How to change exactly what you meant to with precision editing in Brand Studio
Have you tried using an AI tool to change just one thing in an image? Did you get frustrated when it kept changing other things each time you re-generated?
Here’s how to use Brand Studio’s precision editing tools to place a product into a scene or swapping an element while preserving the rest of the image – so that other things don’t change when you make one edit.
Three ways to change a scene using Precision Inpaint
In Brand Studio, open the image you want to edit, hit Edit, and switch the tool to Precision Inpaint. You'll see three parameters instead of the usual two. Here's what each one does:
1. Mask Layer: Draw a mask over the area you want to edit. Think of it as telling the AI: "only touch what's inside this boundary." This is especially useful when an edit requires contextual changes, like updating shadows or lighting around a modified object, without disturbing the rest of the image.
2. Sketch: Instead of just describing what you want, you can draw it. Sketch the rough shape, angle, or placement of the element you want to add, and the AI uses your drawing as a structural guide. For example, you could mask a foot in the image, sketch a diving flipper at the angle you want, type "diving flippers" in the prompt, and get a result that actually matches your vision rather than the AI's best guess.
3. Prompt: Write a description of what should appear in the masked area. This works hand-in-hand with your sketch; the sketch handles form and placement, the prompt handles content and style.
When you edit one element in a photo, the surrounding environment has to change too – shadows shift, lighting adjusts, textures blend. By setting a thoughtful mask, you're giving the AI room to make those contextual adjustments naturally, so the result looks cohesive rather than pasted-in.
A note on render time: Precision Inpaint is more compute-intensive than standard tools, so expect it to take a little longer. The tradeoff is a noticeably higher-quality result, especially for detailed or technically specific edits.
Add more to the scene with rapid asset insertion
Once you have an edit you like, you can keep iterating. Drag and drop your image directly into the prompt bar on the Create page. From there, just describe the changes you want in plain language. The AI reads the image as context and applies your instructions on top of it.
This is also a good time to know there are two ways to prompt:
Descriptive: You paint a full scene in words and the AI renders it. Great for generating from scratch.
Conversational: You talk to it like a collaborator. "Move the flippers to her hands." "Make the background more tropical." Whatever gets the idea across.
With rapid asset insertion, you can do more conversational prompting because the image itself carries most of the context. You're just steering from there.
And this is a great tool to be able to rapidly iterate on being able to add multiple images together. You can use up to three reference images at a time when using this tool.
| Tool | Best For | Key Advantage |
|---|---|---|
| Precision Inpaint | Targeted, detailed edits | Sketch-guided control + masking |
| Rapid asset insertion | Fast iteration on existing images | Conversational, image-aware prompting |
