plus-sketch version might prove to be the most powerful, in the right hands.
“Command-line tools remain a powerful and versatile way to interact with computers.
Imagine a comic-book artist that has trained their own AI model from their own work.
