# Edit with references

Keep one image's composition and borrow a detail from another.

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

![Actual Image Prompt Bar with Image1 and Image2 attached and mentioned inline, Nano Banana 2, Ratio 16:9 and Count 1.](https://pub-60e30bed45514f03933d3900731bea31.r2.dev/public-app-sessions/v1/documentation/sessions-extra-reference-prompt-4949695a28a4e7a3.webp)

Two attached images, two clear jobs: keep Image1's composition and use Image2's cup colour.

## Choose the source and reference

Add the image you want to change first. Then use **Ref → Select from assets…** or **Upload file…** to add another image for colour, lighting or another detail.

![Blue cup and spoon on a stone plinth: the source composition.](https://pub-60e30bed45514f03933d3900731bea31.r2.dev/public-app-sessions/v1/documentation/sessions-single-preview-24d4a5253fa7934f.webp)

Image1 · the image to edit

![Terracotta-orange cup beside a coastal window: the glaze-colour reference, not the background to copy.](https://pub-60e30bed45514f03933d3900731bea31.r2.dev/public-app-sessions/v1/documentation/product-campaign-edit-preview-56c577caef0dd6a2.webp)

Image2 · the colour reference

### See the asset picker

![Actual project asset picker with the terracotta cup selected as the additional reference.](https://pub-60e30bed45514f03933d3900731bea31.r2.dev/public-app-sessions/v1/documentation/sessions-extra-reference-picker-4218d6f494a21eda.webp)

Select the extra reference, then choose Select Assets.

## Give each image a job

Type **@** and choose the attached image to insert its chip. Tell the model what to take from each reference—and what not to copy.

```text
Keep the cup, spoon, stone plinth, lighting and composition from @Image1. Change only the cup glaze to match the rich terracotta orange in @Image2. Do not copy its coastal background. Preserve the original cup shape and all other details. No text.
```

This run uses **Nano Banana 2**, **16:9** and **Count 1**. Two references are inputs; they do not mean two outputs. Check the estimate, then press the **arrow**.

## Review the edit

![Generated terracotta-orange cup on the original stone plinth, with the spoon and studio background retained.](https://pub-60e30bed45514f03933d3900731bea31.r2.dev/public-app-sessions/v1/documentation/sessions-reference-edit-preview-ab90b1737a266839.webp)

The completed edit keeps the studio composition and borrows the terracotta glaze.

[Download the edited original](https://pub-60e30bed45514f03933d3900731bea31.r2.dev/public-app-sessions/v1/documentation/sessions-reference-edit-original-7e5fe9d606fa625a.png)

Only need to change one image from a written instruction? Start with [Edit an image](https://www.creativly.ai/docs/sessions/edit-image); an extra reference is optional.

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