Generating a picture with AI in Write by Zaweba
Generate picture in Write by Zaweba asks your own AI account for an image and puts the PNG at the cursor, sized to the text width, as one undo step.
A cover page or a newsletter sometimes needs a picture you don't have. Stock photos rarely fit exactly, and drawing something yourself takes time. If you have connected an AI account that can make pictures, Write by Zaweba can ask it for one and place the result in your document.
What it does
Choose Generate picture... from the AI menu and describe what you want. Write sends the request through your own account, and the picture comes back as a PNG. It is placed at the cursor and scaled to the width of the text, so it fits neatly between the margins without spilling over.
The whole insertion is a single undo step. If the picture isn't right, undo removes it in one go and you can try a different description.
What you need
Not every AI account can make pictures. Generate picture needs one that can, so check what your provider offers. If you have connected an account only for text, the text actions will work but this one won't.
As with all of Write's AI features, nothing is built in. No account is connected by default and nothing is sent until you ask.
Writing a good description
Be specific about the subject. "A village hall on a summer evening with bunting" will get closer than "a building".
Say what style you want. A watercolour, a simple line drawing, a flat illustration or a photograph-like image each suit different documents. Newsletters and posters often look best with a clean illustration, while a report might suit something plainer.
Mention colours if they matter. If your club has colours, or the newsletter has a theme, say so.
Keep it simple. Pictures with lots of small elements, or with words in them, are harder for AI models to get right. Add any text yourself in the document.
Fitting it into the page
Once the picture is in, it behaves like any other picture in Write. Pictures can sit inline with the text or wrap square, tight or top and bottom, so you can let text flow around it in a newsletter column or keep it on its own line above a heading.
Check the page in whole page view to see how the picture balances with the text. A picture at full text width is striking on a cover page, but in a two-column newsletter you may want it smaller, within one column.
Using generated pictures sensibly
Generated pictures are good for decoration and mood: a header for a seasonal newsletter, a friendly image for a party invitation, a cover for a story written for children. They are not a record of real things. Don't use them where a reader would assume a picture shows a real place, person or event.
Check the terms of your AI provider on how you may use the pictures it makes, especially for anything you will print in quantity or publish.
Look closely before printing. Generated images can contain odd details, such as strange hands or warped signs, that are easy to miss on screen and obvious on paper. Print preview, which uses the same renderer as printing and PDF export, is the place to check.
Used with a light touch, a generated picture can lift a plain document. It is one more optional tool in a word processor that works perfectly well without it.
