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Adding a graphic with a text prompt
The InDesign Text To Image feature uses artificial intelligence (AI) to generate a high-resolution, royalty-free image based on text prompts you enter. The ability to generate an image within InDesign is helpful for creating mockups before assigning photography or searching a stock photo service. If a project does not require specific images, the generated images may be used in final projects as well. In the following steps, you will select an existing graphics frame, enter a text prompt, and select from the generated images.
The Text To Image feature involves Creative Cloud processing, so be sure the computer is connected to the internet during this exercise.
Zoom in on the lower-right corner of the postcard, where you will see an empty graphics frame (indicated by a nonprinting outline and an x inside the frame).
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Using the Selection tool (
), select the graphics frame and choose Window > Text To Image. At the top of the panel, select Text To Image from the menuIn the Prompt field of the Text To Image panel, type basil plant in a pot in the field, and then click Generate. (If an alert displays at this point, click OK.)
After you click Generate, the first generated image is placed in the graphics frame. Because the graphics frame was selected, InDesign generated options to work within the frame.
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To place an image from the Text To Image panel without a text frame selected, point at the image, click the More Options button (
), and select Place Variation. Use the loaded graphics icon (
) to place the image.
The Text To Image panel opens automatically, providing other image options and sizes.
Click other options in the Variations area of the Text To Image panel. If necessary, click the arrow next to Variations to view the area.
To see more variations in generated images, you can click Generate again or revise the text.
Select the image you prefer with the layout. The image shown here may not be an option.
Choose Window > Text To Image to close the panel.
Choose Edit > Deselect All, and then choose File > Save.
