FAQ: How do I edit my photos with AI? (Patreon)

Last week, we quietly rolled out a new feature simply called Edit, which may have caused some confusion as we already had the ability to edit pictures. I wanted to take a moment to better explain this exciting new feature. 

The edit commands and remix commands are similar, so we've updated our image editing tutorial with some examples on the differences, and when to use one versus the other.  

But here's the basic gist of it:

EDIT - this is the art director's tool for swift and specific changes. You are in the director's chairs, shouting your commands. "Make it snow, make it a western, make the texture different, replace the cake, add fireworks!" You can pick on a single element in the photo and change it without redrawing the whole image. 

REMIX - this is more of a creativity exploration tool, where we are introducing a second prompt that smashes into the initial prompt. So we are literally re-prompting a photo, carrying the initial prompt with it. Thus, this can have overall dramatic changes in the entire photo even if you only wanted to change one small element. Remix will redraw the entire image, no matter what.

These are using completely different software to achieve these results, so try both! We've also expanded our beginner's guide on how guidance and more works. 

Best practices

Moving the most important words towards the beginning of your prompt, and describing elements in detail will give you the most mileage. For example, if I'm trying to change a portrait to a full body photo, it is better to describe how the legs and shoes look like at the start of my prompt, instead of a ((((full body)))) positive prompt or setting strength/guidance parameters to higher values.  Be as literal as possible and you'll get much further.

For perfectionists

You can definitely tinker with the numbers. We are setting some parameters in the background: Edit carries the maximum Strength value of 1.  Remix, unless specified, will assign a random Strength and Guidance value.  

When remixing, Guidance pertains to the original prompt and Strength pertains to the new text that you've added after /remix.  

Guidance can go as low as -50 and as high as 50, but we think 0-20 is the sweet spot. Too much guidance can "fry" an image, especially when the prompts are long, so fine details will start to look like they've been in a tanning bed too long.

A new model appears!

Dreamshaper is here!  A new fantasy model is waiting for you in the early access channel.  This is AI model #71 that's supported right out of the box. Full list here 

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