Generate an image from text

This sample demonstrates how to use the Imagen model to generate an image from text.

Code sample

C#

Before trying this sample, follow the C# setup instructions in the Vertex AI quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Vertex AI C# API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Vertex AI, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.


using Google.Cloud.AIPlatform.V1;
using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Value = Google.Protobuf.WellKnownTypes.Value;

public class GenerateImage
{
    public async Task<FileInfo> Generate(
        string projectId = "your-project-id")
    {
        var predictionServiceClient = new PredictionServiceClientBuilder
        {
            Endpoint = "us-central1-aiplatform.googleapis.com"
        }.Build();


        string prompt = "a dog reading a newspaper";
        string outputFileName = "dog_newspaper.png";
        string model = "imagegeneration@006";

        var predictRequest = new PredictRequest
        {
            EndpointAsEndpointName = EndpointName.FromProjectLocationPublisherModel(projectId, "us-central1", "google", model),
            Instances =
            {
                Value.ForStruct(new()
                {
                    Fields =
                    {
                        ["prompt"] = Value.ForString(prompt)
                    }
                })
            },
            Parameters = Value.ForStruct(new()
            {
                Fields =
                {
                    ["sampleCount"] = Value.ForNumber(1)
                }
            })
        };

        PredictResponse response = await predictionServiceClient.PredictAsync(predictRequest);
        byte[] imageBytes = Convert.FromBase64String(response.Predictions.First().StructValue.Fields["bytesBase64Encoded"].StringValue);

        File.WriteAllBytes(outputFileName, imageBytes);
        FileInfo fileInfo = new FileInfo(Path.GetFullPath(outputFileName));

        Console.WriteLine($"Created output image {fileInfo.FullName} with {fileInfo.Length} bytes");
        return fileInfo;
    }
}

Python

Before trying this sample, follow the Python setup instructions in the Vertex AI quickstart using client libraries. For more information, see the Vertex AI Python API reference documentation.

To authenticate to Vertex AI, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment.


import vertexai
from vertexai.preview.vision_models import ImageGenerationModel

# TODO(developer): Update and un-comment below lines
# project_id = "PROJECT_ID"
# output_file = "my-output.png"
# prompt = "" # The text prompt describing what you want to see.

vertexai.init(project=project_id, location="us-central1")

model = ImageGenerationModel.from_pretrained("imagegeneration@006")

images = model.generate_images(
    prompt=prompt,
    # Optional parameters
    number_of_images=1,
    language="en",
    # You can't use a seed value and watermark at the same time.
    # add_watermark=False,
    # seed=100,
    aspect_ratio="1:1",
    safety_filter_level="block_some",
    person_generation="allow_adult",
)

images[0].save(location=output_file, include_generation_parameters=False)

# Optional. View the generated image in a notebook.
# images[0].show()

print(f"Created output image using {len(images[0]._image_bytes)} bytes")

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