# Edit an image

Add one image and describe what to change. No masking needed.

Source: https://www.creativly.ai/docs/sessions/edit-image

## Watch a real template run

Preview the public Image examples, then follow the labeled cut to a signed-in workspace. Open **Clay portrait**, review its source and prompt, then submit one **Nano Banana 2** output. This recording follows the actual job through to its completed **1:1** image. The edit opens an Inpaint session; **List** shows the generated result. Waiting time is shortened and labeled.

[Actual Clay portrait image-edit workflow: reuse template, review source and Nano Banana 2, submit once, wait, switch to List and expand the real completed image.](https://cdn.creativly.ai/public-app-sessions/v1/documentation/image-template-run-20261019-preview-f5923ef978e4380b.mp4)

A genuine template-to-result walkthrough, not a simulated generation. Silent; use full screen to inspect the steps.

## A simple colour edit

![Image Prompt Bar with the original cup attached as Image1, a colour-change instruction, Nano Banana 2 and Count 1.](https://cdn.creativly.ai/public-app-sessions/v1/documentation/example-edit-prompt-da2c12143ae6b681.webp)

One image, one instruction: keep the composition and change the cup's colour.

## Add the image

Choose **Ref → Upload file…** or **Select from assets…**. Already have an image in your session? Click **Add as Reference** beneath it.

![A finished cup image with Add as Reference in its action row.](https://cdn.creativly.ai/public-app-sessions/v1/documentation/sessions-reuse-action-0da5519dc6c30839.webp)

The link icon beneath a result adds that image to your next prompt.

## Describe the change

Keep the image attached. Say what to change and what to preserve. This example uses **Nano Banana 2**, **16:9** and **Count 1**.

```text
Keep the exact cup, silver spoon, camera angle, and coastal window from the reference. Change only the cup glaze from cobalt blue to a rich glossy terracotta orange. Preserve the original shape, steam, lighting, and background. No text.
```

Press the **arrow** to generate the edited image. You do not need to paint a mask for this workflow.

## Compare the result

![Original cobalt-blue cup beside a sunlit coastal window.](https://cdn.creativly.ai/public-app-sessions/v1/documentation/product-campaign-01-preview-95f1bd9a45966114.webp)

Before · the attached image

![The generated edit with terracotta-orange glaze and a similar coastal composition.](https://cdn.creativly.ai/public-app-sessions/v1/documentation/product-campaign-edit-preview-56c577caef0dd6a2.webp)

After · the colour edit

The edit is a new result; the original stays in your session. Check details before using a generative edit as final.

[Download the edited original](https://cdn.creativly.ai/public-app-sessions/v1/documentation/product-campaign-edit-original-683d81c076dd2ced.png)

[Edit with extra references](https://www.creativly.ai/docs/sessions/edit-image-with-references)Borrow a colour or detail from another image.
[Inpaint an area](https://www.creativly.ai/docs/sessions/inpaint)Optional: paint over a specific part to change.

Open in Creativly: [Image ↗](https://www.creativly.ai/app/image)