I wouldn't have predicted as a kid that I'd someday employ powerful AI to create a tiny yarn doppelganger with suspiciously soulful button eyes, but Microsoft is encouraging exactly that. The company's new AI Restyle feature within its OneDrive platform gives Microsoft 365 Premium subscribers a way to transform ordinary photos with AI like so many others, but with a couple of notable extras.
The feature lets users “reimagine” photos into cartoon movie posters, watercolor artwork, anime, and more than a few sculpture forms. You just open a photo, tap the AI Restyle button, and either pick from a variety of options or write your own. What is interesting is that when you pick one of the presets, it doesn't just start making the image as the Google Photos Remix tool does, it writes out the prompt it intends to use and lets you edit it. That's helpful for customizing, but it's also almost a mini lesson in writing good AI image editing prompts. The option for "Crochet Art" came out as:
