DALL·E: Introducing outpainting

Illustration:August Kamp × DALL·E, outpainted from _Girl with a Pearl Earring_ by Johannes Vermeer

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Today we’re introducing Outpainting, a new feature which helps users extend their creativity by continuing an image beyond its original borders—adding visual elements in the same style, or taking a story in new directions—simply by using a natural language description.

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Original: _Girl with a Pearl Earring_ by Johannes Vermeer

Outpainting: August Kamp × DALL·E

DALL·E⁠’s Edit feature already enables changes within a generated or uploaded image, a capability known as Inpainting. Now, with Outpainting, users can extend the original image, creating large-scale images in any aspect ratio. Outpainting takes into account the image’s existing visual elements—including shadows, reflections, and textures—to maintain the context of the original image.

More than one million people are using DALL·E, the AI system that generates original images and artwork from a natural language description, as a creative tool today. Artists have already created remarkable images with the new Outpainting feature, and helped us better understand its capabilities in the process.

Tyna Eloundou × DALL·E, original outpainting

OpenAI × DALL·E, original outpainting

David Schnurr × DALL·E, original outpainting

Sonia Levesque × DALL·E, original outpainting

Danielle Baskin × DALL·E, original outpainting

Chad Nelson × DALL·E, original outpainting

Emma Catnip × DALL·E, original outpainting

Outpainting is now available to all DALL·E users on desktop. To discover new realms of creativity, visit labs.openai.com⁠(opens in a new window) or join thewaitlist⁠(opens in a new window).

Outpainting is now available to all DALL·E users on desktop. To discover new realms of creativity, visit labs.openai.com⁠(opens in a new window) or join thewaitlist⁠(opens in a new window).

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August Kamp⁠(opens in a new window)Sonia Levesque⁠(opens in a new window)Danielle Baskin⁠(opens in a new window)Chad Nelson⁠(opens in a new window)Emma Catnip⁠(opens in a new window)

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