Each Byword article comes with AI-generated images to complement your content. The latest model (Flux - Oct 2024) delivers high-quality visuals that are uniquely generated for your content.

Image style options

Byword offers two distinct image styles to match your content needs:

  • Illustrative: Creates digital artwork and illustrations with clean lines and abstract elements

  • Photographic: Generates more realistic, photo-like images

Illustrative images work well for:

  • Abstract concepts

  • Technical topics

  • Brand-focused content

  • Modern, clean aesthetics

You can switch between these image styles in your account Settings page.

Customization options

File format

Choose between two file formats for your images:

  • .jpg (default): Smaller file sizes (better for SEO), with compression options

  • .png: Higher quality but larger file sizes

When using .jpg format, you can further customize:

PNG files provide the best quality but can approach 1MB in size, which may impact page load speed.

Aspect ratio

Byword offers both landscape and portrait aspect ratios:

  • Square: 1:1

  • Landscape options: 16:9, 3:2, 4:3, 5:4

  • Portrait options: 9:16, 2:3, 3:4, 4:5

For portrait orientation (vertical images), the dimensions are flipped from their landscape counterparts.

Color scheme

Customize the colors in your generated images by specifying a color scheme in the settings:

Images per article

Control how many images appear in your content:

  • 1 (default): Header image only

  • 2-4: Header image plus additional inline images throughout the article

All inline images use the same aspect ratio as your header image. They’re automatically positioned at logical breaks in your content.

Technical details

Image styling

Images are styled with inline CSS using:

  • width: 100%

  • max-width: 600px

This ensures they align with your text width up to a maximum of 600 pixels.

Integration support

Images are automatically uploaded to your media library and set as the featured image for the article.

Retrieving images

For HTML exports (both clipboard copies and CSV exports), images are not embedded directly. Instead:

  • In the single article generator, right-click to copy or save the image

  • In CSV exports, you’ll receive links to the images

All images are generated by Byword’s custom AI model, meaning:

  • You don’t need to worry about copyright or royalties

  • Each image is unique to your article

  • You won’t find these images elsewhere online