Wow. So upset right now.
I spent ages coming up with a cover for a new project of mine. Lots of photoshopping to make it stand out, cleaning it up, adjusting lighting. It was a montage of several images, down to the shirt, the fingers, and the vegetables in the background.
I was told not to use the image because it is AI.
For real!??!
I hate this. I hate this. I am really good at photoshop. And now everyone is doubting my skills. So I have to use crap photos that are under-resolution that are 'approved' by a committee, so I have lost my creative control. And the project looks worse.
Thanks AI, you are literally ruining my reputation and disrupting my career.
I substituted it with a stock photo. I just changed the lighting and added a gradient. Took about three minutes.
They loved it.
Ugh.
Sorry guys, this is going to my brain.
I'm gonna pause my queue while I get ahold of this.
Can you not explain to them that you made the image in Photoshop? Unless they are 10 years old, they should understand what "photoshopping" is.
The client say “AI is bad, we don’t want to use AI.” Barachiki says “Right! I don't like AI either. I will spend hours photoshopping so I can get a good cover image that isn’t AI.” Client says: “No that looks like AI, we don't like AI.” Barachiki says: “I already explained that it isn't AI, I’m just good at my job.” Client says: “Well, the committee thinks it’s AI and I really don’t want to wait for a response from them again, so let’s try this under-resolution image and see if we can use that.” Barachiki says: “It is under resolution, I cannot use it." Client says: "You're the designer, think of something." Barachiki thinks to herself: // I did think of something, and made that something, and you thought it was AI// Barachiki says out loud: "Maybe a stock photo that takes me thirty seconds to put in and looks generic and lame?” Client says: “perfect!”
