I have been playing around with ChatGPT’s ability to create images based on photographs.
The first was of a Russian World War II general …
… who I have named General Georgi Provgorat. (For some years I was the Masonic Province of Hertfordshire’s Provincial Grand Orator, which was abbreviated to ProvGOrat … which sounded Russian to me!)
The next three were German World War II soldiers. The first is a middle-ranking officer, …
… the second was a general, …
… and the third was an member of the Mountain troops.
Finally, there is a rendition of me as a Viking chieftain.
I was rather pleased with the end results and hope to use this function again soon.
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My late grandmother had an oil painting on the wall of an elderly man with a full grey beard, wearing a soldier's scarlet tunic and a couple of medals, painted by her uncle Arthur - an artist and something of the 'black sheep' of the family, whereas my mother was fond of him, hence my name. As a child I assumed - and so, perhaps, did her visitors - that he must have been some illustrious ancestor who served in the Crimea, but when I was older my mother told me he was simply an old man her great uncle had persuaded to put on the tunic and pose for him in exchange for a drink or three, not a real veteran at all! Very disappointing.
ReplyDeleteI guess in the pre-computer age, old Arthur was equivalent of ChatGPT.
Your beard would, I think, better suit an Imperial Russian officer of WWI than one of the Stalin era or the Wehrmacht.
Best wishes, Arthur
Arthur1815 (Arthur),
DeleteWhat a wonderful story! Historically, artists have had a habit of finding interesting people to paint and dressing them accordingly … so your relative was following in the footsteps of those who had gone before him. Mind you, it might have been a veteran who ‘volunteered’ (in exchange for a glass or two of reviving liquid)!
I did think about having the beard trimmed or even removed, but then I found some photographs of German and Russian officers wearing them during the Second World War.
All the best,
Bob
PS. My favourite image is of me as a Viking chieftain.
Fantastic - The German General has that Stalingrad look about him ,, he has seen the T-34's coming for him in true Portable Wargame fashion!
ReplyDeleteGeordie an Exiled FoG,
DeleteThat’s very much the look I was hoping to get. A man who thought that he had seen it all during the invasion of Russia … and now realises that everything is about to get a lot worse!
All the best,
Bob
Bob -
ReplyDeleteI think you look better as a Russian than as a Wehrmacht soldier or Viking!
Cheers,
Ion
Archduke Piccolo (Ion),
DeleteCheers! I must admit that it’s quite a good image … and it goes well with the name.
All the best,
Bob
Very nice! I wonder how it does creating portraits without a specific photo prompt? Perhaps you could use it to produce pictures of the commanders for your games and include them as part of your blog posts and U tube videos?
ReplyDeleteMark Cordone,
DeleteCheers! I’m hoping that it will produce some generic images for commanders that I can include on my blog etc.
All the best,
Bob
These are great fun, Bob! Looks like you were born to play a forbidding and ruthless Soviet general, or a rapacious and brutal Viking raider - should we be worried? (!)
ReplyDeleteDavid in Suffolk,
DeleteI thoroughly enjoyed using the application to create these images … and they may well have captured my inner brutality and rapaciousness!
All the best,
Bob
I would agree with David above - the most convincing are the first, and (especially) the last pictures - great to see AI being used for something useful, for a change!
ReplyDeleteRross,
DeleteFunny that I seem to look better as a Russian or a Viking considering my ancestors!
All the best,
Bob
These look good, but again, ChatGPT uses the same basic features of the face, to the point where each figure looks like another or very much so.
ReplyDeleteYou may want to try to create a new chat thread, if you did not do so (I would think not due to the similarity of the character's facial structure and appearance).
I ended up stopping with Chat GPT and going with Grok. With the latter, I get four different images with a great deal of variance in appearance, but I also pay the subscription for it.
The rest of each image, clothing and background, look great and that is where I think ChatGPT shines as I prefer those backgrounds to those from Grok, actually.
Perhaps in a year or two each and either AI will be improved to get us to where simple changes to the initial prompts will give us images that we want.
Waiting to see what your next set of characters look like.
Justin Penwith,
DeleteI am very much in the foothills of using AI to create images and I am still learning how to give the application the right sort of instructions to ensure that I get what I want.
I have not used Grok yet, but may do so in due course. I wonder what would happen if I got Grok to create an image and then asked ChatGPT to alter it? It’s an experiment that might be worth trying at some point.
AI is improving at an amazing speed, and I suspect that in a year or so, the images it produces will be vastly better than the present ones.
All the best,
Bob
Bob, currently, neither Grok nor ChaptGPT will directly alter an uploaded image, but instead will use that image to influence a graphic output. Although, Grok is getting feature updates frquently.
ReplyDeleteThat CamPro AI app that I mentioned a few days ago -does- directly alter the uploaded image, so that the person in the AI image will look very much like the person in the uploaded image.
What is really cool, to me, is that there are AI apps which will take an uploaded photo and create a short video clip feom them, from a few seconds to a minute, based on a prompt.
I have not messed with those as yet, but a friend of mine has done so. He has a 5 second video of his 25mm figures defending a position, complete with gun flashes and movement of the troops.
Keep at it for your own needs, of course, the results are bound to be amazing.
Justin Penwith,
DeleteThanks very much for the heads up about CamPro. It’s another app that I need to look at.
I have yet to try using AI to create a video … but it’s another application that I need to look at.
I’m going to try to use ChatGPT to create Tintin-style cartoon versions of some images as I’ve always loved Herge’s books.
All the best,
Bob
Bob,
ReplyDeleteCheckout FramePack. It creates 30 second videos from a single image at 30fps. It can run on laptops with 6GB of RAM.
Justin Penwith,
DeleteThanks again for the suggestion. It’s another application that I need to look at.
All the best,
Bob
Bob,
DeleteAre you aware that ChatGPT can act as a game master or umpire for any number of RPGs?
I know it can Run a D&D campaign, and I am currently playing a Warth & Glory campaign as a Sister of Battle. However, I believe ChatGPT can also run many other game systems, as narrative campaigns.
This may be something to check out, as historical campaigns would be great fun, and also opportunities for ImagiNations play.
The only downside is that to play for more than a brief time each day, one must have a ChatGPT subscription, due to the sheer amount of access to prompts that one needs to play.
Justin Penwith,
DeleteI had no idea that ChatGPT could do that! It is something that I need to investigate further!
I took out a ChatGPT subscription because it gives me unlimited access to the application, and so far I seem to be getting my money’s worth.
All the best,
Bob
Bob,
ReplyDeleteBe wary, it is far too easy to get sucked into playing an RPG with the AI! :)
I started a War Stories (WW2 RPG) campaign, with Grok, as I wanted to see how well it handles the historical side of things and I have a Grok sub, but not one for ChatGPT.
I provided my character's name and origin, having Grok handle the rest of my squad's creation. Which was the only creative input I had, aside from making decisions in-game.
Thus far in my campaign, my squad of 4 has
*tended to three wounded men, one of whom temporarily joined my squad. My character found a smoke grenade in the shell hole the wounded were taking cover in.
*knocked out an MG4 by two well-placed grenades tossed by Private Tommy Callahan, who found a Luger and 1 reload.
*joined up with another squad of five, lead by a Sgt. Malone, who gave my boys two reloads as we were quite low on ammo, and who then assisted us in taking out a German strong point.
*Eliminated the strong point, impressing Malone enough for him and his men to join us.
*Moved 1000 yds inland and took out a command post, where we captured a radio logbook, and a German officer, after taking how his 5 men. We discovered, a few turns later, that the officer was secreting a knife and a codebook on his person.
*called in for resupply and reinforcements, which brought another squad of 5 and a medic, with plenty of ammo, to my group.
*Malone and his men also joined us as we were kicking the enemy's rear ends.
*Scouted the defenses of a checkpoint outside of Carentan; Callahan is an excellent scout.
*Eliminated the German defenders at the checkpoint, with zero casualties.
*Moved up and captured a bridge at Carentan, after eliminating the small German guard post there; capturing a working MG42 with 2 reloads.
*Found and destroyed a small fuel depot; Pvt. Callahan is also excellent at throwing grenades. We took out a small German force here and then pulled back to the bridge, where we set up an ambush against future German patrols and their Quick Reaction Force.
This is where my internet went down for a bit and so I was forced to take a break. Which is a good thing as I was having far too much fun for my own good.
All of the die rolls, which were simulated and shown on-screen as text, with small icons, were presented with the narrative results.
I am seriously considering publishing this whole RPG session on my new imagi-nations gaming website, as I feel this AI ability has opened up a whole new world for war gamers and the word needs to be spread.
Justin Penwith,
DeleteYou are giving me so much to think about!
I’ve already begun putting together the outline for a late nineteenth century campaign that I hope to use ChatGPT to run, with it recording unit positions and acting as an opponent.
Having read your campaign story, I can see why it can be addictive!
All the best,
Bob