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Dall·E 2 vs Dall·E 3 - Like night and day differences
- Authors
- Name
- Muhammad Fareez Iqmal
- @iqfareez
On September 2023, OpenAI announced new text-to-image model, Dall·E 3. I first got the oppurtunity to try Dall e 3 when my company give access to ChatGPT Pro, which include the Dall E 3 model. I am pretty excited because the image generated is far better than Dall·E 2 that I've explored with some times ago.
So today, I create a simple python program and incorporated the OpenAI's Image Generation API to redo the prompt from previous Dall·E 2 experiment. Note that the Dall·E 2 images shows below are generated on November 2022.
Below is the image comparison of the Dall·E 2 and Dall·E 3 side-by side. Sorry for the inconsistent image sizes.
1. A realistic image of a boss cat doing work in office
| Dall·E 2 | Dall·E 3 |
|---|---|
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| Totally unsatisfying, the picture is not realistic at all. | The picture is much more realistic and nicely composed. Also, cute. |
2. A digital art of a lighthouse and with andromeda galaxy at the background
| Dall·E 2 | Dall·E 3 |
|---|---|
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| Good, just a bit cartoonish | Satisfied. Nicely composed. But it looks like earth has no atmosphere at all (The galaxy should looks faded, but I assume maybe it uses long focal length setting) |
3. Realistic image of human civilization on Mars
| Dall·E 2 | Dall·E 3 |
|---|---|
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| Ok good enough | Better, have more life |
4. A depiction of life in year 3040
| Dall·E 2 | Dall·E 3 |
|---|---|
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| Looks stressful, apocalypse like scenario (maybe because this image is generated just after the spike of Covid-19 era) | Future-modern life like depicted in most of my primary school textbooks |
5. Profile picture with a man and cat in tech environment
| Dall·E 2 | Dall·E 3 |
|---|---|
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| Good enough, but why the cat is sad though | Not composed nicely. The cat looks more realistic than the human. |
Bonus
Malaysia Programmer (Generated via ChatGPT using Dall·E model)
Malaysia Prayer time logo for mobile app
Overall, I think Dall E·3 now are able to generate results that are richer in context and eye-pleasing. For those who want to see python script used to generate the image, please refer to GitHub repository openai-dalle2 & openai-dall-e3.