7 chapters
AI studio
Text, images, video and code with AI: what each tool allows, what it costs, how to work with it.
Chapters
Pick your AI
The big AI models are all strong now. What changes is what their rules allow, what they cost and whether you like how they answer. Test before you trust.
Captions with AI
A model can draft captions, post text and replies in your persona’s voice once you’ve shown it that voice. Then you edit, so a person can hear a person in it.
Images online
Four online services cover most of what a drawn persona needs. They differ on adult art, on price and on who owns the picture, so read their rules before you pay.
Images at home
You can make your persona’s art on your own computer, with no monthly bill and nothing sent to a service. What decides it is your graphics card, your disk and the licence of the model you pick.
Video
Three services turn a picture or a line of text into a short clip. They differ on what they allow, how long a clip runs, what a second costs and who may use the result. One of them also runs at home.
Code your own tools
You don’t need to read code to build a tool with an AI. You need a short brief, one small step at a time, your own eyes on every result, and a journal. Here’s the method, then one of my tools as it really is.
Budget planner
Type what you can spend on AI each month and tick what you need. The planner picks a set of tools that fits, from prices read on the providers’ own pages.
