Stop Chasing Tools. Start Knowing "What YOU Want."
Why Luma Labs Uni-1 isn't the only way to turn anime into hyperrealistic photos—and why that's beside the point. 3 different AI platforms, 1 goal, infinite ways to skin the cat. What actually matters.
In my post yesterday, I shared this Part 1 about LumaLabs Uni-1:
I included at the bottom a share from a fellow creative on LinkedIn who asked Lumalabs Uni-1 to turn his Midjourney Niji character into a photo-style character.
This is a side-tangent off of that conversation. You see, it is easy to see a solution in one place, and assume -
Wow, look what “xxxx” can do.
- and not see that “xxxx” is not the only place to make that happen. Or more particularly, in this case, observe that LumaLabs Uni-1 is not the only one who can do the thing you saw Uni-1 do. It just happens to have a unique process in HOW it does it. That capability of Uni-1 doesn’t exclude any of the other models from being constructed or structured (maybe as a Agents or Nodes) to do the same. And very possibly with the very tools you are using now, be able in some portion still accomplish what another tool accomplished.
Take a look at this.
Midjourney
Minimal illustration of an aged Asian sign painter carrying an easel, canvas boards, paint kit under his arms. He is wearing a large smock and walking purposefully. He has a long liner brush tucked behind his ear, He has longer white hair pulled together into a man-bun held with chopsticks. He is wearing traditional Asian clothing under the smock made of Japanese denim with splatters of paint. --niji 7
My favorite from this collection is number 2.
So, now to expand from this anime styled illustration, and to bring it to life with AI… Here are 2 quick ways. The first, with Gimini.
