Extend image
Expand an image beyond its current frame.
Use the PortraitBot Canvas action to extend the current working image for a wide Web canvas, a LinkedIn banner, or more space at the sides.
Extend Image maps to the Canvas action: PortraitBot keeps the current image as the source and generates new surrounding pixels for one of three bounded layouts — LinkedIn banner, wide Web, or extend sides.
What costs balance
Reading the guide and opening the handoff are free. Canvas generation uses Portrait USD Balance only after the expanded image is successfully delivered. A Portrait Pass is not required.
Process
How to extend an image
- 01
Open the targeted PortraitBot handoff.
- 02
Use an existing delivered image, or send a fresh photo through image intake.
- 03
Open Tools → Canvas and choose LinkedIn banner, wide Web, or extend sides.
- 04
Review the delivered expansion and repeat only if you want another composition.
Canvas choices
- LinkedIn banner
- Wide Web
- Extend sides
- One current working image as the source
- A newly delivered expanded image
What outpainting cannot guarantee
- It is not a simple crop or deterministic resize
- New edge content is generated and may vary
- It does not restore details that were never visible
- A fresh Web handoff may first open photo intake before Tools → Canvas
- The source and result must pass normal safety and quality checks
Examples
When extra canvas helps
Give a portrait more horizontal room for a profile or professional banner.
Create negative space beside the subject for a heading or interface overlay.
Extend both sides when the original frame feels cramped.
FAQ
Image-extension questions
- Is Extend Image the same as resizing?
- No. Resizing changes dimensions; Canvas generates plausible surrounding content beyond the source frame.
- Which layouts are available?
- The current Canvas picker offers LinkedIn banner, wide Web, and extend sides.
- Will the center of my image stay identical?
- The current image anchors the expansion, but the action is generative and a perfectly pixel-identical center is not promised.
- When does it use Portrait USD Balance?
- Only after the expanded image is successfully delivered.