Side Project ยท 2025
Pictella
An AI-powered photo generation and editing suite created within 1 day in response to the release of Google Gemini's image generation capabilities.
The Project
Pictella is a personal exploration into AI image processing and generative AI. It simplifies complex editing tasks like background removal and upscaling into a simple, mobile-first experience.
The project focused on a clean UI and integrating multiple specialized AI APIs into a cohesive application.
AI Capabilities
AI Generation
Text-to-image synthesis using state-of-the-art AI models.
Smart Removal
Background isolation and removal in a single prompt.
Upscaling
AI-powered image upscaling using specialized models.
Style Transfer
Applying artistic textures and lighting from reference images.
Stack
The mobile frontend is built with Flutter for cross-platform performance. The backend orchestrates requests between Google Gemini for prompt engineering and FAL.ai for high-speed diffusion model inference.
Project Status
Personal side project, not publicly deployed. Built to explore AI and computer vision tooling.