Generate Images Using PhotoReal

Follow this recipe to generate images using PhotoReal v2

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PhotoReal v2

The guide will recreate the following functionality in the Web UI via API. This is the default version used in Presets with the current UI.

Specify PhotoReal v2 using "photoRealVersion":"v2", if not specified, the default PhotoReal version will be v1.

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Tip

• Alchemy needs to be set to true (e.g"alchemy": true)
• modelId for PhotoReal v2 needs to be specified as Leonardo Kino XL, Leonardo Diffusion XL or Leonardo Vision XL
• photoRealStrength is not required for PhotoReal v2

Preset Styles available

Sample Request

curl --request POST \
     --url https://cloud.leonardo.ai/api/rest/v1/generations \
     --header 'accept: application/json' \
     --header 'authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>' \
     --header 'content-type: application/json' \
     --data '
{
  "height": 512,
  "prompt": "A majestic cat in the snow",
  "negative_prompt": "trees",
  "modelId": "aa77f04e-3eec-4034-9c07-d0f619684628",//Leonardo Kino XL model
  "width": 512,
  "alchemy": true,
  "presetStyle": "DYNAMIC",
  "photoReal": true,
  "photoRealVersion":"v2"
}
'

PhotoReal v1

Follow this recipe to generate images using PhotoReal v1

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The guide will recreate the following functionality in the Web UI via API.

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Tip

• Alchemy needs to be set to true (e.g"alchemy": true)
• modelId does not need to be specified in the API body when using PhotoReal v1.

Preset Styles available

Sample Request

curl --request POST \
     --url https://cloud.leonardo.ai/api/rest/v1/generations \
     --header 'accept: application/json' \
     --header 'authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_KEY>' \
     --header 'content-type: application/json' \
     --data '
{
  "height": 512,
  "prompt": "A cat staring at a window",
  "width": 512,
  "alchemy": true,
  "photoReal": true,
  "photoRealStrength": 0.5,
  "presetStyle": "CINEMATIC"
}
'