Hi, I’m having a slight problem with creating an edit of a picture through the api. I’m trying to edit it by using a transparent picture made with python pillow by pasting parts of a picture on a 1080x1080 background, but when I try to generate the request for the edit I get a response “Missing 1 r…

same problem here, may be mask is not optional?

similar issue here! i am still unable to create edits without having both the image and the mask arguments

same problem… did any of you find out how to solve?

I ended up caving and using a mask. I think the documentation isn’t accurat and that using a mask isn’t optional.

You could try creating a general mask with only one transparent pixel - but then I suspect it wont change the image. It only changes the masked pixels Another idea is to create a mask where every pixel is transparent (except 1), and the AI will change the entire image contents. I would also try all…

I don’t have my PC here atm, but I might give some of that a try when I get home, Il keep you updated if I do

I experimented with different masks, trying to find a method to use a single mask for all edits. Putting a completely transparent mask works, of course, it has to be the same size in pixels as the image you upload. It just doesn’t work in my case, because it changes the output too much, the ai act…

Interesting. It works for me without the mask. I just have to add alpha transparency on the original image where I want to edit :slight_smile:

Thank you, Can you post your code snippet here?

Image editing api without mask

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raymonddavey January 12, 2023, 8:05am 10

That’s what I thought

Essentially you are giving DALL-E the area it can change by using the mask

So it has to be specific to the image each time

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Image editing api without mask

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