openclaw-home-pc/skills/image-edit/tools.md

Image Editing Tools

Provider setup and API reference.

Cloud APIs

OpenAI (DALL-E 2)

from openai import OpenAI
client = OpenAI()  # OPENAI_API_KEY env var

# Edit/Inpaint
response = client.images.edit(
    model="dall-e-2",
    image=open("image.png", "rb"),
    mask=open("mask.png", "rb"),
    prompt="description",
    size="1024x1024"
)

Pricing: $0.020/image (1024x1024)

Stability AI

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.stability.ai/v1/generation/stable-diffusion-xl-1024-v1-0/image-to-image",
    headers={"Authorization": f"Bearer {API_KEY}"},
    files={"init_image": open("image.png", "rb")},
    data={
        "text_prompts[0][text]": "description",
        "init_image_mode": "IMAGE_STRENGTH",
        "image_strength": 0.35
    }
)

ClipDrop

import requests

# Background removal
response = requests.post(
    "https://clipdrop-api.co/remove-background/v1",
    headers={"x-api-key": API_KEY},
    files={"image_file": open("photo.jpg", "rb")}
)

# Cleanup (remove objects)
response = requests.post(
    "https://clipdrop-api.co/cleanup/v1",
    headers={"x-api-key": API_KEY},
    files={
        "image_file": open("photo.jpg", "rb"),
        "mask_file": open("mask.png", "rb")
    }
)

# Relight
response = requests.post(
    "https://clipdrop-api.co/relight/v1",
    headers={"x-api-key": API_KEY},
    files={"image_file": open("photo.jpg", "rb")},
    data={"mode": "sunrise"}
)

remove.bg

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.remove.bg/v1.0/removebg",
    headers={"X-Api-Key": API_KEY},
    files={"image_file": open("photo.jpg", "rb")},
    data={"size": "auto"}
)

Local Tools

IOPaint

pip install iopaint
iopaint start --model lama --port 8080

Access web UI at http://localhost:8080

rembg

pip install rembg[gpu]  # or rembg for CPU
rembg i input.jpg output.png

Real-ESRGAN

pip install realesrgan
realesrgan-ncnn-vulkan -i input.jpg -o output.png

GFPGAN

pip install gfpgan
python inference_gfpgan.py -i inputs/ -o results/

Desktop Apps

App	Features	Price
Photoshop	Generative Fill, everything	$23/mo
Topaz Photo AI	Upscale, denoise, sharpen	$199
Affinity Photo	Manual editing, AI plugins	$70
GIMP + plugins	Free, extensible	Free

Comparison

Task	Best Free	Best Paid
Inpainting	IOPaint	Photoshop
Background removal	rembg	remove.bg
Upscaling	Real-ESRGAN	Topaz
Face restoration	GFPGAN	—
All-in-one	ComfyUI	Photoshop