Clone Image is the third part of the Generate Image mode (a tab on desktop; an entry under Generate image in the mobile Choose a tool sheet). Instead of describing a scene from scratch, you start from an existing photo — one of your generations, a community content, or an upload — and regenerate it with your model while choosing exactly what to preserve: the outfit, the pose, and/or the background.
What is Clone Image for?
Use Clone Image when you already have a reference photo whose look you want to reproduce with your model. Pick the picture, tick what should stay the same, optionally describe anything extra to keep, choose a quality, and hit Generate. It's the fastest way to "put my model in this exact shot."
How do I clone an image?
In the workstation's Generate Image mode, switch to Clone Image (the tab on desktop, or expand Generate image in the mobile Choose a tool sheet).
Pick a Base image on the left: Select content opens the content picker (your generations — followed by curated inspiration — and community content; you'll be asked to sign in first if you aren't), or Click to upload image to use your own file. On the Community tab, Clone Image is selected by default; switch to All to browse every community image.
On the right, set your Clone options — the panel hint says "Choose what to preserve in the cloned image."
Optionally use the always-visible Additional details field to describe anything else to keep unchanged.
Use the rightmost Add reference character image card to add a character reference. Open it, then choose Select content or Upload image. It says "Overrides model image" before a reference is selected. Once selected, the expanded picker says "Used instead of your model image for this generation." Closing it compacts the selection to a thumbnail marked "Selected · click to edit." The same interface is shown with a portrait model and in No Model mode; the input remains required in No Model mode.
Pick a Quality at the bottom and press Generate.
On narrower desktop windows, the layout keeps each card readable and exposes a horizontal scrollbar. The Reference character image card begins as a compact rightmost column and expands to its full picker only after you open it. With the Elements panel open, the panels run left to right as Base image, Elements, Clone options, and the Reference character image entry. Clicking + Element scrolls the row so the Elements and Clone options panels are immediately visible together.
You can also start from an existing image's Clone Image action. It appears on image cards in the generation feed, in their full-screen previews, and as an inline shortcut on the content detail viewer. Every one of these actions first opens model selection, then enters the selected model's Clone Image workstation with the current image loaded as the Base image, all Clone options selected, and the default UltraS 4K quality. On desktop content detail, the shortcut row contains both Clone Image and Talking avatar, and both remain in More actions; Edit clothing is available from More actions rather than the shortcut row. On mobile, Talking avatar remains immediately after Clone Image in the generation-feed action sheet, the generation-feed full-screen preview, and the content-detail action bar.
What are the Clone options?
Three checkboxes control which details of the base image the result preserves:
Outfit preserves the clothing style, colors, and details.
Pose preserves the subject's pose and body position.
Background preserves the background and surrounding scene.
The Select all row above them toggles all three at once and shows a counter (e.g. "3/3"). Everything starts selected — untick what you want the generation to change. On desktop the three options share one row; on mobile they use a two-column grid.
The helper below the options updates with the selection:
None selected: "Outfit, pose, and background may change."
Some selected: "Keep the base image’s {selected options}. {Unselected options} may change."
All selected: "Keep the base image’s outfit, pose, and background."
What is Additional details?
Below the options, the Additional details input is expanded by default and remains visible without a separate open/close button. The hint reads "Describe anything else you want to keep unchanged." and the example placeholder also follows the option selection:
None: "e.g., Black outfit, standing pose, beach scene..."
Outfit: "e.g., Standing pose in a modern studio..."
Pose: "e.g., Black jacket in a city at night..."
Background: "e.g., White dress with a relaxed pose..."
Outfit + Pose: "e.g., Use a modern studio background..."
Outfit + Background: "e.g., Use a relaxed standing pose..."
Pose + Background: "e.g., Change to a black jacket..."
All: "e.g., Keep the red hat and sunglasses visible..."
A character counter appears in the bottom-right corner once you're within 2000 characters of the 20000-character limit.
What does the Template button do?
The Template pill at the right end of the Additional details bottom row opens Clone Image examples from Community (the default tab) or your own Generation history. Each image card previews its saved Additional details prompt and Element chips; on desktop you can hover to expand the prompt overlay, while on mobile the info icon expands it.
Picking a card applies that template's saved Clone Image setup in place: its Base image, Clone options, Additional details, Elements, and Quality. A template's Reference image deliberately does not carry over, and any Reference character image currently in the composer is cleared; choose or upload the reference you want after applying the template. This keeps Template focused on creating a meaningful variation instead of reproducing nearly the same result. You can then change any input before generating. A template whose Base image cannot be restored leaves the current form unchanged and shows the normal content-not-reusable warning.
Can I reference Elements?
Yes. On desktop, the Additional details input carries a + Element button in its bottom-left corner (hidden while the panel is open). Clicking it opens an Elements panel between the Base image card and the Clone options; the panel's header ✕ closes it. The panel header shows the filled count out of the allowance (e.g. "(1/7)"), and each empty Add element row opens the element dialog to pick one of your elements, a community element, or create a new one. You can add up to 7 elements.
The Additional details input is a rich prompt editor: added elements appear as inline "@" chips in your text. A newly saved element appends its chip automatically; clicking a filled panel row — or one of the element pills listed above the editor (a capped, scrollable row) — inserts that element's chip at your caret, and typing @ in the editor opens the element mention list. Each chip carries its own ✕; deleting an element from the panel asks for confirmation first and also clears its chips from the text. The character counter counts text only — chips are free. The panel reopens automatically whenever a reuse or remix restores elements — even if you had closed it — and the elements are sent alongside the clone request.
On mobile, the Additional details input carries the same element flow through the common mobile element field: when the pool is empty and the field is closed, tapping the 24px-high Element shortcut under the input opens the Element picker directly; saving an Element then opens the field right below the input, while cancelling leaves it closed. After an Element exists, that closed-state shortcut only reopens the field. Its grey close bar is labelled Elements with the "(n/7)" count, its compact chips are 22px high with an ✕ (confirmed delete), and the compact chevron opens the full slot list — the same rows, details, and delete confirm as desktop. Tapping a chip or a full slot row inserts that element's "@" chip into your text at the caret, and typing @ in the editor opens the element drawer. Reuse/Remix and Template selection open the field whenever they restore elements — even if you had closed it beforehand; editing or deleting an element preserves whether you left the field open or closed.
Why is the Generate button greyed out?
Generate stays disabled until the generation context has finished loading and a base image is ready — selected content, or an upload that has actually finished uploading. The Reference character image entry is always visible. With a selected portrait model it is optional, and a supplied image is included in the clone request; once you choose an optional upload or selected content, Generate stays disabled until the upload or selected-media preview is ready, or the reference is removed. No Model mode requires a finished reference image selection or upload. If you press Generate in an incomplete state you'll see one of these messages:
"Please upload an image or select a content to clone."
"The image is not ready yet. Please try again after the image is uploaded."
"The reference image isn't ready yet. Please wait for the upload to finish, retry it, or remove it."
"Please select or upload a reference image." — No Model mode needs the face/character that replaces the model image.
"Please choose at least one clone option or describe what to keep." — you need at least one option ticked, a non-empty Additional details note (an inserted element chip counts), or at least one element added.
What quality options can I choose?
Clone Image offers two tiers, both marked with the gold ultra icon:
Ultra 4K — high-detail 4K cloning.
UltraS 4K — the top tier, and the default.
Each chip's tooltip shows a short description and its credit cost; the exact rate is server-driven and shown next to Generate. There are no Quantity or Aspect ratio controls in this mode — each generation returns one image that follows the base image's framing.
What shows on the content detail page?
A cloned image's detail page is headed Generate Image ❯ Clone Image and lists the inputs used: the Base image thumbnail (tap to view full screen), the Reference image when one was supplied, the Clone options — a bordered Select all card with the counter when everything was matched, or just the individual pink chips when only some were — the Quality chip, an Element card with a thumbnail for each referenced element (its info button opens the element's details) when elements were used, and an Additional details card with your note when one was used. On mobile, the Base image and Reference image sit side by side at matching half-width preview sizes; the Clone options card is a flexible cell that fills the space beside the previews and only drops onto its own row when the screen leaves it less than its minimum width, with the Quality chip wrapping through the same responsive flow rather than a fixed column. Older records generated before Reference image, Element, or Clone options detail data was saved simply omit the corresponding block.
How do Reuse and Remix work here?
Reuse (on your generation's card in the workstation feed) reloads the same base image, clone options, Additional details note, elements, quality, and any saved Reference image back into Clone Image so you can tweak and regenerate. When a Reference image is restored, its picker opens automatically. Older No Model records without saved Reference image data require you to select that required input again.
Remix (on the card or the detail page) opens a content picker: choose one of your images — or a community one — as the new base image. The picked content's base model becomes the generation model, and the source clone's options, note, elements, and quality carry over. Its Reference image deliberately does not carry over; choose or upload a new Reference character image yourself when you want one. This keeps Remix focused on creating a meaningful variation instead of reproducing nearly the same result.
Clone results land in the generation feed like any other image, and the image feeds on Home, History, and the workstation include a Clone Image filter.
On mobile
The layout stacks: the Base image card on top, the switch link to Clone Video right below it, then the Clone options panel. Elements use the common mobile element field under Additional details (see "Can I reference Elements?"). The Template pill remains at the right end of that editor's bottom row and opens its picker as a full-screen page. The collapsed Reference character image row is appended after those controls. It opens the reference picker with Select; after you select or upload an image, the row shows its thumbnail and "Selected · tap to edit." Applying a Template clears that selection. The expanded picker says "Used instead of your model image for this generation." This is optional with a selected portrait model and required in No Model mode. Failed uploads show "Upload failed" with a Retry button. The Quality picker lives in the bottom bar, and the collapsed bar previews your base image thumbnail next to the selected quality. Everything else matches desktop.