Editing

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

Text Editing

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:

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

Ella updates the text across all pages based on your instructions. You can undo and redo changes, and your full edit history is available for the duration of your session.

Editing Individual Pages

To edit a single page rather than the whole support, uncheck "Apply to all" before submitting your prompt.

Image Editing

Make a Small Change

Modify a specific part of an existing image while keeping everything else the same.

Use when: You want to replace one object, update a minor detail, or keep visuals aligned with a child's current items.

  1. Click Pencil → Modify Image → Make a small change
  2. Draw an outline around the element to change
  3. Describe what you want to see
  4. Click Tweak Image
  5. Click Keep or Try again

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

Remove Something

Remove an element from an image.

Use when: A background element is distracting, or you want to erase an unwanted object or person.

  1. Click Pencil → Modify Image → Remove something
  2. Draw an outline around the element
  3. Click Erase
  4. Click Keep or Try again

Reimagine the Scene

Completely recreate an image with new content while maintaining the art style.

Use when: Characters are performing the wrong action, the environment is incorrect, or you need a completely different scene.

  1. Click Pencil → Modify Image → Reimagine the scene
  2. Draw an outline around the area to change
  3. Describe what you want to see
  4. Click Reimagine
  5. Click Keep or Try again

Upload Image

Add your own photo to a visual support.

Use when: You need a photo of an actual environment or object.

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

To restore the original image, open the Gallery and select a previous version.

Change Image Style

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

Use when: You want to try a different art style, or need to match visuals across different supports.

  1. Click Pencil → Modify Image → Change Style
  2. Select a new style
  3. Click Restyle Images
  4. Click Keep or Try again

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

Swap Character

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

Use when: You want to use a different character in an existing support.

  1. Click Pencil → Modify Image → Swap Characters
  2. Click Select Character next to the character you want to swap
  3. Select a new character
  4. Click Swap Characters
  5. Click Keep or Try again

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

Gallery Access

The Gallery stores all previously generated images from your creations. You can browse and reuse them in new supports, or use them to restore a previous version of an edited image.

When editing, open the Gallery to select any previously generated image.

Managing Pages

Reorder and Delete

  1. Click Pencil → Organize
  2. Drag to reorder; click the trash icon to delete
  3. Click Done

Add Pages

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

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

Translation

How to Translate

  1. Click Pencil → Translate
  2. Choose a language (or type to search)
  3. Review the translated version

Using Translated Supports

Read-aloud in any language: Press the play button to hear the support in the selected language.

Translate into multiple languages: Translate the same support as many times as needed. Switch between languages using the navigation arrows.

Share a translation: Click the share icon while viewing a translated version to copy a link directly to that language.

Editing the support in English will automatically update existing translations.

Supported Languages

Ella supports 70+ languages, including:

European: Albanian, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, French (Canada), German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Maltese, Norwegian (Bokmål), Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Spanish (Mexico), Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Welsh

Asian: Bengali, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Filipino/Tagalog, Gujarati, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Kannada, Kazakh, Korean, Malay, Malayalam, Marathi, Mongolian, Punjabi, Sinhala, Tamil, Telugu, Thai, Urdu, Uzbek, Vietnamese

Middle Eastern & African: Afrikaans, Amharic, Arabic, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Dari, Farsi (Persian), Georgian, Haitian Creole, Hausa, Hebrew, Pashto, Somali, Swahili

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