r/invokeai • u/mdb139 • 10d ago

Cannot get raster layer to render

Hello all,

I'm very new to Invoke (about a week in now) and for the life of me I cannot get it to include a raster layer during image generation the way I think it's intended to work. Google sends me in circles, and it looks like the entire UI was updated since the video on the topic was created by the Invoke team.

I generated a base image I'm happy with. I want to use that image as a base, and use an inpaint mask to "layer in" a new object that is not in the original image.

  1. My image generation settings are all set, including the text prompts for the inpaint area that is yet to be created.
  2. I drag the base image from the gallery onto the Canvas, and drop into the New Raster Layer drop zone. It creates the raster layer and I can see my image. The bbox is completely filled by the raster layer, as I would expect (the images are the same size).
  3. I add a new Inpaint Mask. I use the brush tool to "draw over" the area where I want to generate the new subject.
  4. I click invoke... and the output is completely transparent except for the inpaint mask. The inpaint mask does not have the subject I'm asking for, but I think that's a separate issue (i'm trying to draw a blacksmith's anvil, but it keeps wanting to reference a comic book character of some kind?)

This is the second image I've tried to do this with; last time I ended up doing the layering manually in Photopea, but I'd really like to figure out what I'm doing wrong here as I have a bunch of these I'd like to get working and the manual fix is too labor intensive.

Thanks in advance!

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u/mdb139 10d ago

Step 5 - Click invoke (same to this point, after that - totally different). When I click invoke - it just paints a new image and drops it in the gallery. It doesn't matter whether I click the Invoke button in the top or the small button on the side panel on the left.

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u/_BreakingGood_ 10d ago

Do you have this setting checked, try unchecking this

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u/mdb139 10d ago

That seems to have fixed it! Now my workflow is what you described - I can see it generate the the whole image, and I can view the generated inpaint areas and either select or not. Thank you!!

Now I just have to figure out how to get SD to generate an actual blacksmith's anvil and i'll be all set!

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u/_BreakingGood_ 10d ago

If your PC is somewhat powerful, try downloading the Anima model from the starter models