RazorByte DALL·E Image Generator (DALL·E 2 & DALL·E 3)

A lightweight image generation tool using OpenAI’s DALL·E models, wrapped in a clean and simple Gradio interface. No server setup, no bloated dependencies — just plug in your API key and start generating high-quality AI images with ease.

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🤖 What is DALL·E?

DALL·E is a text-to-image generation model developed by OpenAI. It translates natural language prompts into realistic or artistic images.

🧠 DALL·E 2

• Released in 2022.
• Generates square images (256×256, 512×512, or 1024×1024).
• Cheaper, faster, and useful for quick ideas.
• Has more limitations with detail and coherence in complex prompts.

🧠 DALL·E 3

• Released in 2023.
• Vastly improved scene understanding and image quality.
• Supports multiple aspect ratios: square, portrait, and landscape.
• Ideal for storytelling, characters, and nuanced prompts.
• More expensive, but produces stunning results with better consistency.

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⚡ About This App

This project is a minimalist, no-nonsense desktop UI for generating images using DALL·E 2 and 3 via the OpenAI API.

Highlights:

• ✅ Switch between DALL·E 2 and DALL·E 3
• ✅ Choose from supported image sizes (auto-validated)
• ✅ Simple, intuitive Gradio UI
• ✅ Local saving of generated images
• ✅ View and copy the OpenAI-hosted image URL
• ✅ Error handling for API failures or invalid settings

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🧩 Requirements

• Python 3.9 or newer
• An OpenAI API key with image generation access

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🔧 Setup & Usage

📦 Quick Start (Windows):

1. Clone this repo or download the ZIP.

2. Add your OpenAI API key to a .env file:

   OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-yourkeyhere
   

3. Run the bundled installer:

   setup.bat

   This will:

   • Create a virtual environment
   • Install all dependencies from requirements.txt
   • Activate the environment

4. To launch the app later, just run:

   launch.bat

🐍 Manual Setup (if needed):

pip install -r requirements.txt
python app.py

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🖼️ Supported Models and Sizes

Model	Image Sizes (width × height)
dall-e-3	1024×1024, 1024×1792, 1792×1024, 896×1152, 1152×896
dall-e-2	256×256, 512×512, 1024×1024

Invalid model–size combos are auto-blocked by the app.

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💾 Output & Saving

• The resulting image is saved as generated_image.png by default.
• You can easily modify the code to generate timestamped filenames.
• A link to the OpenAI-hosted image is also displayed for convenience.

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🧠 Prompt Examples

Here are some fun things to try:

• "a cyberpunk dragon perched on a neon-lit skyscraper"
• "steampunk airship flying over a jungle valley during sunset"
• "an astronaut relaxing on Mars with a cold soda"

DALL·E 3 especially shines with long, descriptive prompts.

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🔐 Security & Privacy

• Your API key stays local in the .env file.
• No data is tracked, stored, or logged beyond your own machine.
• The OpenAI-hosted image URLs are temporary and not publicly listed.

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🧭 Responsible Usage

This tool is powerful — please use it responsibly.

• Do not use it to generate deepfakes, hateful, violent, or illegal content.
• Do not attempt to bypass OpenAI’s content filters.
• Respect OpenAI’s Usage Policies.
• Be transparent when using AI-generated images in public-facing work.
• Never use AI art to impersonate real people or mislead audiences.

Use creativity ethically, not deceptively.

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📜 License

MIT License — use it, fork it, break it, improve it. Just don’t sell it as your own.

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🙏 Credits

Made by @raxephion
Powered by OpenAI and Gradio
Tested on Windows 11, Python 3.11+

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Happy prompting! 🚀