Thank you for the reply. I did as you recommended and obtained reasonble results. I found that I was better off . though. just reinserting the original text with no styles or filters and then after the first render, applying the group of filters that I used to create images that I liked after the first Firefly rendering. Once I got a panel of 4 options that I liked, I started modifying the text by adding one thought at a time along the timeline of the story I am creating and was rewarded with similar illustrations but with the modifications I had added included.
I also found that I was better off adding text to change the point of view instead of picking, for example, a new point of view from the styles options. I prepared. Kinda like a story board progresion so I entered the session with a series of story modifications and kept making appropriate illustration choices for saving. after letting the story line progress in the text entry. Again, I did not make a new one line statement but kept adding new text to the story line.
For me this is an ideal work flow for creating the images to accompany my short story books. I then took the entry text used for Firefly and used that to create a condensed story line which I then entered into ChatGPT along with some requests on story length, writing style, Gunning Fog index for age appropriateness , etc. The ChatGPT story has developments I never thought off which enrich my story board tale. 😃
An example of this story board text and the resulting images. There are gaps in the story board as I am only attaching 3 examples in the progression.
Text 1: A scene in the fairy forest which is the secret habitat of fairies and small woodland creatures at night. The trees are pine. A glimpse of the moon can be seen. The view is from very high upon a mountain trail looking down into the forest in the valley below. A small light can be seen very far below. A winged fairy appears and beckons the travelers to follow the trail.
Text 2: A scene in the fairy forest which is the secret habitat of fairies and small woodland creatures at night. The trees are pine. A glimpse of the moon can be seen. The view is from very high upon a mountain trail looking down into the forest in the valley below. A small light can be seen very far below. The weather changes and wind blows hard and snow turns into a blizzard covering the ground. The winged fairy can no longer fly and asks a long legged woodland creature to be the guide through the deep snow.
Text 3: A scene in the fairy forest which is the secret habitat of fairies and small woodland creatures at night. The trees are pine. A glimpse of the moon can be seen. The view is from very high upon a mountain trail looking down into the forest in the valley below. A small light can be seen very far below. The weather changes and wind blows hard and snow turns into a blizzard covering the ground. The winged fairy can no longer fly and asks a long legged woodland creature to be the guide through the deep snow. They finally get to the valley floor and the snow is deep. A log cabin is seen ahead offering shelter from the storm. They enter and a guardian fairy watches over them as they rest.
I then go to work on editing the verboseness and other weird writing artifacts that come with AI creations.
Voila, I have a small illustrated story for binding into small limited editon, hard bound , hand made books. 😃
What a wonderful set of tools for use by a creative person who is hampered with poor painting skills and limited writing skills. I still feel full ownership of the creation and the creative process.
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