Image Generation

Ask for an image in a chat and Starfish makes it right there in the conversation. Every image is also kept on the Media page under Images.

Turn it on

• Chat mode: open the + menu in the composer, choose the Create tab, then Create an image.
• Developer mode: turn on Image generation in the Image menu of the composer.
• Either mode: type /image to make the next message create an image.

Leave the engine on Auto, or open the menu to pick one. Nothing is made until you turn this on, because every image costs money on your AI key.

Engines

Auto picks an engine for each request. You can also choose an engine yourself from the engine picker, which lists the engines available in the App.

The picker marks each engine $, $$ or $$$, from cheapest to most expensive, and flags Recommended and Premium engines. Auto never picks a preview engine.

Before an expensive request

Before Starfish uses an expensive engine, an engine with no published price, or makes a large batch of images, it asks first. The card says what it is about to make, such as "Make 4 images?". Click Make it to go ahead or Cancel to make nothing.

How it shows up

While the picture is being made, the reply shows a mosaic that fills in as the image arrives. Ask for several images on an engine that supports it and they show as one grid. If a job runs long, you can switch away and come back.

Edit an image in chat

Hover an image in the chat and click Edit this image to open the image editor. Click Add region to mark an area and describe what should change there, or describe a change across the whole image, then send it. On the phone, the region panel is tall enough to type your change.

Several edits of one image in the same reply show as one picture. Use the arrows to step through them; the label shows which one you are on, for example Version 2 of 3. The newest version shows first.

Automations

An automation can make images on its own when you allow it in setup. See Automations.