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# Pictures and voices

> Ask Rally to draw a picture, edit an image you attach, or turn text into a voice recording.

Rally works mostly in words, but it can also make two other things: pictures
and recordings of a voice reading text aloud. Both come from its
**Multimodal generation** plugin, which loads by itself when you ask. You do
not need to switch anything on.

## Drawing a picture

Describe what you want and Rally draws it. While it works you see a row that
says **Generating an image**.

Some requests that work well:

- "Draw a friendly cartoon owl reading a spreadsheet, for the top of our
  finance newsletter."
- "A flat, simple illustration of a rocket leaving a laptop screen, in our
  brand colours, navy and orange. Landscape."
- "Make a square icon of a coffee cup with a lightning bolt, on a white
  background."

The more you say, the closer the first attempt lands. Mention the style
(photo, watercolour, flat illustration, line drawing), the colours, the mood,
what should be in the picture, and what should not.

You can ask for a shape:

| Ask for | You get |
| --- | --- |
| Square | 1024 × 1024 pixels |
| Landscape (wide) | 1536 × 1024 pixels |
| Portrait (tall) | 1024 × 1536 pixels |
| Nothing in particular | Rally picks a size to suit the picture |

Pictures come out as PNG files.

Rally makes one picture per request. If you want three options to choose
from, ask for three, and Rally makes them one after another. It is an
enthusiastic artist rather than a fast one, so give it a moment.

## Editing a picture you attach

Attach an image (see [Attaching files](https://rallywith.ai/help/working-in-a-channel/attaching-files.md))
and say what to change: "Make the sky a sunset", "Remove the coffee cup from
the desk", "Turn this photo into a pencil sketch". The row says **Editing an
image**.

If you only want part of the picture changed, you can attach a second image as
a **mask**: a PNG that marks the area Rally should work on, leaving the rest
alone. Say which attachment is the picture and which is the mask.

An edit does not make a new, separate file. It becomes a **new version of the
same file**, so the original is still there in the file's history if you
change your mind. Versions are explained in
[Artifacts](https://rallywith.ai/help/things-rally-makes/artifacts.md).

## Turning text into a voice recording

Rally can read text aloud in a natural-sounding voice and save it as an MP3
recording. The row says **Generating a voice recording**.

Try:

- "Record this welcome message for our phone line, in a calm, warm voice."
- "Make an audio version of this week's update so I can listen on my commute."
- "Read this paragraph in an upbeat, energetic tone."

You can ask for a tone of voice (calm, cheerful, serious, slow and clear) and
Rally passes that along. There are several voices to choose from, including
alloy, ash, ballad, coral, echo, fable, nova, onyx, sage, shimmer, verse,
marin and cedar. If you do not pick one, you get marin. The easiest way to
choose is to ask for two short samples in different voices and pick the one
you like.

Each request makes one recording, from up to about 4,000 characters of text
(roughly a page and a half). For something longer, ask Rally to split it into
parts.

> [!IMPORTANT]
> The voice is generated by AI. Rally tells you so, and if you share a
> recording with other people, let them know it is an AI voice too.

### Not the same as Speak

This is different from the **Speak** button under a message, from
[Reading Rally's answers](https://rallywith.ai/help/working-in-a-channel/reading-rallys-answers.md).
**Speak** reads a message aloud to you, there and then, and leaves nothing
behind. A voice recording is a file you keep, play again, download and share.

## Where the results go

Pictures and recordings are saved as files in the Channel, the same as any
other file Rally makes, so everyone in the Channel can open them. To preview,
keep one open beside the chat, or save it to your Mac, see
[Opening, docking and downloading](https://rallywith.ai/help/things-rally-makes/opening-and-downloading.md).

## What Rally cannot make

- **Video.** Rally cannot make video clips, animations or moving pictures.
- **More than one at a time.** One picture or one recording per request, as
  above.

Next: [Memory and coming back later](https://rallywith.ai/help/working-with-rally/memory-and-coming-back-later.md).