I have the spaces to distinguish one frame from the next. The caption must be associated with the correct frame. I prefer a little gappy over too close. I have to estimate the gap before I have it all together, as the gaps are in the image itselft. I don't have the means to adjust once it's together.
I was surprised. I was able to get the basic shot from AI rather quickly. It was one of the few images that got my very detailed instructions almost entirely correct. The only issue was the "West Coast Pride" gang sign. Just that little bit had me dancing around for hours, working some of it by hand and having 4 different AI platforms tweak it to finally get what you see. It was insane.
"Balanced the deficit to zero" by cooking up a budget loaded with projected new taxes (like the pied-a-terre tax that hasn't passed or collected a single dime yet), one-time gimmicks, shaky state aid, and deferring pension payments.
Projected = optimistic future guesses on paper right now.
Actual = real money that actually shows up in the city's bank account later.
The rich have been fleeing NY for years already - higher targeted taxes will just speed up the exodus, so those rosy projections will likely fall short when the actual numbers roll in.
Working with AI to get images is like running the gauntlet. I was impressed with this outcome even though I had to do quite the dance to achieve it with all the necessary elements.
