Did Dall-E change the way it does inpainting? How do I do it now?
October 28, 2022 8:39 AM Subscribe
A relative sent me a pic of grandchild dressed as superman. I masked out the background and saved the image with transparent background hoping to upload to Dall-E and add in a cool phonebooth + their city background. But Dall-E keeps changing the part of the image I uploaded instead of just inpainting the background. How do I do this now?
It used to be you deleted/masked the parts you didn't want and then Dall-E would draw in the remaining sections. It doesn't seem to let me do that anymore. How do I tell it "leave the bit I uploaded alone, just fill in the rest.?
The boy has harms akimbo which somehow Dall-e does not recognize and keeps giving him bicep flexing arms that look all wrong.
It used to be you deleted/masked the parts you didn't want and then Dall-E would draw in the remaining sections. It doesn't seem to let me do that anymore. How do I tell it "leave the bit I uploaded alone, just fill in the rest.?
The boy has harms akimbo which somehow Dall-e does not recognize and keeps giving him bicep flexing arms that look all wrong.
1. Are you maybe selecting "Generate variations" instead of "Edit image"? That generates similar versions of the entire image, not just the erased part.
2. If you're erasing the background in a photo editor yourself and saving as a transparent PNG to upload, you have to erase a small part of the already-erased area in DALL-E for it to recognize the empty space.
3. It has more trouble with small/intricate masking; if you're erasing around arms akimbo and expecting a consistent background in those tiny spaces you'll probably be disappointed. Also it does seem to let the editing bleed somewhat into non-masked areas to make things more consistent, which likely has a bigger impact on a picture like this.
I just tested the "Edit images" function on a similar photo (erased everything around a central object and described what to fill in) and it worked normally. Speaking of which, make sure that you're describing the entire finished photo, not just what you want to fill in.
posted by Rhaomi at 11:15 AM on October 31, 2022
2. If you're erasing the background in a photo editor yourself and saving as a transparent PNG to upload, you have to erase a small part of the already-erased area in DALL-E for it to recognize the empty space.
3. It has more trouble with small/intricate masking; if you're erasing around arms akimbo and expecting a consistent background in those tiny spaces you'll probably be disappointed. Also it does seem to let the editing bleed somewhat into non-masked areas to make things more consistent, which likely has a bigger impact on a picture like this.
I just tested the "Edit images" function on a similar photo (erased everything around a central object and described what to fill in) and it worked normally. Speaking of which, make sure that you're describing the entire finished photo, not just what you want to fill in.
posted by Rhaomi at 11:15 AM on October 31, 2022
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