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Website Creators – Human, DIY or AI?
Creating a website has become a necessity for businesses of all sizes in today’s digital age. But the question remains, who is best suited for the job? Is it a human website designer, DIY website builder, or the latest AI solution? In this article, we will compare the pros and cons of each option.
AI in Website Design – A Few Lincolnshire Examples
It’s been a while since I first acquired access to OpenAI’s DALL·E 2, so I thought I should come back and report on how this tool has been helping Drive By Websites clients.
Outpainting Website Images
By far, the most useful feature for me is outpainting. This is where new image is ‘painted’ by the AI to fill spaces outside of the initial image or blank spaces inside the image. With a feature like this we can extend images that would otherwise be very difficult to use as well as remove and replace spaces of the image that we feel are inappropriate. The first times I was able to use this successfully came only a day after the feature was introduced. This was no surprise though, due to how commonly I encounter this particular opportunity. Many clients will take portrait photos of their work using their phones, which is great for social media but not ideal for a website. Banner spaces are typically covering the width of a website, but they don’t have much height. So if we will the available space with the portrait image, we lose much of the top of bottom of the image. Let’s look at an example…