🎬 Generate images from text with IBM Granite Vision 3.3 2B AI model

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Description

Generate Images from Text with IBM Granite Vision 3.3 2B AI Model

🌍 Overview

This workflow uses the ibm-granite/granite-vision-3.3-2b model (hosted on Replicate) to generate AI images. It starts manually, sends a request to the Replicate API, waits for the result, and finally outputs the generated image link.

Think of it as your AI art assistant — you click once, and it handles the full request/response cycle for image generation.

🟢 Section 1: Trigger & API Setup

🔗 Nodes:

• Manual Trigger → Starts when you click Execute.
• Set API Key → Stores your Replicate API Key safely in the workflow.

💡 Beginner takeaway: This section is like turning the key in the ignition. You start the workflow, and it loads your credentials so you can talk to Replicate’s API.

📈 Advantage: Keeps your API key stored inside the workflow instead of hard-coding it everywhere.

🟦 Section 2: Create Prediction

🔗 Nodes:

• HTTP Request (Create Prediction) → Sends a request to Replicate with the chosen model (granite-vision-3.3-2b) and input parameters (seed, temperature, max_tokens, etc.).

💡 Beginner takeaway: This is where the workflow actually asks the AI model to generate an image.

📈 Advantage: You can tweak parameters like creativity (temperature) or randomness (seed) to control results.

🟣 Section 3: Polling & Status Check

🔗 Nodes:

• Extract Prediction ID (Code) → Saves the unique job ID.

• Wait (2s) → Pauses before checking status.

• Check Prediction Status (HTTP Request) → Calls Replicate to see if the image is ready.

• If Condition (Check If Complete) →

  • ✅ If status = succeeded → move to result
  • 🔄 Else → go back to Wait and check again

💡 Beginner takeaway: Since image generation takes a few seconds, this section keeps asking the AI “are you done yet?” until the image is ready.

📈 Advantage: No need to guess — the workflow waits automatically and retries until success.

🔵 Section 4: Process Result

🔗 Nodes:

• Process Result (Code) → Extracts the final data:

  • ✅ Status
  • ✅ Output image URL
  • ✅ Metrics (time taken, etc.)
  • ✅ Model info

💡 Beginner takeaway: This section collects the finished image link and prepares it neatly for you.

📈 Advantage: You get structured output that you can save, display, or use in another workflow (like auto-sending images to Slack or saving to Google Drive).

📊 Final Overview Table

🚀 Why This Workflow is Useful

• Automates full API cycle → From request to final image URL
• Handles delays automatically → Keeps checking until your image is ready
• Customizable parameters → Adjust creativity, randomness, and token limits
• Reusable → Connect it to email, Slack, Notion, or storage for instant sharing
• Beginner-friendly → Just plug in your API key and hit Execute

🔗 Nodes Used

HTTP Request

📥 Import

Download workflow.json and import into n8n: Workflow menu → Import from File

📖 Importing guide · 🔑 Credential setup