Editing

After creating a visual support, you have powerful editing tools to refine and personalize it further. All editing features are accessed by clicking the pencil icon while viewing a creation.

Text Editing

For stories and other text-based supports, you can modify the wording to fit your child's specific needs.

Quick Prompts

Use the quick prompt links to:

• Simplify
• Shorten
• Expand
• Add nuance
• Add emojis

Edit Text with a Prompt

Type your own instructions to make specific changes:

Examples:

• "Rewrite in third person"
• "Rewrite in first person"
• "Refer to the 'puppy' as 'Pepper'"
• "Make the tone more encouraging"
• "Add more details about why this is important"

Ella will update the text across all pages of your story based on your instructions. You can undo and redo that change using the undo/redo controls. Your full edit history is available for the duration of your session.

Editing Individual Pages

You can also edit single pages instead of the entire story. Just uncheck "apply to all", and Ella will update only that section.

Image Editing Tools

Ella provides tools for modifying images in your visual supports.

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Tweak Image

Use Tweak Image to modify a specific part of an existing image while keeping everything else the same.

When to use:

• Replace one object with another
• Update a detail that's almost right
• Keep visuals aligned with your child's current items/toys

How to use:

1. Click Pencil → Modify Image → Tweak Image‍
2. Draw an outline around the element you want to change
3. Describe what you want to see
4. Click Tweak Image‍
5. Review the updated image
6. Click Keep if satisfied, or Try again

Example: Replace a pillow with a stuffed giraffe toy in a bedtime routine visual.

Erase Area

Use Erase Area to remove elements from the background or clean up busy images.

When to use:

• Background element is distracting
• Removing a person from a scene
• Erase graphics or other unwanted elements

How to use:

1. Click Pencil → Modify Image → Erase Area
2. Draw an outline around the element you want to change
3. Click Erase‍
4. Review the result
5. Click Keep if satisfied, or Try again

Reimagine Image

Use Reimagine Image to completely recreate an image with new content while maintaining the art style.

When to use:

• Characters are performing the wrong action
• Need a completely different scene
• The environment is incorrect

‍How to use:

1. Click Pencil → Modify Image → Reimagine Image‍
2. Draw an outline around the element you want to change
3. Describe what you want to see
4. Click Reimagine
5. Review the new image
6. Click Keep if satisfied, or Try again

Upload Image

Use Upload to add your own photos to visual supports.

When to use:

• Need a photo of an actual environment or object

How to use:

1. Click Pencil → Modify Image → Upload Image‍
2. Select your image file
3. Crop or rotate as needed
4. Click Upload

Undoing an upload: If you need to restore the original image, go to the Gallery and select the previous version.

Restyle Image

Change the visual style of one or all images in a creation without recreating the entire support.

When to use:

• Child responds better to a different art style
• Want to try multiple styles to see what works best
• Need to match visuals across different supports

How it works: If you initially created a story in Clay style but want to try Anime, use Restyle to convert all images to the new style while keeping the same content.

How to use:

1. Click Pencil → Modify Image → Restyle Image‍
2. Select the new style
3. Click Restyle Images
4. Review the new images
5. Click Keep if satisfied, or Try again

Tip: Uncheck the "Restyle x images" option to only restyle the current image.

Swap Character

Replace the character in an existing creation with a different character while keeping all other content the same.

When to use:

• Replacing an Ella generated character with a specific person
• Updating a the main character

How it use:

1. Click Pencil → Modify Image → Swap Character
2. Click Select Character to the right of the character you want to swap
3. Select a new character
4. Click Swap Character‍
5. Review the new images
6. Click Keep if satisfied, or Try again

Tip: Uncheck the "Apply x images" option to only swap the character(s) in the current image.

Gallery Access

The Gallery stores all previously generated images from your creations. You can access and reuse them in new supports.

When to use:

• Want to reuse an image from a previous creation
• Building a new support that includes familiar scenes
• Need consistency across multiple supports

How it works: When editing a creation, open the Gallery to browse all previously generated images. Select any image to use it in your current support.

Example: You created a schedule with an image of getting dressed. Later, you want to use that same "getting dressed" image in a picture card set.

Managing Pages

How it reorder and delete

1. Click Pencil → Organize
2. Drag items to reorder and click trash icon to delete
3. Click Done when complete

How to add pages

1. Click Pencil → Add
2. Describe what you would like added using the format: "The topic or concept [describe the image (optional)]"
3. Click Add

Note: Adding pages beyond 10 cost 1 extra image credit per page.