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Follow along in the app — pause after each step and repeat it.

Open Picture Lab

Same Object, New Scene with Qwen Edit

A single image rarely covers a whole project. It needs different scenes, different angles, sometimes a video — and every version has to stay the same object, not a new one each time. This lesson uses Qwen Edit, the Picture Lab model built to change the scene around an object while keeping the object itself intact.

What you'll learn

  • Why most models redraw the object you meant to keep when the background changes
  • How to attach a reference image and switch to Qwen Edit
  • How to write a prompt that separates 'what changes' from 'what stays'
  • Why saving this result matters for the next lesson's start and end frames

Why the object usually drifts

Most models redraw the whole scene when you change the background — including the object meant to stay the same. The label shifts, the color drifts, small details disappear. If the object itself has to survive the change, that's a different job: this is what Qwen Edit is built for.

Attach the reference and switch models

Open the model selector and switch to Qwen Edit. Click References in the prompt bar and attach the image you want to carry forward — in this lesson, an earlier can shot from Picture Lab.

Write the prompt: keep the vibe, change the scene

Describe the new scene, then say plainly what has to stay untouched.

Try this prompt

Place the can on a surfboard on a different stretch of sunny beach, with a surfer in the background glancing at it. Keep the hot summer vacation light. Keep the can exactly as it looks in the reference — same shape, same colors, same label text.

Naming what should stay untouched is as important as describing what should change.

Generate and save the frame

Click Generate. The result carries the same can into a new scene. Add it to favorites — the next lesson uses a frame like this as the end frame of a video, and starting and ending a generation on the same unchanged object is what keeps it from drifting mid-clip.

One reference, many scenes

Repeat the same reference with a different prompt to place the object in another scene entirely. The object stays exactly itself the whole way through.