diff --git a/mediapipe/tasks/cc/vision/face_stylizer/face_stylizer_graph.cc b/mediapipe/tasks/cc/vision/face_stylizer/face_stylizer_graph.cc
index d7265a146..d4057467b 100644
--- a/mediapipe/tasks/cc/vision/face_stylizer/face_stylizer_graph.cc
+++ b/mediapipe/tasks/cc/vision/face_stylizer/face_stylizer_graph.cc
@@ -231,18 +231,26 @@ class FaceStylizerGraph : public core::ModelTaskGraph {
       SubgraphContext* sc) override {
     bool output_stylized = HasOutput(sc->OriginalNode(), kStylizedImageTag);
     bool output_alignment = HasOutput(sc->OriginalNode(), kFaceAlignmentTag);
-    ASSIGN_OR_RETURN(
-        const auto* model_asset_bundle_resources,
-        CreateModelAssetBundleResources<FaceStylizerGraphOptions>(sc));
-    // Copies the file content instead of passing the pointer of file in
-    // memory if the subgraph model resource service is not available.
     auto face_stylizer_external_file = absl::make_unique<ExternalFile>();
-    MP_RETURN_IF_ERROR(SetSubTaskBaseOptions(
-        *model_asset_bundle_resources,
-        sc->MutableOptions<FaceStylizerGraphOptions>(),
-        output_stylized ? face_stylizer_external_file.get() : nullptr,
-        !sc->Service(::mediapipe::tasks::core::kModelResourcesCacheService)
-             .IsAvailable()));
+    if (sc->Options<FaceStylizerGraphOptions>().has_base_options()) {
+      ASSIGN_OR_RETURN(
+          const auto* model_asset_bundle_resources,
+          CreateModelAssetBundleResources<FaceStylizerGraphOptions>(sc));
+      // Copies the file content instead of passing the pointer of file in
+      // memory if the subgraph model resource service is not available.
+      MP_RETURN_IF_ERROR(SetSubTaskBaseOptions(
+          *model_asset_bundle_resources,
+          sc->MutableOptions<FaceStylizerGraphOptions>(),
+          output_stylized ? face_stylizer_external_file.get() : nullptr,
+          !sc->Service(::mediapipe::tasks::core::kModelResourcesCacheService)
+               .IsAvailable()));
+    } else if (output_stylized) {
+      return CreateStatusWithPayload(
+          absl::StatusCode::kInvalidArgument,
+          "Face stylizer must specify its base options when the "
+          "\"STYLIZED_IMAGE\" output stream is connected.",
+          MediaPipeTasksStatus::kInvalidArgumentError);
+    }
     Graph graph;
     ASSIGN_OR_RETURN(
         auto face_landmark_lists,
@@ -347,7 +355,7 @@ class FaceStylizerGraph : public core::ModelTaskGraph {
       auto& image_to_tensor = graph.AddNode("ImageToTensorCalculator");
       auto& image_to_tensor_options =
           image_to_tensor.GetOptions<ImageToTensorCalculatorOptions>();
-      image_to_tensor_options.mutable_output_tensor_float_range()->set_min(-1);
+      image_to_tensor_options.mutable_output_tensor_float_range()->set_min(0);
       image_to_tensor_options.mutable_output_tensor_float_range()->set_max(1);
       image_to_tensor_options.set_output_tensor_width(kFaceAlignmentOutputSize);
       image_to_tensor_options.set_output_tensor_height(
@@ -363,7 +371,7 @@ class FaceStylizerGraph : public core::ModelTaskGraph {
           graph.AddNode("mediapipe.tasks.TensorsToImageCalculator");
       auto& tensors_to_image_options =
           tensors_to_image.GetOptions<TensorsToImageCalculatorOptions>();
-      tensors_to_image_options.mutable_input_tensor_float_range()->set_min(-1);
+      tensors_to_image_options.mutable_input_tensor_float_range()->set_min(0);
       tensors_to_image_options.mutable_input_tensor_float_range()->set_max(1);
       face_alignment_image >> tensors_to_image.In(kTensorsTag);
       face_alignment = tensors_to_image.Out(kImageTag).Cast<Image>();