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Inpainting

Generative AI · Level 3 of 5

Inpainting

Filling a specified missing or masked region of an image.

The generated region is conditioned on the surrounding image and possibly text.

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A model fills a removed object region with background.

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Inpainting. Filling a specified missing or masked region of an image. The generated region is conditioned on the surrounding image and possibly text. For example: A model fills a removed object region with background.

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