Edit Mode provides a powerful interface for making changes to existing images - either photos or illustrations you already own, or assets you’ve previously created in KREA.It lets you make changes step-by-step, using powerful natural language prompting that understands the elements in your original image. With some models, additional tools are available to acheive particular effects. Let’s dive in.
Choose the Edit icon in the top navigation to open the Editor.Then, upload an image or choose an asset from your library.Alternatively, you can bring an asset straight into Edit from your image generation session. Click the ellipsis in the top-right of any image, then choose Edit.Or, in your Assets Library, click any image, then choose **Edit **in bottom-right.
In the bottom-left, you can choose your editing model
On the left hand side, you’ll see thumbnails representing previous editing sessions
Every source image creates a new editing session. To start editing a different image, click the + sign at the top of this column.
In the centre, you’ll see the current image that your editing requests will be applied to.
At the bottom, the prompt box, where you’ll request the changes you want made. Some models offer additional settings in this area.
On the right hand side, you’ll see thumbnails of each edit request - the original on the left, and between 1 and 4 generations next to it. Click on these to see them full-size.
Note: the image in the central area is the image you’ll be editing next. After you generate an edit, the edited version typically appears here. That means, if you prompt for a new edit, they’ll be applied to this new version - an edit of an edit. This is useful for making a series of changes, one at a time!
But if you want to go back to your original image and edit that instead, click on the relevant thumbnail on the right-hand side, so it appears in the center. Your prompt will then apply to this asset.
At time of writing, Krea offers ten different editing models to choose from. One thing they all have in common? The ability to request edits through text prompts. Also take note: most models, while powerful, do not allow outpainting or inpainting, or changing of the original aspect ratio.The possibilities are endless, but here are a few common use cases to inspire you…
Get rid of undesireable elements from a scene. It could also be used to remove other elements, like scratches and creases in scanned in photos, or the text from a magazine cover photo.
Most tools also allow you to provide one or more reference images to influence your edit. This empowers you to add specific items, outfits or characters, or supply an image that depicts you desired style.
Sometimes, even the best models get confused. If you’re not getting the results you want, try these tips:
Make edits one at a time, rather than describing multiple edits all at once.
Similarly, try removing items in one edit, then adding the replacement in a second edit, rather than requesting a replacement. This can be particularly helpful if the element you are replacing is a very different size to the replacement.
Describe your desired final image as part of the prompt, to clarify what you want the final result to look like. For example: “Edit the image so the man in the blue coat is wearing the red hoodie from the reference image. Final output: a man standing in a doorway, wearing a red hoodie.”
Work ‘with’ your image reference by using matching, descriptive language. For example, rather than simply saying “Turn this photo into a drawing like the reference image” say “Turn this photo into a digital illustration, with a flat pink background, and detailed line work, so that it matches the reference image.”
Sometimes models get confused about which image is the ‘image to be edited’ and which is the ‘reference.’ So rather than be non-specific – “Replace the lamp in this photo with the one in the reference image” – describe the elements in more detail: “Replace the anglepoise lamp in the home office photo with the small, round nightlight in the reference image. Final result: a small round nightlight in a home office setting.”
It can help to specify which details you want to freeze, e.g. “Keep the face exactly the same.”
