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# Base Image (img2img)

<figure><img src="/files/zZZFwALiqtGbKog87N8b" alt="" width="209"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

Sometimes using just a prompt isn't enough to get the image you want. Adding in a base image can help guide the AI to getting the desired results.

[Variation Strength](/tutorials/resources/settings-tutorials/variation-strength.md) plays a large role in the amount of changes when using img2img

<details>

<summary>Settings used in examples</summary>

{% code overflow="wrap" %}

```
"text_prompts": "close up, cute bunny, tall trees, shadows, high noon, god rays",
"negative_prompts": "nude, nsfw, purple, mutated, deformed, amateur drawing, lowres, text, error, signature, watermark, username, blurry, censorship, sketch, monochrome",
"strength": 0.21,
"init_image": "...",
"width": 768,
"height": 768,
"models_dir": "C:\\models\\Artroom",
"ckpt": "Models\\aZovyaPhotorealUltra2GB_v10-fixed.safetensors",
"vae": "mse.vae.pt",
"loras": [],
"controlnet": "none",
"use_preprocessed_controlnet": false,
"remove_background": "face",
"use_removed_background": false,
"sampler": "euler_a",
"steps": 30,
"cfg_scale": 7,
"clip_skip": 1,
"seed": 82413648,
"mask_image": "...",
"invert": false,
"palette_fix": false,
"image_save_path": "C:\\ArtroomOutputs\\img2img",
"n_iter": 1,
"save_grid": false,
"speed": "High",
"long_save_path": false,
"highres_fix": true,
"show_intermediates": true,
"id": "3318777549530247"
```

{% endcode %}

</details>

Without any starting image this is the output image

<figure><img src="/files/mOfWPX5AbHt7GaGAzoHO" alt="" width="375"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

\
But placing this starting image in the space provided,&#x20;

<figure><img src="/files/mWFRFJxL5ZSkIKJvYHil" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

<figure><img src="/files/FOTnXWgeFUZLiKGqQcKA" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

These are the outputs it generates at different variation strengths.

<figure><img src="/files/9URaFEYcKAHvyw5Etm8z" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

Keeping that starting image and other settings but changing the prompt to \
"space ship, red nebula, large star, vibrant" \
will yield this result.

<figure><img src="/files/l0tTwR240c1ffmXgsFAz" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

\
[ControlNet](/tutorials/resources/extra-features-tutorials/controlnet.md) Is anther method for copying details from a base image that follows certain details more accurately.


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