threejs-image-generator

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name: threejs-image-generator
description: "Generate and edit 2D image assets for Three.js games with Google's Gemini image API: concept sheets, image-to-3D inputs, texture and material references, sky and background plates, decals, logos, icons, GUI art, title and menu art, and marketing stills. Also use for direct image editing when the user supplies an image path."
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# Three.js Image Generator

The 2D layer for Three.js games: concepts, textures, decals, UI art, and the source images that feed `threejs-3d-generator` for image-to-3D.

Resolve `<this-skill-dir>` from the actual loaded skill file. Resolve sibling skills beside it first, then use the runner's discovered paths. Do not mix installed versions or assume a particular home directory.

## When to use

- Image-to-3D references: characters, creatures, buildings, ships, cars, weapons, props, pickups, terrain modules.
- Texture and material references: terrain, road, rock, sand, metal, sci-fi panels, trim sheets, decals, hazard labels, signs.
- Environment plates: skies, backdrops, city horizons, nebulas, menu backgrounds, parallax layers.
- UI art: logos, faction marks, icons, item cards, ability badges, cockpit decals, GUI panels, title art.
- Editing an existing image: style variants, cleanup, palette alignment, concept refinement.

For premium graphics work with generation in scope, generate the high-value 2D surfaces rather than defaulting to hand-coded CSS and flat colors. Respect explicitly procedural art and external-service restrictions. Choose assets from the game's design, not a fixed quota of logos, skies, or icons.

## API key

The script reads `--api-key` or `GEMINI_API_KEY`. Keys never go in skill files, game code, or reports.

```bash
uv run <this-skill-dir>/scripts/generate_image.py probe   # GEMINI_API_KEY=SET|MISSING
```

Keys defined only in a shell profile can be absent from the process env. If the plain probe unexpectedly prints MISSING, use `threejs-game-director/scripts/probe_asset_credentials.sh`, which sources the profile and probes all three providers.

## Commands

Run from the game project so output lands in it:

```bash
uv run <this-skill-dir>/scripts/generate_image.py \
  --prompt "your image description" --filename assets/concepts/output.png --resolution 2K

uv run <this-skill-dir>/scripts/generate_image.py \
  --input-image assets/concepts/ship.png \
  --prompt "battle-worn red racing livery with clearer material zones" \
  --filename assets/concepts/ship-red-livery.png --resolution 2K
```

Resolution: `1K` for quick concepts, icons, and draft sheets · `2K` (the default) for production references, image-to-3D, textures, backgrounds, UI panels · `4K` for hero splash art, high-detail texture references, and large sky plates.

## Prompt patterns

Image-to-3D reference:
> Create a clean 3D-generation reference image of [asset]. Centered single object, full object visible, plain light background, readable silhouette, clear material zones, game-ready [genre/style], no motion blur, no cropped parts, no text.

Riggable character or creature:
> Create a full-body [T-pose / A-pose / side-view creature] reference for 3D rigging: [details]. Symmetric stance, visible hands/feet/limbs, plain background, readable costume and anatomy layers, no weapon fused to hands.

Texture or material:
> Create a seamless game texture reference for [surface]. Orthographic top-down, PBR-friendly albedo, clear material variation, no perspective, no baked strong shadows, [style details].

Logo, icon, or UI art:
> Create a crisp game UI [logo/icon/badge/panel] for [faction/item/ability]. Transparent-friendly silhouette, high contrast at small size, [genre styling], no tiny unreadable text.

Sky or background:
> Create a wide game background plate of [environment]. Layered depth, readable horizon, [time/weather/style], suitable behind a real-time Three.js scene, no foreground subject.

## Integration

Save concepts and image-to-3D sources under `assets/concepts/`; te