Upload the source
Choose a clear portrait, product image, illustration, or composition that contains the visual information you want to keep.
Image to image AI
Edit a photo by describing the change.
Upload a reference image, explain what should change, and generate a new version while preserving the visual details that matter to your idea or brand.
- Natural-language edits
- Portrait and product workflows
- Multiple output ratios
Image to imageChange the scene, not the idea.
Specify what to replace, preserve, relight, restyle, or recompose in the uploaded image.
Keep the product unchanged; replace the background with a warm editorial studio…
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How AI photo editing works
Use the image as context. Use text as direction.
Image-to-image AI is strongest when the upload establishes identity or composition and the prompt clearly separates preserved details from requested changes.
Describe the edit
State what must remain unchanged, then describe the new background, lighting, wardrobe, material, camera treatment, or style.
Compare and refine
Keep successful constraints, remove ambiguous language, and regenerate when identity, geometry, or small details drift.
Common editing intents
One reference, many creative directions.
Creators often need a controlled variation rather than a completely new image. Reference-led editing makes the starting point visible to the model.
Relight and restyle portraits
Change the mood, wardrobe, backdrop, lens treatment, or editorial direction while asking the model to retain identity.
Replace backgrounds
Move a product or subject into a cleaner studio, lifestyle setting, campaign environment, or presentation-ready scene.
Create product variations
Explore different materials, colors, surfaces, props, and art directions from an existing product reference.
Recompose for new formats
Adapt a visual for square, landscape, or portrait placement and direct where negative space should appear.
Model guide
Match the editor to the complexity.
Simple restyles benefit from fast iteration. Complex transformations, text, or fine product details often justify a model with stronger instruction following.
Nano Banana 2
A practical default for prompt-led images, quick variations, and responsive editing.
GPT Image 2
Choose it for intricate concepts, typography-aware compositions, and commercial polish.
Nano Banana Pro
Use the premium Gemini tier when realism, finish, and careful visual structure matter most.
Nano Banana
A lower-credit option for exploring ideas before moving to a higher-fidelity final render.
Editing prompt examples
Say what changes—and what does not.
A strong AI photo editing prompt contains a preservation clause, the desired transformation, and the intended visual finish.
Browse more prompt ideasBackground replacement
Keep the bottle shape, label, cap, and camera angle unchanged. Replace the background with pale travertine, warm sunrise light, soft natural shadow, premium skincare campaign.
Portrait restyle
Preserve the person’s facial identity and expression. Change the wardrobe to a structured black blazer, add soft Rembrandt light, neutral gray editorial studio, realistic skin texture.
Format adaptation
Recompose this image for vertical 4:5. Keep the subject scale natural, extend the environment above and below, and create clean negative space on the upper left for campaign copy.
Questions creators ask
AI photo editing questions, answered.
What is an AI photo editor?
An AI photo editor uses a source image plus written instructions to create a transformed version. It can change backgrounds, lighting, styling, composition, materials, or mood without manual masking.
How is image-to-image different from text-to-image?
Text-to-image begins from a description alone. Image-to-image also receives a visual reference, which can provide identity, product shape, pose, palette, or composition.
How do I keep a face or product consistent?
Use a clear reference and explicitly list the features that must not change. Consistency is model-dependent, so complex identity or geometry may require several controlled iterations.
Can AI change the background of a photo?
Yes. Describe the replacement setting, light direction, surface, shadows, depth of field, and the elements that should remain untouched.
Can I turn a product photo into an ad creative?
Yes. You can preserve the product and generate new campaign environments, props, layouts, and aspect ratios. Always review labels and exact product geometry before publishing.
Does the editor modify my original file?
The workflow generates a new output from your reference and prompt. Your source remains the reference rather than being overwritten in place.
Start with the photo. Direct the next version.
Upload a reference, define what stays, and describe the transformation in plain language.
Edit an image with AI