AI Image Users Fighting Unpredictable Output
355 posts across 38 communities in the last 30 days; 44% from r/ChatGPT.
“like man it doesnt ever stop at all, even after rigorously specifying what it is that i want. i know the message appears to be more lower effort but there have been plenty of other chats where ive developed entire prompts asking for a particular style in an image. it just slaps…”
“I use ms paint for my thumbnails lmao, I’ve used ai for videos before but not anything super vital, usually to change the color of smth in a picture but the base picture is usually a real photo [re: Anyone else spending hours on videos just to get 10 views?]”
“Oh this is exactly my problem — my AI export folders are just hundreds of files with near-identical names and like 9 versions of the same image where I only changed one word in the prompt lol. The not changing the originals + building a verified output folder bit is what would…”
Users are frustrated with the unpredictable quality and lack of control in AI image generation tools like ChatGPT and Gemini. They struggle to achieve desired results, encountering issues like illogical outputs, artificial-looking images, and text errors, leading to wasted time and unmet expectations. The evolving landscape of models and tools adds to the confusion.
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“1st image prompt (it made a collage) : put these two images together (the images with tv) 2nd image: NO YOU DUMBASS. YOU DID IT RIGHT, BUT PUT THE SAME TV IN THE MIDDLE, WHICH THE PERSON IS REACTING TO THE SCREEN 3rd image: put…”
“I saw the rumor that OpenAI leaked three new models in their API this weekend. Aurora red, green, and blue alpha. A few people on Twitter are saying they got them as blind tests for image generation in Arena. They claim red is the fast one and green is the slow high quality one. But no one knows what blue does. Did anyone here actually match against them before they got pulled? I want to know if the image quality is actually a jump over the current models or just hype. submitted by /”
“A while ago, I shared Image Lab 1 here . The basic idea was to generate multiple creative directions from one brief, instead of getting stuck tweaking the same prompt over and over. Since then, I've been working on Image Lab 2, mainly trying to improve the part that happens before image generation. For this version, I used a slightly ridiculous test brief: make an ordinary Woolworths shopping trolley look like the hero product in a luxury car advertisement. Rather than generating 35 random v”
“like man it doesnt ever stop at all, even after rigorously specifying what it is that i want. i know the message appears to be more lower effort but there have been plenty of other chats where ive developed entire prompts asking for a particular style in an image. it just slaps flat anime faces onto ultra-detailed, gritty 3D backgrounds. like it is so irritating man. just wanted to spread spotlight onto this issue. maybe some people are facing this as well or maybe they've worked around it,”
“Whenever I use the Mac app to generate responses, I am seeing a bunch of blank images. This doesn't happen on the web, just the Mac app. I'm running the latest version of the app and the latest version of MacOS. Any ideas? Sorry for the newbie question all. submitted by /u/intro561 [link] [comments]”
“Image generation resolution control in Codex / ChatGPT app / web ~broken since mid-June”
“Feedback from artists and game designers kept showing us where these could be better, so we kept iterating until all 21 held up as a set. GPT Image 2.5 for the base, then a lot of Photoshop. The first image is all of them together. Which would you play first? Imperium's free demo is in Steam Next Fest (Oct 19 to 26): https://store.steampowered.com/app/4806180/Imperium/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=r_indiedev&utm_campaign=nextfest_trailer submitted by /u/keaslenyt [link] &”
“Just tried it with a random image on the net and asked to choose the color. It got it right, but took 1.5s. is that expected? I thought jev types are like millisecond responses? [re: Made sum crap that beats Jev]”
“This is a major issue with generating artwork for logos or marketing materials. Chatgpt fixes one thing but then takes a shortcut and messes up something else. Either not using source of truth documents, introducing artifacts, not following SOP etc. it claims verified but these mistakes are not correctly meeting the acceptance criteria. I've tried to do mini-sprints only changing one thing at a time, I made an SOP for the process to follow, etc. it doesn't matter what I say, there is alw”
“https://preview.redd.it/07hvos2rp5wh1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6217af38ef5107fb2e16ddbe6de4de7eb48a21e7 [re: Decided to try this prompt]”
“I'm not anti AI but this looks godawful. You notice the strange noise pattern in every image ChatGPT generates? Its so grainy and deepfried, borderline disturbing. Use literally any other image generator. [re: Chrono Trigger - Reimagined With Realistic Graphics]”
“with the current mode: <img width="51" height="49" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user attachments/assets/886c399c 215a 4259 83ed 13758409c086" / what raw/png would look like: <img width="58" height="48" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user attachments/assets/33adede5 90db 4599 b5cf 79d73aa942c4" /”
“Image generation is great, but Loras and other modifiers can help make an image great, please add the ability to add all the extras, like Loras, CLIP, text encoders, definitions, tag lists, translation lists, etc.”
“The jacket thing is real lol, I've lost whole afternoons to that. Would you add Magnific as a target too? Upscaling at high creativity quietly changes faces, so a preset that locks the persona at that step would save me a ton or rerolls. [re: Persona Studio - A unified prompt compiler to keep AI characters 100% consistent across Midjourney, Runway, and Kling.]”
“This guysz posts vedio every 6-7 hours daiky how to create smth like him pleasee tell me ive gemini pro and content ideas but the image gneratiin falls apart submitted by /u/rishxabh_ [link] [comments]”
“Bought a pack for shits and giggles, works pretty well for stylized images. Real photos seem iffy, really seems to depend what the model can intuit from what’s already there. If the complete face isn’t in frame it’s kind of a coin flip what you get lol Still, really cool. Will probably run some old vacation photos through at some point [re: An app that instantly turns a photo into 360° view you can rotate & zoom into]”
Is there a way to test it? I think this is great for generating scenes. Biggest issue I have is AI understanding what the view from the other side looks like. [re:…
“This feels like an old stable diffusion model doing the processing [re: An app that instantly turns a photo into 360° view you can rotate & zoom into]”
“I use ms paint for my thumbnails lmao, I’ve used ai for videos before but not anything super vital, usually to change the color of smth in a picture but the base picture is usually a real photo [re: Anyone else spending hours on videos just to get 10 views?]”
“https://preview.redd.it/s3grlxr9avvh1.png?width=443&format=png&auto=webp&s=dc028ac6b1c30fed785ff0d17361cd61ad35bc8d submitted by /u/SephirothClone [link] [comments]”
“Oh this is exactly my problem — my AI export folders are just hundreds of files with near-identical names and like 9 versions of the same image where I only changed one word in the prompt lol. The not changing the originals + building a verified output folder bit is what would make me actually try it, I'd be too nervous otherwise. Does the Scan report show you the duplicates before you start tagging, or do you only hit them during the sorting pass? [re: [Windows beta] Looking for testers for”
“I created this with just basic one line prompt GPT's image model is getting so good submitted by /u/StatusMasterpiece353 [link] [comments]”
“I keep getting garbage results when I uploaded 2 images (anime characters) and tell it to make a cutscene but it came out like 3 years back ai images of sd1.5. But seeing you all getting good results, it is because of me using a free teir? submitted by /u/Muted-Position3256 [link] [comments]”
“On your first question, generic first designs: an agent given an empty canvas falls back to defaults, so I'd add an optional slot in the copy-paste prompt for a brand colour and one screenshot of the user's existing app. The first result then looks like their product, which is the moment people decide to keep the link. I'd also put the hosted MCP server, no desktop app running, in the first line of every post about it, since that is what separates nano from the design tools you descr”
“[ChatGPT] ★★ 2/5 (v1.2026.272) — I love the app, but a lot of the times when I tell to do something it alters the photo”
“Was playing around in chat and discovered that you can instruct the model to output in hex colors... looking forward to seeing what people do... submitted by /u/SamsaraSiddhartha [link] [comments]”
“[ChatGPT] ★ 1/5 (v1.2026.272) — Working with chat got has become a nightmare. It does not follow directions, alter images constantly, it produces mediocre work and it basically makes you waste your time and makes the experience a complete nightmare.”
“I have no idea if this is something that’s only happening to me or everyone else has been having this problem as well. Ever since the last update this damn ai keeps uploading random images from Google when formatting its response. It would be fine if it weren’t for the fact that it seems to be interpreting the pictures it uploads separately from the prompt I give it, which leads it to making some stupid mistakes. For example, it uploaded an image of a chart of people with a 5” height difference,”
“https://huggingface.co/black-forest-labs/flux-3-image-klein Better image generation model submitted by /u/wapswaps [link] [comments]”
“You just added it to prompt? It looks great [re: Why does Image Gen always have this weird effect?]”
“Check the hands on the new "art". [re: I'm currently in the process of re drawing my old AI thumbnails, because those don't really look good and don't make me feel like I put enough effort into them. What do y'all think, should I stick to drawing my own thumbnails?🤔]”
“The replies here are also just AI btw [re: I'm currently in the process of re drawing my old AI thumbnails, because those don't really look good and don't make me feel like I put enough effort into them. What do y'all think, should I stick to drawing my own thumbnails?🤔]”
“Happy to take a look, I'm generating stuff pretty much daily. First thing I'd check is whether you have upscaling built in, half my workflow is still bouncing images over to Magnific because most generators stop at mediocre res. [re: need real feedback from someone using ai images of a daily basis]”
“Platforms iOS, macOS, Android Description Add a Generative Fill / AI Inpainting feature that allows users to select a specific region of an image using a bounding box (or brush tool) and modify only that area via a text prompt. The system must preserve 100% of the pixels outside the selected area while utilizing the surrounding context (lighting, shadows, texture) to seamlessly generate or remove elements inside the mask. Why No response”
“Last one is from 3 months ago. I noticed that the regular generation is doing a lot better with composition? A couple of pictures I generated I felt my eyes jumping around a lot at different details, which is a big jump from the kind of overly detailed mess I've gotten used to. submitted by /u/SpitefulJealousThrow [link] [comments]”
“There is this weird effect on this image that I can't put into words. Like there is a dotted pattern or something. How can I get rid of it? submitted by /u/EmeraldCoast826 [link] [comments]”
“A major issue with the rise of AI-generated art in POD is scale. A digital design might look sharp on a phone screen or an $8\times10$ print mockup, but upscaling that same raster file to a giant $24\times36$ canvas leaves blurry edges, noise, and visible pixelation when it hits physical paper. Print beds require true 300 DPI at physical dimensions. Unless files are vectorized in Illustrator or manually cleaned up in Photoshop to reduce shadow noise, large-scale prints tend to have high return r”
“I’m trying to do some simulation pics of me shirtless for gym progress and it keeps flagging it as erotic, nudity or sexual content. No matter what prompt I use it keeps flagging it. Any ideas? submitted by /u/Kooky-Manufacturer56 [link] [comments]”
“Currently To see how it looks with voxels ON : <img width="1920" height="1080" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user attachments/assets/2099378f b3ca 45f6 b9e7 8be745c6275b" / and voxels OFF : <img width="1920" height="1080" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user attachments/assets/6a6428a6 74f7 4c65 88f9 5413ef61b682" / we need to use the console. Feature Request Is it possible to add an action called Voxel (or r voxel ): Voxel On / Off Just wanted to bind a key V to quickly see how things”
“hello, i'm back again. it will be great if some of mmd's limitations can be removed, things like the 14 character limit, the keyframe limit, and the display pane limit. additionally, if we can adopt some features from mmm (mikumikumoving) like individual axis movement/rotation/size keyframes for bones, that'll be nice”
“Heyy. I'm trying to find a prompt that converts any image into clean ASCII art (photos, logos, whatever,...). Keeping the subject recognizable. Most of what I've tried either loses detail, looks noisy, or only works on high-contrast images. I'm looking for: - A prompt that works across different image types (not just silhouettes) - Keeps proportions and recognizable features - Whether you feed the image directly (vision models) or describe it first Please share: The prompt you use, m”
“https://preview.redd.it/sk5nfngxxbvh1.png?width=1200&format=png&auto=webp&s=b0ee649f00f06dbb79a5bd43731358e50e4520e4 This is output from a test prompt "make a detailed svg image of a trout playing tennis" on a cuda backend which took 75 steps. [re: Real downsides of Strata?]”
“https://preview.redd.it/ummoyk7dvbvh1.png?width=1600&format=png&auto=webp&s=6cd6663b9d44fac94526217b360123d099ed612f This is output from a test prompt "make a detailed svg image of a trout playing tennis" on a Strix Halo 128gb and took 84 steps. [re: Real downsides of Strata?]”
I’m working on a game and kept running into this with the art: after several rounds of edits in ChatGPT, images would pick up grain, blotches, and weird light or dark fringes…
“> Everyone says that until ms, apple, google, etc introduces this polished feature as part of their tablet imaging editing/document collaboration office suite. Then everyone can;t get enough of it.I don't feel like I'm a representative sample of general userbase, so I won't dispute this too hard. For me, it's rare but it does happen. Still, 90% of my mobile experience is "how is this so broken, why is it missing the obvious follow-up feature that completes a workflow, and why, again, am I not u”
“All feedbacks are deeply appreciated. AI Image Generator [re: Looking for testers for a text-to-image workflow (prompt + format + review)]”
“If you have Magnific you have access to literally almost any model in the market. Test different models to check the outputs. [re: Can you use chatGPT to improve prompting in general?]”
“If I want to break that then what i do is use apps like inshot, gimp and add photos. I think you can use it/ai minimally on something like this and if it looks good it looks good [re: How do you minimize "AI look" in designs?]”
“Prompt: Create an image of a random person taking a selfie within two opposing mirrors, make the Droste effect accurate as far as you can. Nano Banana 2.1 fails at exact;y 1 mirror image (two people in the first mirror, phone in hand isn't mirrored in the whole chain) submitted by /u/Prestigious_Sugar_66 [link] [comments]”
“Before Submitting [x] I searched open and closed issues and discussions for an existing report. [x] I reproduced this bug on the latest release AND on the current dev branch, right before submitting this report. I did not just check an old version or rely on a check from days ago. [x] I understand that maintainers want a well written issue before any code pull request. [x] This is not a security vulnerability. Installation Method Pip Install Open WebUI Version v0.12.0 (latest) Operating System G”
“[ChatGPT] ★ 1/5 (v1.2026.272) — I can ask for an image to be generated of my wife in different outfits and it will do it. Next time it may have n*pples out or entire vag*na showing. Once that happens that session is over. It won’t generate anything else regardless of how clean you try to make it. Pretty terrible in my opinion.”
“[ChatGPT] ★ 1/5 (v1.2026.272) — I was trying to compare two people side by side in one image that wasn't AI-generated. It was real, and there were no words in either photo. Yet, ChatGPT gave me one AI image with words in the frame, and I had to try multiple times to get the correct one, and it never gave me the correct image I was looking for. If you want to download ChatGPT, it's good for homework and other stuff like that, but just don't when it comes to people. Also, I wasn't trying to compar”
“[ChatGPT] ★ 1/5 (v1.2026.272) — Bad image generation, not preserving character, not following prompts, changing pixels”
“[ChatGPT] ★★ 2/5 (v1.2026.272) — I spend half my time fixing mistakes of things I didn’t ask for. The program will help me create items and props then refuse to incorporate the props, as mastered. It will do its own stuff and change things that were frozen, all while informing me that my instructions were followed. More recently it produce projects and then block any further changes, making my final product unusable. The assistant can only apologize but won’t reimburse me for wasted credits and”
“Feature Request Repro steps: 1. Enable Browser Chat Tools setting and make sure they're enabled in tools picker 2. Ask agent to open wikipedia.org, take a screenshot, and briefly describe the visual style of the page 3. Take a look at the screenshot tool output and notice that it returns a base 64 encoded inline image. Something like: data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD/4gHYSUNDX1BST0ZJTEUAAQEAAAHIAAAAAAQwAABtbnRyUkdCIFhZWiAH4AABAAEAAAAAAABhY3NwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA”