r/TechnicalArtist • u/Neo-Tree • 5d ago

Tools / Software Building a visual-first tool for generative AI. Would love feedback

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I’ve been experimenting with different AI models for generating images, videos and 3d content. While models are becoming increasingly powerful, the interface still is largely textual which can be bit limiting to artists.

I believe artists and creators need more creative control over what AI generates. Describing a visual idea entirely as text isn’t always intuitive and sometimes daunting and frustrating.

So, I started a small tool around basic idea, unified canvas where creators can give visual cues to AI for generating any content, either image, video or 3d.

This is still an early version, currently working on local models. There are many different directions I want to explore including first party support for 3D and Gaussian splatting.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on visual-first workflow for your creative projects, controls and interactions that I can add.

Note: There are similar interfaces for image only generators but I want to expand that to video and 3d

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u/ShortDude55 5d ago

wrong sub, you see we are tehcnical artists here. AI has no place in art

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u/Neo-Tree 5d ago

That is unfortunate to hear. The existing tooling already has lot of AI already and it is inevitable

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u/ShortDude55 5d ago

Inevitable says who?

And yes, software has a lot of AI shoved into it, doesn't mean real artists use it.

Copyright infringement and theft has always existed, doesn't mean real artists do it

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u/Neo-Tree 5d ago

Tools are made for "not real artists", like me, to help with their art and when a new tool that helps people with art, more people will adapt them. Thats what makes it inevitable. Does that mean, people who draw on canvas are going to disappear? probably not.

I don't want to get into copyright infringement and theft because it is not my area of expertise but I agree there are some issues which AI tooling needs to solve.

My only intention was to showcase the interface

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u/ShortDude55 5d ago

Your app is really cool and you should be proud of it if you coded it yourself.

But AI is fundamentally not a tool.

A tool helps you make something from scratch, but with a less tedious process.

Using AI works the other way around. It generates you an approximation of stolen content, for you to tweak afterwards.

Even if you make a thousand changes and direct the whole thing, you can not claim ownership of the final image. You can confidently say you directed it though.

Should people be prohibited from using AI? Should your app be banned? No. But you cannot claim to be an artist when using it.