Plan F: AI Image Design Workflow (Posters / Brand)
Requirements & style refs → text-to-image drafts → image-to-image refinement → text & layout → upscale & export
- Time
- 20-40 min / image
- Cost
- Low-Medium
- Difficulty
- Beginner
Best for
Steps
Requirements and style references
5 minChatGPT / Claude + reference images
Pin down purpose, aspect ratio, where the text goes, main palette and style keywords; collect 2-3 reference images. The more specific the prompt, the higher the success rate.
💡Reference images plus concrete style words (e.g. 'film grain', 'flat illustration') beat adjective soup.
Text-to-image drafts
5-10 minMidjourney / Jimeng / Flux
Write prompts in this order — subject → scene → style → composition → detail constraints — and generate 4-8 candidates per round. Midjourney for artistry, Jimeng for Chinese scenes, Flux for accurate text.
💡For consistent subjects, fix the description or upload a reference; multiple rolls of the same prompt usually yield a keeper.
Image-to-image refinement
5-10 minImg2Img / inpainting
Use image-to-image to recompose, swap backgrounds and fix details; inpainting repairs broken hands, faces and edges. Far faster than regenerating — the key to quality.
💡Repair broken hands/text in a targeted region instead of restarting the whole image.
Text and layout
5 minIdeogram / Canva
Set headlines, slogans and prices with Ideogram (accurate glyphs) or lay out in Canva. AI-embedded text often garbles; let a proper tool handle typography.
💡Proofread every word; leave safe margins so platforms don't crop it.
Upscale and export
5 minTopaz / Real-ESRGAN
AI images are usually 1024-2048px; for print or high-res use, upscale with a super-resolution model and export the required spec (RGB/CMYK, 300dpi, PNG/PSD).
💡Denoise before upscaling to avoid amplified noise; check platform size specs for e-commerce.
Tools involved
Pitfalls to avoid
Garbled embedded text
Broken hands and anatomy
Commercial licensing
Directly mimicking someone's art
Related Workflows
Plan E: AI Writing Workflow (Long-form / Marketing)
Topic & positioning → outline → section-by-section draft → human polish & fact-check → visuals & layout → multi-platform publish
- Time:
- 30-60 min / piece
- Cost:
- Low
- Difficulty:
- Beginner
Plan H: AI Translation / Multilingual Export
Preprocess source → build glossary → AI first pass → human review → localization adaption → QA & ship
- Time:
- 1-3 hours / language
- Cost:
- Low-Medium
- Difficulty:
- Beginner
Plan L: AI Podcast Production Workflow
Topic & positioning → script & outline → record/TTS → AI edit → audio polish & music → publish & distribute
- Time:
- 2-4 hours / episode
- Cost:
- Low
- Difficulty:
- Beginner