Creative Editing And Scene Generation
What is 'inpainting' in AI product photography and when should I use it?
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Quick Answer
Inpainting is the technique of regenerating only a specific part of an image while leaving the rest untouched. It is the right tool when one detail is wrong but the rest of the image is good. In Nightjar, this is handled in the Edit tab: reference the image and describe the change in plain English (for example, "fix the hand" or "swap the apple for an orange"), and the surrounding image is preserved.
When to use Inpainting
- Glitch fixes: an awkward hand, a stray reflection, a misshapen logo on an otherwise strong image.
- Prop swaps: "change this apple to an orange" without re-rolling the whole scene.
- Detail refinement: brightening a reflection, cleaning up a background element, removing a distraction.
It is the AI equivalent of the Photoshop "Healing Brush," driven by natural-language prompts instead of manual selection. In Nightjar, you do this through the Edit tab using @image references and Edit Shortcuts; you do not need a separate masking or drawing tool.
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