[jfoster]

Have you tried creating it in multiple steps, using the "Edit" button? You can erase the parts of the image you want to change, and you can even change the prompt at each step.

If the pig or donkey doesn't look right, you could erase just that part of the image using the same prompt to get a different look.

For example, to create the image you want, I would:

1. Start with the basic prompt: "a pig and donkey playing poker"

2. Generate random variations of my favourite image from that to see how far I can get from that.

3. Edit as necessary with the same prompt to get the right look for the pig/donkey.

4. Erase a section of the image next to the pig and use a prompt like "pig using a laptop" to get DALL-E to generate a laptop in that position.

[kuboble]

Yes, I have tried a lot, and still haven't gotten close to the desired end-effect.

I maybe want to shift my claim. I am not sure that it's impossible to create this particular image but that it's almost certainly cheaper to hire someone to draw the exact image I have in mind.

I think there is also a new proffesion comming: a DALL-E prompter job.

[misnome]

> I think there is also a new profession coming: a DALL-E prompter job.

Exactly, except we call this job "Artist" or "Programmer".

Whenever something like this comes along and people decry that it will "replace artists" or "replace programmers"... someone needs to generate the inputs to get what they want. Nothing helps solve the "But I know what I mean" problem. Either it's not good enough to do "general purpose" tasks, or it is, but it needs coaxing and someone who understands interacting with the systems well enough to get the desired output.

[kuboble]

I agree with all you say with the exception that it is very distinct from being a programmer or an artist like a painter or graphical designer.

As a programmer I love that when I type [i*i for i in range(10)] I can predict the output and that the output will always be the same. I get frustrated if the same action produces unexpected and non-reproducible results.

Good Dall-e prompter is more like a guide who can navigate through the unknowns. He knows how to use seemingly meaningless words to manipulate the beast. I think it's some form of art and at the same time like being a technician of a complex machinery or wild animal trainer.