Edit and mask images in Leonardo AI Canvas

Leonardo AI Try it →Watch full video →Skillademia · Jun 2024

Demo summary

The instructor demonstrates how to use the Canvas Editor to mask specific areas of an image and apply prompts to change eye color and add purple sunglasses.

Step-by-step

Select an image and click on the Edit in Canvas feature
Use the Mask Lasso tool to highlight the specific area of the image you want to change
Select a model version from the sidebar tools
Adjust the Guidance Scale and Strength sliders to dictate how strictly the prompt is followed
Enter a text prompt describing the desired change in the prompt box
Click Generate to spend tokens and create variations
Use the arrow buttons to cycle through the generated options
Click Accept to save the change or Cancel to discard it

Options

Use the Pan tool to navigate around the image
Paste a specific Seed number to maintain a consistent base
Toggle Infinite Mode for more advanced size adjustments
Clear Canvas History to start the edit from scratch

Watch out for

Every change or generation task consumes a specific number of tokens
Free accounts are limited to 150 tokens, which reset every 4 hours

Tips

Increase the Strength setting if you are trying to implement very specific or fine details like freckles
For more advanced editing and size adjustments, it is better to use the Infinite Mode
Generate multiple image options (e.g., 3 or 4) at once to give yourself more variety to choose from

Highlights

“the edit and canvas feature is really cool going to click on it and it's going to let me basically you know edit this image”

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