Tools and models for generating, editing, and synthesizing visual content: image editing, image generation, video generation, and 3D model generation.
Caution
Use AI-generated images responsibly. Disclose that content was created by AI, and be mindful of intellectual property rights.
Tip
Prompt engineering has a large effect on image quality and control. For practical prompt techniques, see @nickfloats on X.
Tools and models for modifying and enhancing existing images.
Image editing models change quickly, and any static ranking goes stale fast. For an up-to-date comparison, see the continuously updated leaderboard:
Platforms that offer image editing as a cloud service, via a web interface or API.
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| BRIA AI | A model that automatically removes image backgrounds. |  |
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| Clarity AI | An open-source image upscaler and enhancer, an alternative to Magnific. | |
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| ImageFX | Google's tool for generating and adjusting images, in AI Test Kitchen. |  |
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| Lensa | A mobile app for editing and enhancing photos, focused on portraits. | |
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| Luminar Neo | Skylum's AI photo editing software. | |
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| Magnific AI | An image upscaler and enhancer for photography, design, and art. | |
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| Photoroom | A tool for background removal and product-photo editing. | |
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| Pixlr | An online photo editor with AI tools. | |
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| Removebg | An online tool that removes image backgrounds automatically. | |
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Tools and models that create new images from text prompts or other inputs.
Image generation models change quickly, and any static ranking goes stale fast. For an up-to-date comparison, see the continuously updated leaderboard:
Platforms that offer image generation as a cloud service, via a web interface or API.
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| Craiyon | A platform for generating images and animations from prompts. | |
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| DALL·E | OpenAI's text-to-image model, available through ChatGPT and the API. | |
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| Fal.ai | A generative media platform for developers building AI applications. | |
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| Firefly | Adobe's generative AI tool for images and other visual content. | |
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| Grok Imagine | xAI's image and video generation, part of the Grok app. | |
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| Freepik | A creative workspace offering several top image and video generation models. | |
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| Ideogram | A text-to-image generator with strong text rendering. | |
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| Krea | A platform for generating and enhancing images and video across many models. | |
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| Leonardo | A platform for generating images and visual assets from prompts. | |
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| Lexica | An AI art platform that generates images from text descriptions. | |
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| Midjourney | A platform that generates images and visual content from prompts. | |
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| NightCafe | An AI art platform that generates images from text descriptions. | |
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| NVIDIA Picasso | NVIDIA's cloud foundry for building generative visual models. | |
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| Playground | A platform for generating images and graphics from prompts. | |
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| Recraft | An image generation platform with vector output and brand-style controls. | |
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| Stable Diffusion | Stability AI's open image models, offered via API and apps. | |
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Tip
To run open-source image models on your own hardware, see our How to run Image Generation on your Machine tutorial.
| Tool | Description | OS | Models |
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| ComfyUI | A modular, node-based interface for precise control over image generation workflows. | All | Stable Diffusion + Flux.1 |
| Diffusion Bee | A free, offline image generation app for macOS. | macOS | Stable Diffusion |
| Draw Things | A free image generation app for macOS and iOS. | macOS / iOS | Stable Diffusion |
| Fooocus | An open-source tool that simplifies image generation with Stable Diffusion. | All | Stable Diffusion XL |
| Forge | A faster, streamlined fork of the AUTOMATIC1111 web UI. | All | Stable Diffusion + Flux.1 |
| Invoke | A creative engine and interface for Stable Diffusion models. | All | Stable Diffusion |
| Stable Diffusion web UI (AUTOMATIC1111) | A widely used interface for working with Stable Diffusion models. | All | Stable Diffusion |
| SwarmUI | A modular interface for multi-model and multi-GPU image generation workflows. | All | Stable Diffusion + Flux.1 |
Tools and models that generate video from text or image inputs.
Image-to-video models change quickly, and any static ranking goes stale fast. For an up-to-date comparison, see the continuously updated leaderboard:
Text-to-video models change quickly, and any static ranking goes stale fast. For an up-to-date comparison, see the continuously updated leaderboard:
Platforms that generate video from text or image prompts as a cloud service.
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| Dream Machine | Luma's text- and image-to-video platform. | |
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| Elai | A platform for creating videos narrated by AI avatars from text. | |
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| Hailuo | MiniMax's text- and image-to-video platform. | |
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| HeyGen | A platform for generating avatar and presenter videos. | |
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| Higgsfield | A platform for AI video generation with cinematic camera controls. | |
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| Kling | Kuaishou's text- and image-to-video platform. | |
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| Krea | A platform for generating and enhancing images and video across many models. | |
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| Pika | A platform for short, effects-driven AI video clips. | |
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| Runway | A platform of generative video and editing tools for creatives. | |
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| Sora | OpenAI's text-to-video model. | |
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| Synthesia | A platform for generating avatar-presenter videos for business use. | |
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| Veo | Google's text- and image-to-video model. | |
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| Wombo | A mobile app for creating lip-syncing and other AI video content. | |
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Models that turn text descriptions or images into 3D assets for prototyping, asset creation, and visualization.
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Hunyuan3D-2.1 | |
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InstantMesh | |
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TRELLIS | |
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Stable-zero123 | |
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TripoSR | |
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stable-fast-3d | |
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| craftsman3d | CraftsMan-v1-5 | |
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| Ashawkey | LGM | |
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| Jade Choghari | vfusion3d | |
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| Zhaoxi Chen | 3DTopia-XL | |
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