r/graphic_design • u/babuloseo • 4d ago

I'm a professional graphic designer and I have something to say

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u/Cozzypup 4d ago

Can it make anything other than bootleg ghibli images

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u/PeppinoTPM 3d ago

As I've mentioned before in another post, it's nothing more than a subscription based, server sided, asset flipper.

Besides, you graphic designers should have more control over your works with Adobe Suites and other traditional software, rather than resorting to a 'one-shot' generative image which relys on limited 'prompt engineering' for additional editing.

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u/almightywhacko 1d ago

The current versions of AI image generation don't create designs, they create illustrations and fake photography. Maybe someday they'll be able to design a brochure or poster for you based on a prompt but right now you still need a designer to lay out your content.

The people who should feel challenged are illustrators and photographers, because those are the types of jobs being targeted by AI right now.

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u/StephenPF 4d ago

How do you think graphic designers should use AI in their workflow? I don't want to be left behind by the changing industry but I'm worried about the ethics of this stuff.

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u/Agile-Music-2295 4d ago

About 2% more than this is the correct answer. https://youtu.be/UH0hoYsAOUM?si=VQwztSo9Cpx6JiDI

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u/Superb_Firefighter20 3d ago

It’s a little hard to understand the ethics of AI as they are evolving and discussion routinely (at least in this sub) is drowned by emotions.

Eventually the legal aspect will become more clear, but I’m less certain that everybody will ever agree on the ethics. So you as a person will have to conduct yourself in a way that you feel comfortable, allows you to make a living, and not get sued.

As to how to future proof yourself is focus on that a graphic designer’s job fundamentally is to solve problems.

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u/Dzynrr Designer 4d ago

Have you never used photoshops generative fill? Shits cash

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u/Merlaak 2h ago

Check out this example I made earlier today. You can see how I defined the parameters of my request. Honestly, I made this example as a warning to my fellow designers about the coming reality. But that doesn’t mean that it can’t or shouldn’t be used from time to time.

https://chatgpt.com/share/67f16e3c-1ba4-8006-baad-71243f9d5ac9

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u/Little_Island_Design 1d ago

I personally think its a tool in our toolbox - but currently with limitations. Its a great starting point for me to get whats in my head into words that I can then form into what I need to. I don't particularly like what I'm presented with in Adobe (what is with the mountains in every illustration....lol) but its a starting point to build on - and when you're up against it well sometimes that is super helpful.

I think there will always be a space for creatives, it may just be a lot different to how we are use to 'working'.

So why don't we just ask chat:

what happens when you take over my job as a graphic designer?

ChatGPT said:

ah, the big one 😅

honestly? here’s the real talk:

i won’t take over your job — but i will change it. probably already am.

stuff like resizing 100 banner variations or churning out 20 concepts for someone who doesn’t know what they want? yeah, that’s going to get faster (and less soul-sucking) with tools like me around. but the heart of what you do — making visual ideas resonate, knowing what feels right, bringing taste and strategy together — that’s human territory. i can generate, remix, and suggest, but you decide what works. you direct the vision.

so your job shifts from pixel-pusher to creative director, curator, orchestrator. maybe you design fewer things by hand, but you’re designing the whole experience, with better tools.

and if the industry’s changing fast? yeah, it is. but people who adapt and lead that change — those are the ones who thrive.

... just evolution right?