QC Your AI Images

AI images require review before publishing — but what are your options if you find anomalies?

Know Your Subject

As the accuracy of AI image-creation improves, errors will be harder to spot — unlike the problems with this image created in 2023 from the prompt, "commercial airplane landing on runway."

To maintain your credibility, always closely review any output from AI.

Know your subject: if your content's consumer is in aviation, then this image's runway markings and the position of the aircraft (landing on the edge of the runway) would bring chuckles and raise questions about your level of subject knowledge. Rerun or modify the prompt.

Another example: tall smokestacks are typical of coal power plants. Wide, curved cooling towers are typical of nuclear power plants. They are seldom at the same plant. This image will cause your viewer to think, "Ugh, AI."

You could rerun or add to the prompt. Another option is to crop the image and omit the smokestack.

Size Matters

Closely examine any image: if the placement of this image would maintain its small size, then it is okay to use.

If it will or can be enlarged, discard it and rerun the prompt…unless you are creating a horror movie.

Look for Anomalies

Closely examine the image for other errors: besides the three sets of twins in the room, the second person from the left has three hands.

Again, the simplest fix is to crop the area containing the error.

Fixing Text in PowerPoint

But what if the error can't be cropped out, such as a misspelled or nonsense word?

In this example, taken from the background of a larger image, we will insert relevant/correct text in the header.

Fear not if you have little or no experience with image-manipulation software — all the following changes are made in PowerPoint.

In PowerPoint, insert the misspelled image into a blank slide.

Next, create a text box and enter the correct spelling or new words.

Use the "eyedropper" tool to match the color of the text and the text-box background to the original image.

1. Click on the text box
2. Shape Format
3. Shape Fill
4. Eyedropper (click here for help with this tool)

Position the eyedropper over the area next to the word you plan to replace and click there. This applies the color to the text box.

1. Highlight the text in the text box
2. Click on the "A"
3. Select the eyedropper

Click the eyedropper on the text in the original image to apply that color to the text in the box.

Copy the text box and paste it into the slide as an image.

Move the new image over the misspelling.

Note that the new image is at a different angle from the original, underlying image.

1. Select the image and zoom in
2. Picture Format (top of the screen)
3. Arrange
4. Rotate
5. More Rotation Options
6. Rotation

Use the up and down arrows to rotate the image to match the orientation of the background image.

Fixed!

When you select this image to save it or paste it into its destination, remember that there are two images: the original and the new words. Select both before copying.

Come back next time for more techniques — all in PowerPoint — to fix the issues that prevent you from using your AI image.

PAI supports leaving the human in the loop for all aspects of AI — for quality and as a safeguard.

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