Vision
What is image generation?
Image generation synthesizes or edits a picture from a prompt or another picture, and stores the result as an image.
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How it works
- A column holds the prompt or the source image.
- A generation model writes a new image.
- The new image is a column you can index later.
What it is not
It is not visual search, and it is not detection.
image generation: this, and the thing it is confused with
| This | Not this | |
|---|---|---|
| Output | A new picture | A box or a neighbor |
| Input | Prompt or source image | A catalog query |
| Stored | On the row | Only in the provider’s UI |
Where Pixeltable fits
Pixeltable stores generated images as computed image columns. The provider can be a hosted generator or a local one.
Questions
- How does image generation work?
- A column holds the prompt or the source image. A generation model writes a new image. The new image is a column you can index later.
- What is image generation often confused with?
- It is not visual search, and it is not detection.