Midjourney
The image generator most people rate highest for style
Midjourney is still the benchmark for aesthetic quality. It now runs on the web as well as Discord, with editing, style references and a video model…
Leonardo.ai
Image platform with fine control, models and daily free tokens
Leonardo (now owned by Canva) gives you more knobs than most generators: custom models, element presets, character reference and an upscaler. Its free tier grants daily tokens, which makes it a favourite with game artists and hobbyists.
Ideale per: consistent characters and game assets
Cosa funziona
- Daily free tokens
- Trainable custom models
- Good upscaling and editing tools
Cosa sapere
- Token accounting is confusing at first
- Interface is dense for beginners
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Krea
Real-time canvas that runs many image and video models
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Stable Diffusion (Stability AI)
The open-source image model you can run and fine-tune yourself
Stable Diffusion is the model that made local image generation possible. Stability AI releases the weights under a community licence that is free for…