Images & Design AI hacks (page 2)

Educator uploads the class schedule to Gemini Notebook (NotebookLM) and gets a schedule infographic, plus a workaround for the daily limit

An educator uploaded the class schedule to Gemini Notebook, formerly NotebookLM, and asked for a graphic of it; the first vague request missed the class times, a more specific retry worked, and when they hit the 3-infographics-a-day cap they shared the notebook with a colleague to make the next one.

Spotted on @alicekeeler

Creator sketches a business logo with pen and notebook, adds color and florals in Meta AI, then adds the name in ChatGPT

To get a logo for an entertainment brand without design software, a creator drew the draft by hand, had Meta AI add color and floral designs, then had ChatGPT add the words 'Motville Entertainment'.

Spotted on @CruFlowsIll

Online seller drops 126 refund emails into Claude and finds one product photo behind 41 refunds

An online seller pasted every refund email into Claude and asked what customers thought they were buying; 41 gave the same answer, that they thought it would be bigger, which traced back to one photo where a tiny coffee cup made the product look huge.

Spotted on @xnagare

Non-developer builds client websites with Claude Code

Someone with no web development background uses Claude Code to design websites for local restaurants, med spas and nonprofits, and has sold six.

Spotted on u/throw656598

Culinary arts teacher uses NotebookLM to make a Kitchen Math infographic for students

A culinary arts teacher used NotebookLM to create a Kitchen Math infographic that helps students master recipe reading and measurement skills before they step into the lab.

Spotted on @MerazMiss

Driver uses ChatGPT voice chat plus photos to work out a car problem and brings the shop a detailed diagnosis note

Instead of walking into a body shop blind, a driver talked through the problem with ChatGPT's voice mode while sharing pictures, then arrived with a diagnosis note detailed enough to impress the shop.

a lot on repairs · their claim

Spotted on @stafa_san

Store gets a ready-made Instagram story graphic every time it restocks

A two-person Shopify store had Claude build a Telegram bot that sends a branded Instagram story graphic and product link whenever stock goes up.

Spotted on u/John___Matrix

Creator batches a month of Canva posts from one Claude project

A creator set up a Claude project with her audience, brand voice and content pillars, then had it build single-image posts, carousels and reels in Canva in one batch.

30 days of content in under an hour · their claim

Spotted on Modern Millie

Photographer lets Aftershoot cut hard, then adds favorites back

A photographer sets Aftershoot's automated cull to its strictest level, adds back the shots she wants, and says the tool learns her picks over time.

Hours or days of manual culling · their claim

Spotted on Rachel Traxler

Kimono maker uses a HeyGen avatar made from one photo to keep posting educational shorts while unwell

Not feeling well enough to dress in kimono for their regular educational shorts, the owner of an accessible kimono brand made a HeyGen AI avatar from a photo of themselves, wrote a script and produced the video instead, after several attempts.

Spotted on @sunshower_atlr

Beginner uses Claude as a personal Adobe Illustrator teacher and learns more in a day than in two years

Someone who had been tinkering with Adobe Illustrator for two years used Claude as a teacher they could keep asking questions, and says they learned more in that one day than in the previous two years.

Spotted on @starburstLuu

Wedding photographers clean up shots with Lightroom's Generative Remove

Wedding photographers use Lightroom's AI Generative Remove to take distractions out of photos, and trade notes on how slow it can be.

Spotted on u/Venice_Photographer

Wedding photographer pastes their Google reviews into ChatGPT to find what clients keep saying, then rewrites their bridal show booth

Instead of describing their work with the same words as every other photographer, a wedding photographer had ChatGPT find repeated themes in their reviews and used them for their website, emails and booth signs.

Spotted on Nicole Kirk Photography

Amazon seller sends photos of bad returns to a bot that writes the reimbursement case

An Amazon seller added a returns feature to their own Claude-powered Telegram and email bot: they send photos of the returned item, sticker and return slip, and it reads the tiny IDs and emails back a ready-to-file reimbursement case.

Spotted on Alex Willen (The Automated Operator)

Diner at a German restaurant asks ChatGPT to picture every dish on a menu they couldn't read

Faced with menu names they didn't recognize at a new German restaurant, a diner photographed the menu and asked ChatGPT to make images of the dishes; it produced 9 images covering all 37 items.

Spotted on @tristanbob

School librarian uses ChatGPT to turn a year of student messages into a vintage library keepsake

At the end of the school year, a school librarian gathered the messages they got from students and staff and used ChatGPT to make them pretty with a vintage library background and old books.

Spotted on @DartezKendra

Etsy seller has Claude design a sale banner through the Canva connector

An Etsy seller connected Canva inside Claude, asked what the connector could do on their plan, then had Claude make Mother's Day sale banners to finish in Canva.

Spotted on Handmade & Beyond

Web developer looking for clients has ChatGPT redesign a Facebook ad poster into a cleaner image fit for running ads

A web developer took an ad poster they'd seen on Facebook and had ChatGPT redesign it into a new image they judged fit for running their own Facebook ads to find clients.

Spotted on @Njoagwuani_

Handmade accessories maker turns phone shots into styled product images with free ChatGPT

A maker of handbags and accessories turned a phone photo of their scrunchie into a styled product image with free ChatGPT, using a five-part prompt and a workaround for a distorted logo.

Spotted on L.J. Millfield

Painter stages original artwork and patterns in AI room mockups inside Photoshop

An artist merges their numbered patterns onto one canvas, then uses Photoshop Generative Fill with the Nano Banana Pro partner model and a detailed room description to make lifestyle mockups for their portfolio.

Spotted on CreatorAlma

Store owner redesigns a Shopify store past the theme's limits

A Shopify owner spent three days with Claude Code and their brand voice to build a store design a standard theme couldn't give them.

Spotted on u/loosepantsbigwallet

Professional uses NotebookLM to make an infographic explaining their service and shares the exact prompt

To explain their work simply, a professional had NotebookLM generate an infographic of what they do, using a story-style prompt pitched at an eighth-grade reading level.

Spotted on @SteveROIBrown

Email agency owner builds on-brand campaign emails in Claude Design

An email marketing agency owner sets up a Claude Design design system for each brand from its website, guidelines and Figma file, then attaches an email-rules text file and a short brief so Claude asks questions and builds email variants.

Spotted on Max Sturtevant

Photographer turns a plain white wall into a curved infinity studio after the shoot with Nano Banana

A model wanted an infinity white backdrop the studio didn't have, so the photographer shot against a plain white wall anyway and afterward used Nano Banana, with prompts written by ChatGPT, to make the space look like a curved infinity studio.

Spotted on @OrangeIsAi