How to Generate AI Images Effectively Using SurgeGraph’s Content Vision

Sourcing for images can be time-consuming. You have to spend hours browsing for images or crafting the perfect prompt.

But now with Content Vision, you can streamline this process and publish content faster and easier than ever before.

Content Vision is SurgeGraph’s built-in AI image generator that can generate featured images and images for specific heading sections.

Before you start using Content Vision, read this article to make sure you’re well-prepared to generate the best images for your content.

This article will go over:

Why You Should Use AI Images
SurgeGraph's Content Vision vs Other AI Image Tools
How to Use Content Vision to Generate AI Images
Tips
Sample AI Images in Different Niches and Art Styles
Sample Articles With AI Images
Limitations and Expectations

Why You Should Use AI Images

AI images are images automatically generated by AI, usually from text prompts. You describe the kind of image you want, and the AI generates it for you within seconds.

Using AI images offers many benefits due to the speed, cost-efficiency, and convenience over traditional ways of sourcing images.

Here are some benefits of AI images and why you should start using them, too.

1. AI Images Are Copyright-Free & Unique

Traditional image sourcing is often a hassle due to copyright issues. You can only use copyright-free images or risk getting hit by copyright infringement.

Because AI images are custom-generated, they are copyright-free and unique, safe to be used for your content.*

*Important: Recognizable brands and characters may be protected by copyright or trademarks, so if you plan to use these images, please seek permission from the copyright owner.

SurgeGraph does not own rights and thus cannot grant you permission. This is highly important to make sure you are compliant with legal requirements.

2. AI Images Allow For More Customization

With Content Vision, you have more control over the images generated, ensuring they align perfectly with your message and style. You can describe the image you want, choose the art style, and size (aspect ratio).

3. AI Images Save Time on Browsing

Instead of spending hours scouring the internet for suitable images, Content Vision lets you generate custom images on the spot, saving you precious time. This allows you to publish more content faster and easier.

SurgeGraph’s Content Vision vs Other AI Image Tools

Whether you’re an existing SurgeGraph user or just checking us out, high chances are that you’re currently using some other AI image generation tool.

So why should you ditch what you’re using, and use SurgeGraph’s Content Vision, right?

Here’s why:

1. Content Vision Supports Simple & Short Prompts

With generative AI, the output highly depends on your prompt. If it sucks, then so will the output.

But not everyone are prompts engineers, and not everyone has the resource and time to craft perfect prompts.

Hence, Content Vision makes sure prompting for images simple and easy for you, perfect for any level, beginner or pro.

You only need to input really simple, super short prompts (as short as 2 words), and Content Vision will reprocess it to make sure that the output is exactly as you want it.

2. Content Vision Generates Images That Are Relevant to Your Content

Using third-party AI image generators causes you to get images that are not really relevant to your topic and content.

So, the perks of sticking with an AI image generator from within SurgeGraph is that it has access to your content, understands the context, and thus has a higher chance of generating images that are relevant and fits your content.

3. Generate High CTR Images

In a world where people are scrolling through content faster than ever, just having images won’t cut it anymore – you need images that will entice your audience and grab their attention.

Content Vision is designed to generate eye-catching, scroll-stopping images that will skyrocket your CTR.

To achieve this, Content Vision goes beyond the aesthetics, understanding the nuances of what makes an image click-worthy. From attention-grabbing thumbnails to compelling visuals within your content, every image is designed to captivate your audience and boost your click-through rates.

How to Use Content Vision to Generate AI Images

Finally, we’ve come to the good part. Watch the video below for a step-by-step walkthrough of how to use Content Vision.

Alternatively, you may read the instructions below:

How to Generate Featured Images

To generate the perfect featured image, follow these steps:

Navigate to the top of your content, right above the title.
Click "Auto Generate with AI”. If you have your own featured image, click on "Upload."
Customize your featured image by choosing the quantity (selecting more gives you more variations and options to choose from), art style, and aspect ratio. (refer to the sample image section below to look at different art styles and aspect ratios)
Click "Generate". It will take a few seconds, and you’ll be notified once your image is ready. While waiting, you may close the pop-up.
Once ready, access your gallery through the pop-up (click “View Gallery) or click on the image icon on the toolbar and click on "AI Gallery."
Hover over the image and click on the star icon to set it as the featured image.

How to Generate Images For Specific Heading Sections

To generate images within your content, follow these steps:

Click on the image icon in the toolbar.
Click "AI Gallery”. If you have your own image, click on "Upload."
Enter your prompt. Describe what you want the image to look like. The prompt can be as simple as a few words or a more detailed description. You may experiment with the suggested prompts if you can’t think of any.
Customize the number of images, art style, and aspect ratio. (refer to the sample image section below to look at different art styles and aspect ratios)
Click "Generate". It will take a few seconds, and you’ll be notified once your image is ready. While waiting, you may close the pop-up.
Once ready, access your gallery through the pop-up or click on the image icon and click on "AI Gallery."
To insert one image, hover over the image and click on the check mark that says “Select image”. It will be inserted wherever your cursor is placed.
To insert more than 1 image, click on the Select Image button, and click on the images you want to insert. Then hit Add Image to Editor. They will be inserted wherever your cursor is.

How to Use Expert Command to Generate Images

Optionally, you may also use Expert Command to generate images. Follow these steps:

In a new line where you want to insert your image, hit the slash key shortcut (/) and select "Image" from the dropdown menu.
Follow the steps as in the previous method.

How to download an image

To download an image to your computer, in the AI Gallery hover over the image, and click on “Download Image”.

How to reuse an image prompt

To reuse an image prompt, in the AI gallery hover over the image and click on “Reuse image prompt”. The prompt will be preloaded into the prompt field above.

How to delete an image from your gallery

To delete an image from your gallery, in the AI gallery hover over the image and click on “Delete image”.

How to delete the featured image or images within the content

To remove the featured image, hover over the featured image and click on “Remove image”.

To remove the other images, place your cursor under the image, and click Delete or Backspace on your keyboard.

Tips

1. Experiment with different styles to figure out which one suits you best

Choosing your art style highly depends on your preference and niche. If you’re not sure what each art style looks like, you can refer to the sample section below.

2. Images with minimal human presence are better

Images related to humans are more likely to have imperfections. To get better-looking images, we suggest going for images with zero or minimal human presence.

3. AI images are better suited for some niches, but not all

The quality of the images vary depending on the niche. It can be great for certain niches while not so much for others.

4. Follow the suggested number of images target

While there’s no rule-of-thumb as to how many images you should have in your content, it helps to follow the target suggested by SurgeGraph. It is based on what the top-ranking pages are doing, so emulating them boosts your chance of success. Meeting the target also boosts your SEO score!

5. Add alt texts for all your images

While alt texts are meant to improve your accessibility, they’re also a good place to insert keywords. Doing this will also boost your SEO score.

Sample Images in Different Niches, Art Styles, and Aspect Ratios

Below are sample images generated with Content Vision.

Niche

1. Travel

2. Food and Cooking

3. Fitness

Art Styles

Aspect Ratios

Sample Articles With AI Images

Limitations & Expectations

While Content Vision can generate impressive images, perfection is not always guaranteed.

Because the technology is pretty new and limited, defects like blurred edges and distortions may happen.

To set your expectations right, here are some limitations of Content Vision you should know:

1. Expect errors with fingers, hands, and complex postures

Images with fingers, hands, and complex postures in them might come out weird and imperfect. For example, the image might be missing or have an extra finger. Additionally, fingers and hands might get misplaced.

2. Images related to humans may have errors at the limbs

Heads-up: if you plan to have humans in your image, don’t be surprised if you get one that looks straight out of a horror movie.

Images with humans might have errors like misplaced, extra, and missing limbs.

3. Embedded text may be inaccurate and distorted

Content Vision is not capable of generating the correct text in images. For example, images of packaging might have distortions in the brand names.

Ready to Generate Jaw-Dropping Images?

If you’ve read this article and watched the tutorial video, you’re more than ready to start using Content Vision and generate stunning images.

To get started, log in or sign up here: https://surgegraph.io

Let us know your thoughts and feedback by dropping us an email here: help@surgegraph.io.

Also, feel free to show off and get feedback for the images you generated with the community by joining our Facebook group.

Thanks for reading!