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Heat Sink

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Hello Everypony,
If you haven’t read already, a few months ago i made a thread asking for opinions about a possible change in the creator tags.
After consulting both the community and the staff of Tantabus a slight majority was for combining the Artist: & Prompter: tags into one unified creator tag while keeping the editor: tag separate.
But now comes the point, what will we call this new unified creator tag?
A few examples that we heard in the previous thread:
Prompter:
Creator:
Director:
By:
Producer:
We would love to hear your opinion what the name will be for the new creator tag that will replace the Artist: and Prompter: tags.
P.S: The Editor: tag will remain a separate tag.
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Background Pony #0F66
I supported by: because I hoped it would encompass artist:, prompter:, editor:, voice actor:, etc. Guess I’ll continue to use *:username.
If it only combines artist: and prompter:, then I’d lean towards those other options to keep by: free for the future. Alternatively, if by: gets picked, then the all-encompassing tag could be input:.
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Teaspoon

poni
@Background Pony #0F66
To note that in this case editor would be repurposed towards someone that edits someone else’s image, ala how it originally was on derpi; basically it’d separate “who made the image originally” from “who made changes to their image” on images tagged edit.
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truekry

Wizzard
  1. author:
  2. director or creator
I personally would go with author too. It encompasses that, at this point in time, genning is more writing than drawing. (At least in most cases.). But it also shows that you are part of the creative process. Best of both worlds. director is in the same boat, just not a writing analogy, but a movie one. Creator is also a good second choice.
Background Pony #0F66
@Teaspoon
I understand. It’s just that “editing” in the context of AI art can easily mean pretty substantial changes.
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truekry

Wizzard
@Background Pony #0F66
Editing is editing, even if you do a minor edit, its still editing. Doesn’t matter if AI or not. For example, you take one of my creations and edit out a small mistake, you would set the tag editor:BGP#0F66 since you made the change.
If I edit my own picture thou, I would not use the editor tag at all.
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greengeode

creator is the most encompassing imo, director is a good alternative. by sounds weird as it goes against noun:value scheme that other tags use (generator:*, ship:*, oc:*)
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marredpink

I’m fine with creator but I also believe we should just be tagging ourselves as artist. The world already has enough disrespect for what we do, I don’t see why we need join in.
I juggle 4-5 models on a single txt2img pass. With the same I prompt I can range anywhere from show accurate to photorealism by deciding which models to use, which model does what, and tweaking denoise ratios.
Might also be a good idea to remember the ai generated, ai assisted, and ai composition tags. I usually tag my stuff with ai generated but that’s really just a technicality because reForge is automating all the inpainting.
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JasminDreasond

Tiny Jasmini 🍮
i don’t know what to answer, I put on Gemini to see his opinion to help me think and returned it:
Creator: It’s incredibly universal and inclusive. Whether someone is physically drawing an image from scratch or carefully crafting a prompt to generate it, they are bringing a new concept to life. It respects both traditional and AI workflows without alienating either side.

Prompter: This feels entirely specific to AI. If a traditional artist posts their work, being labeled just a "prompter" might feel dismissive of their manual effort.

Director: This sounds a bit too cinematic, hahaha. While it accurately describes guiding an AI, it implies managing a team or a movie set rather than crafting a standalone image.

Producer: Similar to Director, it feels a little too industrial or business-focused.

By: It's straightforward, but maybe a little too vague for a structured database or image board. Creator: [Name] looks much cleaner and more professional in a tag list than By: [Name].

If you wanted to look completely outside the list, Author: could also work, but Creator: still feels like the most natural and respectful choice for visual media. It sits perfectly alongside the Editor: tag, too!
This context helped me to think better on the subject, and my conclusion that I had is that “Creator” seems more interesting.
It demonstrates that although you have used AI, the use was to create something new, and not to generate an image without any creative way. The idea is to highlight: I used AI to create this project that represents something much deeper from my ideas.
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