Editing tools: fix your images in post

Your first generation is a starting point, not the finish line. The editing tools fix small issues and turn a good image into a great one without starting again.

Edit · 5 min read · Updated 2026-11-11

One photo edited three ways in Sozee: the original, a new expression and a new top colour.

What you'll learn

The 80/20 mindset

Most creators learn this after a while: you'll rarely get a finished image from the first generation, but you'll often get one that's 80-90% of the way there. The pose is right, the lighting works and the outfit looks good, but a hand looks a little off or there's a small artefact in the background.

That's what the editing tools are for. Instead of regenerating again and again, you take the nearly finished image and fix the parts that need it. It's faster, more predictable and gives you more control over the result.

The photo tools

Open any photo from the Create page or your Vault and you'll see the tool rail beside it.

Made in Sozee.

The original photo, with a calm expression.
Original
The same photo with a laughing expression.
New expression
Expression: the same photo, now laughing. Drag to compare.

What In-paint fixes best

How to use In-paint

  1. Open the image you want to edit From the Create page or your Vault, click the image to open it, then choose In-paint from the tool rail.
    An open photo with the tool rail on the left and In-paint highlighted.
    In the app. In-paint in the tool rail beside the photo.
  2. Set your brush Choose a brush size that suits the area you want to fix. You can change the size as you go.
    In-paint open on a photo: the brush panel with size control, and the box to describe the change.
    In the app. The brush and its size (1), and the box where you describe the change (2).
  3. Paint over the area you want to change This is the most important step. See the next section for how to paint well.
  4. Describe what you want Tell Sozee what should appear in the painted area. Be specific, for example “a natural-looking right hand with five fingers resting on the table.”
  5. Generate and review Sozee regenerates only the painted area and keeps everything else as it was. Your edit arrives as a new version, and the original stays untouched. If it isn't right, try again.

Made in Sozee.

The photo with the neck area painted over.
Painted area
A gold pendant necklace.
Reference
The photo with the gold necklace added.
Result
Paint where the change goes. Here a necklace is added from a reference picture, and the rest of the photo stays as it was.

The golden rule: paint around the problem.

To blend new content in, Sozee needs to understand what surrounds the area it's regenerating. If you paint only the exact pixels that are wrong, it has little context and the result can look unnatural or out of place.

Take an example: you want to remove some buttons from a coat. You might paint a small circle around each button. The better approach is to paint the whole chest of the coat, all the buttons and the fabric between them. Sozee then has enough context to understand the coat's texture and folds, and the result is clean and seamless.

Don't do this

Inpainting example where only individual buttons are painted with small, tight masks

Tiny areas around each button give Sozee almost no context. It can't see the coat fabric, the button spacing or how they connect, so the result looks patchy and inconsistent.

Do this instead

Inpainting example where the entire button area and surrounding coat fabric is painted

Painting the whole area, every button and the fabric around them, gives Sozee full context: the coat's texture, the button pattern and the folds. The new buttons blend in cleanly.

More examples

Tips for the best results

The ideal workflow

  1. Generate your image Use your character with a prompt or a reference photo to make the base image.
  2. Review what you got Is 80% or more of this image what you want? If so, don't regenerate. Edit instead.
  3. Open In-paint and paint generously Select the area to fix. Paint around the problem, not just on it.
  4. Describe what you want Write a clear edit prompt for the painted area.
  5. Repeat if you need to Run more edits on other areas until the image is what you want.

Made in Sozee.

The photo with a white top.
Before
The same photo with the top changed to red.
Recoloured
A colour change: the top goes from white to red, and everything else stays.

Next time an image is nearly there, don't throw it away. Open it and finish it. Open your Vault

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