Start from a reference image and generate a new variation while keeping the subject, layout, or visual identity recognizable.
Upload a reference, describe the new direction, choose a model, and generate a related image without switching tools.
Start creatingUpload a reference, describe the new direction, choose a model, and generate a related image without switching tools.
See how one reference can guide style, product, and material variations without starting from a blank canvas.
Preserve the cat, pose, and framing while changing the rendering into polished anime key art.
Keep the cat, pose, framing, and facial expression. Reimagine the image as polished anime key art with clean outlines, soft cel shading, expressive color, and cinematic depth.
Keep the bottle and label recognizable while moving the product into a premium campaign setting.
Preserve the bottle shape, label, and placement. Create a premium campaign variation with controlled reflections, dramatic studio lighting, atmospheric depth, and clean commercial contrast.
Retain the animal and scene structure while translating the entire image into folded paper materials.
Keep the animal, pose, and scene layout recognizable. Rebuild the subject and environment as layered origami paper with visible folds, crafted edges, and soft tabletop shadows.
Use this route for new visual variations. Use a focused image tool when you only need to expand, isolate, upscale, or clean an existing image.
Translate a reference into anime, illustration, editorial, film, or handcrafted visual styles.
Keep the product recognizable while testing new lighting, environments, seasonal themes, and campaign treatments.
Use a visual reference to keep the main character, subject placement, or scene structure consistent across new outputs.
Use the uploaded image to anchor continuity while the prompt sets the new direction.
| Reference anchor | Start with a product, subject, character, or composition you want to carry forward. |
|---|---|
| Prompt direction | Describe the desired style, environment, lighting, materials, and mood. |
| Visual continuity | Keep the subject, silhouette, framing, label, pose, or scene layout recognizable. |
| Variation type | Create style, campaign, material, character, or composition variations from one source. |
Reference-led generation is useful when a blank prompt is too open-ended and visual continuity matters.
Guide the model with an existing subject, silhouette, framing, or product instead of rebuilding every detail from text.
Try anime, editorial, cinematic, illustration, and material directions while retaining a clear connection to the source.
Use one approved product or brand visual to create additional settings, moods, and creative treatments.
Upload, describe the variation, and generate without creating a detailed prompt from scratch.
The reference defines what to preserve; the prompt defines the new direction.
Choose the product, subject, character, or composition that should anchor the new output.
Explain the desired style, environment, lighting, materials, mood, and details that should stay recognizable.
Review the result, reuse the prompt, or create another variation from the same source.
Both start with an upload, but they serve different goals.
Image to image creates a related variation from the source.
AI image editing is better for a specific requested change such as replacing a background or removing an object.
Reference-led generation is best when style exploration matters more than pixel-level preservation.
The source image, prompt, model, and credit estimate remain visible before generation.
Quick answers about reference images, prompts, continuity, and editing workflows.
It uses an uploaded image as a visual reference and a text prompt as the new direction, producing a related image rather than starting from a blank canvas.
Image to image is designed for creative variations. An AI image editor is better when you want a specific change to the existing image, such as replacing a background, changing lighting, or removing an object.
State what should remain recognizable, then describe the new style, setting, lighting, material, mood, or campaign direction.
Commercial usage is included with eligible paid subscriptions and paid credit packs, subject to the Terms of Service and applicable law.
Upload a reference, describe the variation, and generate a related visual while keeping the source recognizable.
