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|  | ##### What was Picbreeder?<br>Picbreeder was a collaborative art application based on an idea called evolutionary art,<br>which is a technique that allows pictures to be bred almost like animals. For example,<br>you could evolve a butterfly into a bat by selecting parents that looked like bats.<br>This is a reconstruction of the [original site](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304023434/http://picbreeder.org/) using AI.<br>[Read the blog post.](https://pub.sakana.ai/picbreeder-vlm/)<br><br>

# Analyze Image DNA

Loading this image’s DNA…

This is the picture's **DNA**—the CPPN that paints it. The graph on the left is its structure;
the **intermediate pattern at each node** is shown as the node itself. **Click a node** to see its
output enlarged on the right and to reveal a ring of controls; **drag** empty space to pan, **drag the**
**zoom slider** (or pinch the canvas) to zoom, and **drag a link up/down** to change its weight. Every change re-renders instantly.

Click the node you want to link  → …  ( [cancel](https://pub.sakana.ai/picbreeder-vlm/breed/dna?g=h_butterfly#))

Fit−+drag to pan · double-click to add a node · drag a node to move it · drag its ⊕ handle onto another node to link · drag a link up/down to change its weight

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Border color = node kind: input gray color output (H/S/V). Links: positive negative (saturation = strength) disabled.

#### Final image

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**34** nodes · **108** active links

#### Selected node

Click a node in the graph to render its output here.

▶ Breed from this DNADownload DNASave PNGReset to original

### Instructions

- **Click a node** to select it—its output renders on the right and a ring of circular buttons appears:
  - `=` identity, `sin`, `cos`, `gau`ssian, `sig`moid—set the node's activation function.
  - `Lnk`—start a new link from this node, then click the target node.
  - `Edt`—open a panel to edit the node's incoming weights.
  - `Del`—delete the node and every link to or from it.
- **Click a link** for its ring: `Nod` (insert a node mid-link), `Del`, `±` (type a weight).
Or just **drag a link up/down** to slide its weight value (most weights lie between −3 and 3).
- **Drag a node** to move it—its links follow. **Drag the small ⊕ handle** on the node's edge onto another node to wire up a new link (a click on the handle does the same in two steps).
- **Double-click** empty space to add a new node (or double-click a link to split it with a node).
- **Drag** empty space to pan; **drag the zoom slider** in the toolbar (or pinch the canvas) to zoom; **Fit** re-centers everything.
- When you like the result, **Breed from this DNA** to evolve it further, or **Download** the genome.