00:13:02 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Welcome all members and guests. We will get started at 7:30. Tonght, Bob Herres will be presenting on Unlocking creativity with an AI image generator If you are not a member and would like to join, please see https://opcug.ca/join-or-renew/ No Q&A tonight. The enxt Q&A will be next Wednesday evening at 7:30 00:19:29 Jeff Dubois: Awesome slide transitions Bob! Well done. 00:21:31 Alan German (OPCUG Treasurer): Microsoft plugs a record-breaking 147 security holes on Patch Tuesday By Frank Ziemann Autor, PCWorld APR 10, 2024 8:21 AM PDT On Patch Tuesday on April 9, 2024, Microsoft provided several security updates to fix 147 vulnerabilities. Microsoft classifies three vulnerabilities in Microsoft Defender for IoT as critical and classifies all but two of the other vulnerabilities as high risk. https://www.pcworld.com/article/2300786/patch-day-microsoft-plugs-a-record-breaking-147-security-vulnerabilities.html 00:21:52 Jeff Dubois: Sasquatch.... sasquatch... when you need suggestions, an image of a sasquatch. (I keep telling people up here at the cottage there's one roaming aound.) 00:24:26 Jocelyn Doire: https://perchance.org/ai-photo-generator 00:24:46 KWG: Does it generate more than one image per request for you to choose from? 00:25:00 Tom: QUESTION: Is Perchance.org a safe site to use? 00:27:45 Tom Trottier: Q: Can you supply images to Perchance, eg create a watercolor of this person in these photos? 00:28:22 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: @Tom - hmmm, do you really think Bob will say it is unsafe to use a site he decided to spend many hours creating a presentation about? 😁 00:31:03 Alan German (OPCUG Treasurer): @Karen - I got 6 images (of Jeff's sasquatch) by default 00:35:46 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: https://www.perplexity.ai/search/Can-images-created-q0w8jPhdRAipWSmbvKOUsg 00:37:06 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: PC World article 00:37:07 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: https://www.pcworld.com/article/2072987/stable-diffusion-generate-ai-images-locally-on-the-pc.html 00:38:14 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Greenshot 00:38:16 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: https://getgreenshot.org/ 00:40:21 Tom Trottier: I love those tall sunflowers... 00:41:40 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Pictorem 00:41:41 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: https://www.pictorem.com/ 00:43:28 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: Generally ... JPG quality set to 80 or 90 will give excellent quality. Boosting to 100 (generally) won't omprove image quality at a perceptual level but will make for larger files. 00:43:52 Bill: Excellent presentation Bob! Really enjoyable. You have a real knack. I loved all your slides. Keep up the good work! 00:46:01 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: 3 Perchance Generators AI Photo Generator perchance.org/ai-photo-generator AI Image Generator perchance.org/ai-photo-generator Image Generator Professional perchance.org/image-generator-professional 00:47:32 Jocelyn Doire: mmmh, I fail to see the difference between the first and second URL 00:48:35 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: @Joc - that's what was on Bob's slides! I will pass on as a question 😀 00:49:54 KWG: How do generated images compare to Dall-e?? 00:51:18 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: @KWG - I think this has MANY more options, but I will pass it on to Bob as a quation 00:51:44 Timothy: there are rabbits behind the ones in front. 00:52:22 Tom Trottier: There's a tree in the road... 00:52:25 KWG: Can someone do a part 2 to this….how to identify AI generated images versus “real” images. Have read a few articles on this. 00:57:32 Timothy: Does this mean that Lynda will be out of a job? 00:58:14 Lynda Buske: good thing I don't try to make any money with photography as I've been replaced! 00:58:22 Tom Trottier: The Hulk praying in church to a dragon 00:59:36 Jeff Dubois: How about a Sasquatch/Bigfoot holding a sign that reads Welcome to Kennebec. 00:59:38 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: There is the right URL for image generator 01:00:32 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: https://perchance.org/ai-text-to-image-generator 01:02:59 Timothy: some of those dogs had the face of a penguin. 01:07:39 KWG: Will it generate videos as well as still images? 01:07:52 Tom Trottier: Matthew J Fox? 01:13:25 Jeff Dubois: The photo generator just did a pretty good job on a sasquatch riding a Harley. :-) 01:13:33 Coreen: Thanks Bob. Very eye opening and mind boggling! 01:13:56 KWG: What program did he use to do the photo edit to fix the grey? 01:14:09 Alan German (OPCUG Treasurer): Greenshot 01:14:10 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: @KWG - Greenshot 01:15:04 Chris Taylor, President OPCUG: It is the image editor built into Greenshot. By default, when you do a screen capture with Greenshot, it opens in the image editor 01:16:20 Timothy: one pic of her had 3 legs and another had 3 arms 01:17:23 Serge-Érik: Can you try with your own name to see if it works? 01:22:51 Serge-Érik: It did not find the few portraits of mine on the Web. I guess I am not a celebrity. :) 01:24:13 Jocelyn Doire: Who is behind perchance? How they pay for the processing? I guess the ads at the bottom 01:26:54 Lynda Buske: There was another site that was free for a while and then started charging. 01:28:12 Jeff Dubois: Shania isn't that much older than Joe Flacco. :-) 01:30:42 Stew Bruce: Great presentation Bob. Thanks. Gotta run so, G'night. 01:32:05 Jocelyn Doire: https://perchance.org/perchance-faq 01:33:23 Brigitte Lord (Webmaster, Newsletter): Fun presentation Bob. Thanks 01:33:30 Jocelyn Doire: From the FAQ: How are you going to fund Perchance? As I've said, hosting and serving text doesn't cost much. If, somehow, Perchance becomes wildly popular - to the point where hosting costs are impacting my bank account, then I may ask for donations via Patreon or some service like that. I figure that if the community gets that big, then there will most likely be a few Perchance enthusiasts who wouldn't mind helping me out with hosting costs. I could also implement some special extra features for supporters if it's hard to get people to chip in. 01:33:55 Bob Benson: Thank you Bob Very good presentation. 01:35:54 Alan German (OPCUG Treasurer): Can you ask for a blank sign? 01:36:13 Jeff Dubois: Really, really great talk Bob. Wonderful. 01:37:34 Jeff Dubois: Hahahahaha! That's wonderful! 01:38:28 Glen: I guess you should avoid using AI generated images of celebrities commercially unless you get their consent. 01:39:01 Alan German (OPCUG Treasurer): There is no Q&A session tonight, but if you have questions for next week, or shares that you wish to present, send the details to SuggestionBox@opcug.ca 01:39:16 Alan German (OPCUG Treasurer): Or neat Ai images! 01:39:30 E O'Driscoll: Thanks for the presentation Bob. It was interesting and funny too. I'm going to try it out. 01:39:32 Jocelyn Doire: I missed how to add the bubble, can you show it again? 01:39:39 Allison: Excellent presentation, Bob. 01:39:43 Serge-Érik: Thank you very much, Bob! Super presentation! 01:40:01 Timothy: Fantastic presentation. 01:40:08 Gail Eagen: Thank you, Bob! Really enjoyed the presentaiton. 01:40:09 Alan German (OPCUG Treasurer): @Joc - Think it was add object 01:40:10 Jeff Dubois: Bravo! That was really, really good. Amazing what that generator can do and will make emails and talks more interesting. VERY well done. 01:40:12 Leo: Thanks Bob for sharing this great tool 01:40:18 Lynda Buske: Super Bob, learned a lot! 01:40:19 Carol Pearson: Thanks Bob Good stuff 01:40:20 Ed Morawski: Excellent presentation! 01:41:06 Wayne: Thanks Bob, excellent presentation. 01:43:26 KWG: I use Greenshot, but didn’t realize it had all of these other features! Double leaning whammy for me, tonight! Thank you Bob for all of your time and efforts and fun presentation. Signing off for tonight…. 01:44:50 Glen: Excellent, interesting presentation Bob.