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# Make Image

This function block creates a new image with the dimensions and fill color you provide. It is useful for generating test images, backgrounds, or canvas areas to draw on before further processing.

## 📥 Inputs (sockets) <a href="#inputs" id="inputs"></a>

`Width`\
Integer width of the output image in pixels.

`Height`\
Integer height of the output image in pixels.

`Color`\
Fill color for the image (pixel color). If no color is provided the image is created with a black background.

## 📤 Outputs (sockets) <a href="#outputs" id="outputs"></a>

`Image Any`\
Generated image with the specified width, height and fill color.

## 🕹️ Controls <a href="#controls" id="controls"></a>

This function block has no additional GUI controls. Configure the output using the input sockets above.

## 🎨 Features <a href="#features" id="features"></a>

* Quickly generate a blank image canvas of any size.
* Optional color fill so the canvas can represent backgrounds, masks or reference fields.
* Simple, deterministic output useful for testing downstream blocks.

## 📝 How to use <a href="#usage" id="usage"></a>

1. Provide a value to `Width` and `Height` to define the canvas size.
2. Optionally provide a value to `Color` to set the fill color.
3. Use the `Image Any` output as input to other function blocks for visualization, annotation or processing.

## 📊 What it does when run <a href="#evaluation" id="evaluation"></a>

When evaluated, the block produces an image matching the requested dimensions. If a fill color is supplied the image will be uniformly filled with that color; otherwise the image will be blank (black).

## 💡 Tips and Tricks <a href="#tips-and-tricks" id="tips-and-tricks"></a>

* Preview the result by connecting the output to the `Show Image` block.
* Create templates or backgrounds and then annotate them with `Draw Point`, `Draw Rectangle` or `Write Text On Image`.
* Combine several generated images into a montage using `Collage Images` or merge them with `Image Concatenate`.
* Make a canvas and then use `Image Resize` or `Image Padding` to match target sizes for other processing blocks.
* Save generated images directly with `Image Write` or include them in recordings via `Record Video`.

## 🛠️ Troubleshooting <a href="#troubleshooting" id="troubleshooting"></a>

* If the output looks empty, double-check that both `Width` and `Height` are positive integers.
* If color does not appear as expected, verify the color input uses the expected color format for the system (provide an RGB/BGR pixel as required by downstream blocks).
* If downstream blocks expect a different channel order or image depth, use `Color Space`, `Normalize Image`, or `Image Resizer` to adapt the generated image before further processing.