GPT Image 2 editing playbook: Style transfer to relighting

Editing is risk management: define what cannot move, then touch only the single variable in play. Here are mission-critical GPT Image 2 edit recipes.

Series：(I) Model selection & parameters · (II) Prompt basics · (III) Advanced prompt techniques · (IV) Generation use cases · (VI) Character consistency

Master switch

Lock invariants → change intentionally → narrate preserves every iteration.

Keep repeating “Only change X; otherwise identical.”

5.1 Style transfer

Goal: echo reference palette/stroke yet swap storytelling content.

Declare which motifs stay stylistic versus narrative, plus hard clamps (backdrop, silhouette, forbidden props).

5.2 Virtual try-on

Locks: likeness, physique, hairstyle, stance, gesture—only textiles move. Demand cloth physics respecting occlusions/light.

5.3 Sketch → rendered concept

Maintain linework proportions; lavish materials/light/environment—no rogue assets or captions.

5.4 Product extraction / mock-ready passes

Stress crisp clipping paths, halo-free rims, readable micro-copy. Transparency? start from an even matte field.

5.5 Hero art with verbatim copy

Paste final copy verbatim, describe typographic ladders + contrast tiers. Correct tyros surgically, not wholesale.

5.6 Lighting & meteorology

Only relight/atmosphere/precipitation—identity, framing, placements stay glued so it reads as one continuous capture.

5.7 Object removal

Ultra-short recipe: “Remove X—touch nothing else.” Edge-case: raise fidelity near faces/logos bordering the deletion.

5.8 Multi-plate composites

Declare transplant source/target, forbid collateral edits, synchronize perspective + shadow families.

6.1 Interior swap

Surgery mode: freeze camera height, bounced light cues, grounding shadows—e.g., swap molded plastic stool for machined oak planks.

6.2 3D pop-up greeting card

Celebrate fiber direction, laminated lifts, buttery studio bounce—sell it as a photographed tabletop prop, not a flat vector poster.

Whenever you “dock A inside B”, “exchange X for Y”, or “erase clutter”, obsess over what must endure louder than the delta.