{"id":1901,"date":"2026-03-04T10:56:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T15:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mmp100-stein\/?p=1901"},"modified":"2026-04-17T13:30:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T13:30:55","slug":"generative-ai-image-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/mmp100-resources\/2026\/03\/04\/generative-ai-image-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Generative AI Image Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This post lists the tools you can use to create images through prompting generative AI models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Adobe Firefly:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/firefly.adobe.com\/generate\/image\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/firefly.adobe.com\/generate\/image<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cost: free when you sign in with your CUNY credentials (while this class is running).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Microsoft Copilot<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/copilot.microsoft.com\/\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/copilot.microsoft.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/copilot.microsoft.com<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/m365.cloud.microsoft\/create\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/m365.cloud.microsoft\/create<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cost: free when you sign in with your CUNY credentials (while you are a CUNY student)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>NOTE: you can use this prompt to help you write a more detailed prompt\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I want to create an image. Ask me questions about the subject, setting, and style I want.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Google Gemini<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gemini.google.com\/app\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/gemini.google.com\/app<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cost: free options when signed in with Google Account. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the Create Image link under the chat before entering a prompt to get more options.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You need to have a Goole Account to use this properly<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Google AI Studio<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/aistudio.google.com\/prompts\/new_chat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/aistudio.google.com\/prompts\/new_chat<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cost: free options when signed in with Google Account.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on the image generation link under the prompt box to access image generation tools.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The latest models are paid, but the basic Nano Banana model should be available to use for free.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hugging Face<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cost: This site provides some limited free access to models through its Spaces and its ZeroGPU.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This also allows you more control over the model settings than the tools above. Here are a couple to try:<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>FlUX.1-dev by Black Forest Labs<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huggingface.co\/spaces\/black-forest-labs\/FLUX.1-dev\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/huggingface.co\/spaces\/black-forest-labs\/FLUX.1-dev<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>FLUX.2-dev by Black Forest Labs<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huggingface.co\/spaces\/black-forest-labs\/FLUX.2-dev\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/huggingface.co\/spaces\/black-forest-labs\/FLUX.2-dev<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large<\/strong>:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/huggingface.co\/spaces\/stabilityai\/stable-diffusion-3.5-large\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/huggingface.co\/spaces\/stabilityai\/stable-diffusion-3.5-large<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>You may need to agree to share your contact information to access this&nbsp;model.<\/strong>&nbsp;there is a form with contact info you have to fill out.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SDXL Turbo Image to Image\/Text to Image:<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/huggingface.co\/spaces\/diffusers\/unofficial-SDXL-Turbo-i2i-t2i\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">https:\/\/huggingface.co\/spaces\/diffusers\/unofficial-SDXL-Turbo-i2i-t2i<\/a>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This can generate images in fewer steps than other models. 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