“Inpainting” means asking the AI to refine part of an image while leaving the rest alone. For example, updating a portrait of your grandmother to have her wear a biker’s jacket.

“Outpainting” means asking the AI to expand the original image beyond its original borders, making a bigger image that’s still based on the original. For example, extending the above image of your Grandmother in a biker’s jacket to include her wearing jeans (and while we’re at it, a motorcycle!)

almost like painting with ai