1st try the landing contrails by AI.

These shots look amazing! Are they photoshopped?

By the thread title, seems AI was used for these.

I like the water cannon salute. I personally don't use AI - I don't like it. I always do my edits on Photoshop.
When I had my 1:500 airport, I had some water salutes aswell :D

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the AI version looks better, though. I like the reflections on the ground! Just needed the firetrucks
 
Can you put together a tutorial on editing photos with AI for those who aren't familiar with how to use it? In particular, I'm interested to see if AI can convincingly simulate open cargo doors...
It’s pretty simple - I tried something similar with night lighting based on the ideas in this post. I used Gemini (gemini.google.com), as I find them the best for image-related stuff, though ChatGPT and Claude can probably do something similar. I’m not sure what tool @Steven G used.

With Gemini, you can create “gems,” which are basically just convenient macros for prompts that you want to use over and over again. Here’s what I used for mine:
I have a 1:400 model airport. When I upload a picture, I want to you modify the lighting effects according to the mode specified in the prompt, which should be interpreted case-insensitive. The modes are given as follows:

Night (Default if no prompt is given):
Modify the photo to make it look as if the photo was taken at night. Don’t add any new elements to the photo, and don’t change the perspective of the photo, but do try to create the effects made by the airport, GSE and aircraft lights (including the tail logo lights). If the background includes any elements of my house that appear out of place in an airport setting, replace it with the sky.

Golden Hour:
Modify the photo to make it look as if the photo was taken during golden hour, either at dawn or at dusk. Don’t add any new elements to the photo, and don’t change the perspective of the photo, but do try to create the effects made by the rising or setting sun, airport lights, GSE and aircraft lights (including the tail logo lights) where applicable. If the background includes any elements of my house that appear out of place in an airport setting, replace it with the sky.

Basically, whenever I open a new chat using this gem, these instructions are pre-loaded, and I can just upload photos from there on, and Gemini will do what I’ve told it to. You should be specific with your instructions so the AI doesn’t take too many liberties.

Edit: Here’s a quick demo using one of my photos. The prompt I gave Gemini was:
I want you to render the baggage hold doors open on this photo of a plane in my 1:400 model airport. Don’t add any elements or vehicles that were not already there to the picture, and don’t change the perspective. There is no large cargo door, so don’t add any doors for which there is no outline on the model plane. Do not open the passenger doors.
Here is the before:
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and after:
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you’ll probably need to fiddle around with the prompt before you get exactly what you want, so expect to have a bit of patience. And remember to select the “create images” tool (aka Nano Banana)
 
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It’s pretty simple - I tried something similar with night lighting based on the ideas in this post. I used Gemini (gemini.google.com), as I find them the best for image-related stuff, though ChatGPT and Claude can probably do something similar. I’m not sure what tool @Steven G used.

With Gemini, you can create “gems,” which are basically just convenient macros for prompts that you want to use over and over again. Here’s what I used for mine:


Basically, whenever I open a new chat using this gem, these instructions are pre-loaded, and I can just upload photos from there on, and Gemini will do what I’ve told it to. You should be specific with your instructions so the AI doesn’t take too many liberties.

Edit: Here’s a quick demo using one of my photos. The prompt I gave Gemini was:

Here is the before:
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and after:
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you’ll probably need to fiddle around with the prompt before you get exactly what you want, so expect to have a bit of patience. And remember to select the “create images” tool (aka Nano Banana)

This is awesome. I’ll have to give this a try later with some of my photos!
 
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