Fine-tuning your piece: regenerating, small changes, and when to ask for help
When your piece comes back, sometimes it's exactly right the first time. Other times, something about it isn't quite what you pictured. This guide walks through what to try when the result needs adjusting, and when it's worth reaching out to us directly.
What regeneration actually does
Creating another preview runs your photo through the art engine again. If you use the same photo, the same style, and the same palette, the result will usually look very similar. There will be small differences in the brushwork, but the overall composition, colors, and interpretation will be close to what you already have.
Creating another preview with the same settings and hoping for a dramatically different piece is rarely worth the credit.
What does produce meaningfully different results: changing the style or the palette. That's where most of the creative variety lives. Each new preview uses one Preview Credit.
When the result is close, but something small feels off
Sometimes the art includes a detail that wasn't in your photo. A glow, a flame, an extra flourish. This isn't a bug so much as the art engine taking a bit of creative license, filling in a space with something it thinks fits the feeling. It's a common quirk when the subject is a recognizable object or setting.
Creating another preview with the same settings usually won't remove the detail, because the engine tends to interpret the scene the same way each time.
If a small element like this is bothering you, email us at hello@ephe.art. We can make a minor adjustment through the Studio Service, removing the element you don't want so the piece feels like yours.
When something in your original photo is showing up and you wish it weren't
If there's something in your photo that you'd rather not see in the art (a distracting object in the background, a person you'd like cropped out, a stray hand at the edge of the frame), the art engine is likely including it because it's there in the source.
The fastest fix is to edit your original photo first. Crop it, remove the object, or adjust the framing in your phone's photo app, then upload the edited version and create a new preview.
This tends to work better than hoping the piece will come back without it.
When you've tried a few combinations and still aren't happy
If you've tried a few styles and palettes and something still feels off (maybe it's the composition, the framing, the color relationships, the background, or a feeling you can't quite put your finger on), email us at hello@ephe.art. This is exactly what the Studio Service is for.
A Studio Service piece isn't about making the art better than your photo. It's about making it feel more like the moment you took it. Capturing what you actually remember about that day, not just what the camera caught.
What the Studio Service can help with
The Studio Service can take on anything from small tweaks to fully rebuilt images. A few examples of what we do:
- Remove or change a specific element in the art.
- Adjust the color scheme, background, or composition.
- Composite two or more photos into a single scene (for example, a family portrait where not everyone was in the same photo).
- Create a piece from scratch based on a description or a memory.
- Re-crop, re-frame, or extend the scene.
Whether your request is big or small, send us the piece (or the photo) and a short note about what you're hoping for. We'll reply by email and work it out together.
A quick decision guide
If a small element in the art is bothering you: Email us. We can remove it through the Studio Service.
If the issue is in your original photo: Edit the photo first, then create a new preview.
If you want a different feel overall: Try a different style or palette before creating another preview with the same settings.
If you've tried a few combinations and still aren't there: Email us at hello@ephe.art. That's what the Studio Service is for.
We're here to help, whether it's a tiny tweak or starting over from scratch.