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Re: Show HN: I used OpenAI's new image API for a personalized coloring book service

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Wow a lot of criticism. I'm considering a similar business. I think this is too expensive when printing this is so easy these days. But charging some small about per printable coloring book would be very attractive.

The printing aspect of this wasn't too easy... I wish I could charge less but as it stands (especially with surprising API costs) I'm barely making a profit on this.

Re: Show HN: I used OpenAI's new image API for a personalized coloring book service

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This is fucking amazing! Everyone and their mother are trying to hop on the band wagon of AI and make a half assed service just because it may sell just due to the "ai" tag attached to it - this is different! Chapeau bas! It's simple but brilliant. It's a great example of what a good idea is - with minimal effort he made an epic product focusing not an AI, but what AI can bring to the table and executing it flawlessl…

You're uploading your family pictures.. nevermind. Go enjoy your coloring book.

Re: Show HN: I used OpenAI's new image API for a personalized coloring book service

#114
I've been using (mostly) the OpenAI image generator for quite some time generating coloring pages, it's pretty decent at it and can generate just about anything my kids want as long as you word it a bit neutral to avoid it generating (something it recognizes as) copyrighted content.

Great idea to turn your own photos into a coloring book generator!

Edit: I wonder how you prevent it from generating copyrighted content when people upload e.g. 'photos' of Disney content? Or has that not been a problem yet?

Re: Show HN: I used OpenAI's new image API for a personalized coloring book service

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post #114

I've been using (mostly) the OpenAI image generator for quite some time generating coloring pages, it's pretty decent at it and can generate just about anything my kids want as long as you word it a bit neutral to avoid it generating (something it recognizes as) copyrighted content. Great idea to turn your own photos into a coloring book generator! Edit: I wonder how you prevent it from generating copyrighted content…

Thanks! Hasn't been a problem yet, but if that happens I'd just email the customer directly and ask for a replacement photo/if it's okay to leave that one out.

Re: Show HN: I used OpenAI's new image API for a personalized coloring book service

#117

They have an api now? amazing! I have been using gemini flash but results are... less than stellar.

Yes! https://openai.com/index/image-generation-api/

I was very excited when it came out. Google have Imagen 3 (is that the same as Gemini Flash?), but you need special access to be able to edit images. I haven't tested it yet but I think it's a lot cheaper than OpenAI

Re: Show HN: I used OpenAI's new image API for a personalized coloring book service

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post #18

Cool idea and really nice looking site. Pricing is quite high - 24 pages maximum for $23.99. There are 100-page coloring books on Amazon for $5.00, and the age group that really would be using this is not going to remember what was on the page a week from the day they did it. Maybe it can work in the nice of "adult coloring books" - I've seen some social media content where people really go crazy on coloring books, a…

Presumably you aren’t the parent of a 5-7 year-old child. I might try this manually and save some money but my kids will absolutely cherish coloring themselves, their friends, and their parents. We’re on vacation now and this is gonna be big when we get back.

My 5 year old will start coloring, get bored and scribble all over it.

Re: Show HN: I used OpenAI's new image API for a personalized coloring book service

#120

They have an api now? amazing! I have been using gemini flash but results are... less than stellar.

Gemini has released new models, maybe they are better.

Also, I request you to expand further, why Gemini is not better?

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