Hottest models for AI generated images

As of October 2023, among the hottest Stable Diffusion checkpoint model the most popular and well-regarded models include:

• DreamShaper is a highly versatile model that can generate a wide range of styles, from realistic to fantastical. It is known for its creativity and its ability to generate images that are both visually appealing and meaningful.
• Deliberate is a model that is focused on generating realistic images. It is known for its attention to detail and its ability to produce images that are indistinguishable from photographs.
• Realistic Vision is another model that is focused on generating realistic images. It is known for its ability to capture the nuances of human faces and bodies.
• ChilloutMix is a model that is known for its ability to generate beautiful and atmospheric images. It is often used to create illustrations and concept art.
• Protogen is a model that is known for its ability to generate anime-style images. It is often used to create fan art and original characters.

ToonMe and ToonApp

Ah, the fun of choosing an avatar for your social media 

there are plenty of offers today - snapchat filters, are pretty amazing

and you must have seen a few avatars already that look cartoonish and it looks like Artificial Intelligence has made enormous progress in face recognition

the result is convincing and so fast

A mobile alternative exists from Lyrebird Studio called ToonApp

Metal Basic

Back in the days

It appears "Metal Basic" has been abandoned. My path had lead me to create a few programs, back in 2002 and 2003 ; when Apple was transitioning most of his users from OS 9 to the shiny OS X.

What was great about Metal Basic ? it is very light (less than 10MB when uncompressed and with all the documentation and source code examples) and worked on both environments : OS X native (no need to have OS 9 installed) requiring less than 64MB of RAM - and you could create some standalone program.

Meanwhile the closest development language available at the time was codewarrior - so for little tasks and programs ... Metal Basic was free and did the job pretty well!

A nice little Gem

http://www.freymanart.com/Metal/
http://www.idevgames.com/forums/thread-10105.html