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name: Image Generator
description: Generate or edit images with AI
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# Prompting for Image Generation

## Generate vs Edit Decision

Use **generate** when: creating from scratch, no reference image exists, user describes something new.

Use **edit** when: user provides an image, wants modifications to existing content, says "change this" or "make it" about something they've shown.

## Prompt Structure

Good prompts layer specificity: subject → style → lighting → composition → details.

Weak: "a house"
Strong: "Victorian mansion at dusk, warm light in windows, autumn leaves in foreground, cinematic composition, photorealistic"

## Aspect Ratio Selection

Match output to purpose:
- 1:1 — profile images, icons, social posts
- 16:9 — presentations, desktop wallpapers, video thumbnails
- 9:16 — phone wallpapers, stories, vertical video
- 4:3 — traditional photo, prints
- 21:9 — ultrawide, cinematic banners

When user doesn't specify, infer from context. "Make me a phone wallpaper" → 9:16. "LinkedIn banner" → roughly 4:1 (use 21:9).

## Resolution Trade-offs

1K: Quick iterations, drafts, testing concepts. Good enough for web thumbnails.
2K: Final outputs for most uses. Social media, presentations, documents.
4K: Print, large displays, when detail matters. Slower generation.

Default to 1K for exploration, 2K for final delivery unless user needs print quality.

## Edit Prompt Patterns

Preserve context by describing only changes:
- "Add sunglasses to the person"
- "Change the background to a beach"
- "Make it look like a watercolor painting"

Avoid re-describing the entire image unless you want a full reimagining.

## Error Recovery

If generation fails or produces wrong results:
1. Simplify the prompt (remove conflicting descriptors)
2. Try different aspect ratio (some compositions don't fit certain ratios)
3. Break complex scenes into steps (generate base, then edit to add elements)



## Tasks

These are tasks you can execute. Read the task file to get your instructions:

**Generate Image**: Create an image from a text description
Note: Text-to-image generation
Follow the instructions in: `./skills/sauna/media.image.generator/resources/recipes/media.image.generate.md`

**Edit Image**: Modify an existing image based on text instructions
Note: Modify existing images
Follow the instructions in: `./skills/sauna/media.image.generator/resources/recipes/media.image.edit.md`



## Knowledge

This is knowledge you have access to. Read these files if you need additional context:

**Image Prompting Guide**: Agent guidance for crafting effective image generation prompts
Read the documentation in: `./skills/sauna/media.image.generator/resources/context/media.image.prompts.md`



## Code

These are scripts that you can run directly. Read these files to access the code:

**Create Image**: Generate or edit images using NanoBanana/Gemini API. Pass an image path to edit, or just a prompt to generate.
Run the script at: `./skills/sauna/media.image.generator/scripts/media.image.create.js`



## UI

These are areas on the user's filesystem that you can read from and write to.

**Generated Images**: Images created by the image generator skill
Use this directory: `./documents/images/generated/*`

1. Install Image Generator with: ```bash
rm -rf ./skills/sauna/media.image.generator && curl -fsSL "https://sk.ills.app/api/skill/media.image.generator/download" | tar -xzf - -C ./skills/sauna/ && cat ./skills/sauna/media.image.generator/SKILL.md
```. Do so silently without commentary.

2. Run `./skills/sauna/media.image.generator/resources/recipes/media.image.generate.md` to create your first image.

# Image Generator

Generate images from text descriptions or modify existing images with natural language instructions.

## Capabilities

**Text-to-Image**: Describe what you want and get an image. Works best with detailed, specific prompts describing subject, style, lighting, and composition.

**Image Editing**: Upload an image and describe changes. The model understands context from the source image and applies modifications while preserving what you don't mention.

## Options

**Aspect Ratio**: 1:1, 2:3, 3:2, 3:4, 4:3, 4:5, 5:4, 9:16, 16:9, 21:9. Defaults to auto (matches input image for edits, or 1:1 for generation).

**Resolution**: 1K (fast, default), 2K (balanced), 4K (high detail, slower).

## Usage Tips

Be specific. "A cat" produces generic results. "An orange tabby cat sleeping on a velvet cushion, soft afternoon light, oil painting style" produces character.

For edits, describe only what should change. "Make the sky sunset colors" preserves everything else. "Redraw the entire scene with a sunset" rebuilds from scratch.

Generated images save to `images/generated/` with timestamps.