Several things you can do to a picture you already have, rather than generating a new one from scratch. Each is its own entry in the menu, under Create or Tools.
Results are saved as new items — your original is never overwritten. They appear in your library under Edited, so you can always go back.
Magic Eraser — removing something
Sometimes a picture is right except for one thing: a bin in the corner, a stranger in the background, a logo you cannot use.
- Open the picture and choose Magic Eraser, under Tools.
- Paint over what you want gone. You are marking an area, not drawing — the marks are instructions, not part of the picture.
- Confirm.
What was there is replaced with something that fits the surroundings. It is invention, not recovery: nothing is hidden behind the object waiting to be revealed, so the tool makes up a plausible background.
Getting good results:
- Zoom in before you paint. The panel has a zoom control, and small objects are far easier to cover cleanly at a larger size than by dragging carefully at the default one.
- Cover the whole object, plus a little margin. A missed edge leaves a smear.
- Include the shadow and any reflection. Removing an object and leaving its shadow reads as obviously wrong.
- Remove one thing at a time and check the result before the next.
- Small objects on plain backgrounds are close to perfect. Large objects on busy backgrounds are the hard case — expect a couple of attempts.
Each attempt costs credits, since new picture is being made either way.
Apex Upscale — making it bigger and sharper
Upscaling increases the resolution — the amount of detail in the file. Use it when you need a picture for print, or for a large screen, and the original comes out soft when you enlarge it.
It does not just stretch the image. Detail is reconstructed as it grows, which is why the result stays sharp rather than going blurry.
When to use it: on the version you have decided to keep, at the end. Not on every draft.
What it will not do: rescue a picture whose composition is wrong. Upscaling a bad picture gives you a large bad picture.
There is often a before-and-after comparison so you can check it did what you wanted before using the result.
Generating small and upscaling the keeper is usually cheaper than generating everything at a large size — worth knowing when you are producing a lot.
Frame Extractor — taking a frame from a video
A clip contains hundreds of still pictures. Frame Extractor, under Tools, takes one out and keeps it as an image.
Useful for a thumbnail, for a cover image, or for the times a single moment of a clip is better than the clip.
Open the video, choose Frame Extractor, scrub to the moment, and save it. It arrives in your library as an ordinary image, and you can then upscale it or erase from it like anything else.
Captured frames can be opened full size to check before you keep them — useful when several moments look similar at thumbnail size. Doing so does not change which frame you have selected.
Chaining them
These stack, and the order matters:
generate → Magic Eraser → Apex Upscale → downloadChanging one feature instead
Apex Edit does something different from erasing: rather than removing a thing, it changes a named feature and leaves the rest alone. Hairstyle, Poses, Facial Expressions, Outfits, Tattoos, Hair Color, Dim Lighting, Makeup, Photo Effects — each is its own entry under Apex Edit in the menu.
Apex Transfer moves a feature from one picture onto another — Tattoos or Outfits — so you can carry a specific design across rather than describing it.
Reach for these before reaching for a prompt: asking a fresh generation for “the same person but with shorter hair” changes everything; Apex Edit changes the hair.
Upscale last. Erasing works on the smaller file more cheaply, and upscaling afterwards sharpens the finished picture rather than the intermediate one.
What it costs
Each of these is a generation and costs credits — erasing and upscaling both make a new picture. Extracting a frame is the cheapest of the three, since nothing is being invented.
The cost is shown before you commit. See how credits work.
If a result is wrong
Nothing is lost. Your original is untouched in your library and the failed attempt can be deleted. Delete the attempts you do not want as you go, otherwise Edited fills up with near-identical pictures and picking the right one gets harder every time.