5 Creative Ways to Use Reimagine, Vecteezy’s AI Photo Editor

You’ve found a stock photo that’s almost perfect. The composition works, and the subject is right. But maybe there’s a distracting object in the background, the colors don’t match your brand, or some other detail isn’t quite what you need.

This is where Reimagine comes in. Reimagine is Vecteezy’s AI-powered photo editor that lets you make meaningful changes to any photo in the Vecteezy library (excluding editorial photos) using nothing more than a text prompt. You don’t need to be a Photoshop wiz or hire a freelancer to do the work for you.

Overview of Reimagine

Using Reimagine is simple. Find any photo on Vecteezy that you want to customize. On the photo’s page, you’ll see a “Reimagine this image” button directly below the download button. Click it, type a prompt describing the change you want, and within a few seconds, you’ll have an edited version ready to download.

Free Vecteezy users get one Reimagine credit per day, and Pro subscribers get ten daily credits. Each edit uses one credit. The AI edits take just a few seconds, and then you can download the edited image.

Ways to Use Reimagine

This article covers five practical ways to use Reimagine, with example prompts you can adapt for your own use. These ideas are just a starting point. Once you see how it works, you’ll start spotting opportunities.

1. Change Colors

You’ve found the right photo, but the colors don’t work with your design. Maybe you’re putting together a brochure, and the photo’s tones clash with your brand’s color palette. In the past, this would usually mean the photo wasn’t usable. But with Reimagine, you can adjust the colors to fit your design.

This prompt was used to produce the image below:

Change the color of the girl’s jacket to royal blue.

Be specific about which element you want to change. If there are multiple objects of similar colors in the photo, call out the one you mean so the edit the outcome you want. Try it with one of our family photos or health & fitness photos.

2. Remove an Object

Removing an object, or several objects, is one of the most common photo editing tasks. Maybe the image includes something distracting or unsightly, like a trash can in the corner of an otherwise beautiful park scene. Or maybe you want to remove a person or another element that distracts the viewer’s focus.

Reimagine handles object removal with a quick prompt. Just describe what you want to remove, and the AI takes care of it.

Original photo

This prompt was used to create the image shown below:

Remove the boy, girl, and shopping cart in the background.

For best results, be specific about which object(s) you want removed, especially if there are multiple similar items in the frame. Try it with one of our people photos or lifestyle photos.

3. Add an Object

While it’s less common than removing objects, at times you may want to add something to the scene. Maybe the photo you found is great, but it’s missing the one element that would make it perfect for your project. Reimagine can handle it!

Original photo

The image below was created with this prompt:

Add a male hiker in a yellow jacket standing on the rocks near the top of the waterfall.

Keep the additions realistic for the scene, but, of course, the specifics will depend on the photo and how you will use it. Try it with one of our background photos or food photos.

4. Change the Time of Day

Outdoor photos are heavily impacted by the time of day. The same scene will look completely different and evoke a different feel at various times of the day and in changing lighting conditions. Reimagine lets you shift between these moods without searching for new photos.

The image below was created with this prompt:

Change this to a night scene under a star-filled sky with the Milky Way visible.

Of course, night to day and cloudy to clear is a drastic example. But you can also make changes that aren’t so extreme by adding warm golden hour light or color in the sky from a sunrise or sunset. Try it with one of our travel photos or landscape photos.

5. Change the Season or Weather

You’ve found a great photo, but it doesn’t match your campaign’s season.

Reimagine can shift the photo’s season or weather, meaning you can get year-round use from a single photo or create seasonal variations of the same scene for a campaign series.

This prompt was used to create the image below:

Change the season to winter with a light snow covering.

If you work on seasonal campaigns, this feature alone can save hours of searching for the exact right photos. Try it with one of our landscape photos or nature photos.

Tips for Getting the Best Results

A few things to keep in mind as you start experimenting with Reimagine:

• Be specific. Vague prompts produce unpredictable results. The more clearly you describe the change you want, including details like direction, color, intensity, or placement, the closer the edited photo will be to what you had in mind.
• Try different phrasings. If your first attempt isn’t quite right, rewording the prompt often produces a better result.
• Use your daily credits to test. Free users get one credit per day, and Pro users get ten. Experiment with different prompts and see what works.

Try Reimagine on Your Next Project

Reimagine opens up possibilities that used to require advanced design/editing skills or paying someone else to do the work for you. The next time you find a stock photo that’s almost right, don’t pass on it. Click “Reimagine this image” and see what you can do with a quick prompt.

The five ideas covered here are a starting point, not a complete list. Once you start using the tool, you’ll find your own creative applications.

Browse the Vecteezy library, find a photo you want to customize, and give Reimagine a try. If you’re new to Vecteezy, create a free account and try Reimagine today. 

Featured image by DC Studio.