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Overview (TL;DR)

The External Editor (Edit tab on the website) has a Layers feature that allows us to add and mask more than one image to the canvas before submitting the job. Once you submit (with a supportive text prompt!), the model attempts to combine all these layers into one cohesive image. It’s a useful way to do some basic photobashing.

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What can I use the layers feature for?

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Photobashing and Compositing

The layers feature in the editor allows us to do some basic photobashing or compositing. Photobashing is smashing images together to create a collage that is eventually, maybe, blended a little. Compositing is the buttoned-up older sibling of photobashing. Compositing is used to blend a collage together so seamlessly your grandma thinks the dragon was actually there.

• Photobashing = "I glued stuff together."
• Compositing = "I surgically blended things together."

Can the layers feature get us beyond photobashing and into true compositing? We think that’s up to your masking skills and prompting skills. Read on!

Prompt for your desired combined image!

Prompts for Editor (a.k.a. Repaint, a.k.a. Vary Region) are generally more successful if they describe the finished canvas or at least the relevant visual anchor points.

• ✅ YES: A greyscale photographic angel with hawk-feathered wings, isolated on a colorful gradient background.
• ❌ NO: blend the angel with the background

Watch a recorded video Demo!

For video-lovers, an unrehearsed demo of the latest photobashing behaviors of the editor:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDmw5oTPsNY

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Methods of blending layers

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There are at least two methods for creating a decent blend between layers.