Reve adds annotation tools to image editor
Image-model startup Reve has added on-canvas annotations to its editor, so users can mark, sketch or select parts of an image to show the model where an edit should go.
Reve announced a feature called Annotations. It lets users put edit instructions directly on an image instead of describing the change only in a text prompt. The company's pitch is "Show, don't tell."
The feature has three tools, all opened from the editor's composer:
- Spotlight: draw a box to pin an object or mark a general area. Reve suggests using it to change the mood of a background, open up a corner of the scene, or edit details inside a region.
- Draw: sketch a rough shape and describe what it should become. In Reve's examples, a scribbled oval becomes a boulder and a stick figure becomes "a person in a red coat." The user decides where the new object goes.
- Select: snaps to an existing object in the scene so it can be moved, resized, replaced or removed without changing what is around it.
Reve also says users can collage, adding specific objects into an image.
Annotations are available now at reve.com and work on any image, according to the company.
The post does not name the model behind the feature or give any figures on edit quality or accuracy. It also does not say whether Annotations is limited to certain plans or offered through an API. Region- and sketch-based editing is already common in other image tools. Reve presents this release as a usability improvement, not a new model.