In my opinion, DALL-e needs to evolve a lot.
I’m producing illustrations for a children’s book. And right from the first illustration I noticed the limitations of the tool.
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Non-persistent seeds: When starting a new chat, previously saved seeds become unusable, making it impossible to reproduce or reuse exact characters or objects.
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Prompt contamination: Continuous generations in the same chat affect the behavior of subsequent prompts, even if they are clean.
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Limited modularity: It is not possible to isolate and reuse visual elements (characters, props, backgrounds) as modular assets.
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Color inconsistency: Even when I include Pantone references in the prompts, DALL·E does not consistently follow real-world color systems (Pantone, RGB, CMYK).
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No option to delete individual images from the gallery: Currently, the only way to remove generated images is to delete the entire chat, which is not practical for managing creative assets.
As mihas sugestões seriam essas:
Suggested Features
Named, reusable seeds for characters, objects, and backgrounds, accessible through the user gallery.
Scene seeds with fixed geometry and spatial relationships.
A modular visual gallery that allows reuse and combination of previously generated elements.
A visual scene building tool, with a layer-based or compositional structure (e.g. fixed background + fixed character + pose variation).
Support for real-world color systems (Pantone, RGB, CMYK) for consistent visual identity.
Ability to delete specific images from the gallery without removing the entire chat.
Expected Positive Impact
Simplified workflows for professional creators: illustrators, educators, designers, and authors.
Less rework, faster production, and greater creative control.
Expanded usability of DALL·E for visual storytelling and editorial-level publishing.
Although this is my first children’s book, I have already developed workarounds — such as creating a new chat for each scene and manually regenerating the characters using the same image from the previous chat and using a description of the item or character from the scene including the Pantone palette even though I know the tool doesn’t use it, but only serves as a rough reference for the color. While it works, it is time consuming and not scalable.
I truly believe that these suggested improvements would benefit many creators who rely on DALL·E for visual and narrative consistency.