Generate Images Using Transparency

The Transparency feature enables you to generate images with a transparent background.

This guide recreates the following Transparency setting in the Leonardo Web App via API.

Sample Request

This request will generated an image without a background.

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 '
{
  "alchemy": false,
  "prompt": "an orange cat",
  "width": 512,
  "height": 512,
  "modelId": "aa77f04e-3eec-4034-9c07-d0f619684628",
  "transparency": "foreground_only",
  "elements": [
    {
      "akUUID": "5f3e58d8-7af3-4d5b-92e3-a3d04b9a3414",
      "weight": 0.5
    }
  ]
}
'

• "transparency": "foreground_only" - Enables the transparency foreground only feature. The foreground image will be generated and the background will be removed.
• "modelId": "aa77f04e-3eec-4034-9c07-d0f619684628" - Sets the model to Leonardo Kino XL, one of the compatible models to transparency feature.
• "elements.[0].akUUID": "5f3e58d8-7af3-4d5b-92e3-a3d04b9a3414" - Sets the element to Simple Flat Illustration, one of the compatible elements to transparency feature.

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Tip

To learn more about the recommended models and elements, please refer to the compatibility list.

Sample Output

Below is a sample output corresponding the the sample request above where transparency is set to foreground_only. The output generated is a PNG file with no background.