How to create Ghibli portraits if you don't have ChatGPT Plus

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Hayao Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli is now influencing the digital world, with fans using AI tools like OpenAI’s image creation feature to create Ghibli-style portraits. New image generation capabilities within ChatGPT and other generators like Midjourney and Getimg.ai allow users to transform photos and descriptions into Ghibli-inspired art.

Seems like Ghibli is expanding!

Hayao Miyazaki’s brainchild, which started as a ‘subsidiary’, funded from Tokuma Shoten, a Tokyo-based publishing company, has now taken the whole world with its era-altering animation projects. With critically acclaimed films like ‘Grave of the Fireflies’, ‘The Wind Rises’, ‘Spirited Away’, ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’, ‘My Neighbour Totoro’, ‘Princess Mononoke’, ‘Kiki’s Delivery Service’, ‘The Boy and the Heron’ under its banner, Ghibli has already made its mark.

However, now, Ghibli is seeping into our display pictures as well!

How?

Thanks to AI tools, the internet has become a Studio Ghibli-inspired playground.

OpenAI shook the world on Wednesday with the release of its native image creation feature. Admirers of Studio Ghibli, the Japanese animation studio, have since been using the new update from ChatGPT to create portraits and memes inspired by the distinct artistic style popularized by filmmaker and studio co-creator Hayao Miyazaki. The trend emerged within a day of OpenAI’s introducing new native image-generation capabilities Tuesday within GPT-4o, the latest version of ChatGPT.

However, only ChatGPT Plus (which uses GPT-4-turbo) can generate images through DALL·E, which supports styles like Studio Ghibli if prompted correctly. Users who pay for the premium tiers, which start at $20 a month, can upload any images into the system and ask the tool to transform them “into the style of Studio Ghibli.”

Users can also use the tool with Sora, ChatGPT’s text-to-video AI model.

But what if you’re not a premium customer of ChatGPT?

Can’t you make your own Ghibli-inspired portraits then?

Turns out, there’s no need to fall into the pit of hopelessness!

While free versions of ChatGPT (like GPT-3.5 on OpenAI’s free tier) cannot create Ghibli-style portraits or images directly, as they don’t have image generation capabilities, you can create Ghibli-style portraits even without ChatGPT Plus, by using the new image generation features available to all users of GPT-4o, including those on the free tier.

Here’s how:

OpenAI’s Image Feature: OpenAI has rolled out an image feature in GPT-4o, allowing users to create or adjust images, including generating Ghibli-style portraits.

Access the Feature: This feature is available to users on the Plus, Pro, Team, and Free subscription tiers.

Transform Images: You can upload an image and request the model to convert it into a Ghibli-style version.

However, ChatGPT is not the only place of contact if you want a Ghibli-inspired portrait.

If you don’t have ChatGPT Plus, you can still create Ghibli-style portraits using AI image generators like Midjourney, Getimg.ai, or insMind, which offer free or subscription-based access to Ghibli-style image generation tools.

Here are some tools which might help you in your quest:

Midjourney: A popular AI image generator known for its high-quality outputs and ability to replicate various artistic styles, including Ghibli.

Here are some prompts for Midjourney:

For a Ghibli style portrait: Use prompts like “Studio Ghibli style portrait, Hayao Miyazaki, [character description], [setting description]”.

For a specific movie: “Spirited Away style, [character name], [scene description]”.

For a character: “No Face, Spirited Away, [character description], [setting description]”.

Getimg.ai: Offers a free AI Studio Ghibli generator where you can upload an image and adjust the strength of the Ghibli effect.

insMind: Provides a free AI Studio Ghibli filter to transform your photos into Ghibli-style art.

Now, you can opt out of these two techniques to generate your Ghibli-inspired portrait:

Text-to-Image: Describe the character or scene you want for your portrait, including details about appearance, setting, and mood. Be specific, and the AI will generate an original image based on your description.

Image-to-Image: Upload an existing photo and let the AI reinterpret it in the Ghibli style. This works well for transforming portraits or pet photos into Ghibli-esque characters.

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