The prompt pattern that stops AI image editors from changing everything when you only wanted to edit one thing
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Sharing a pattern that's saved me a ton of re-rolls. When you edit an AI image ("change the jacket to blue"), models like GPT Image re-render the whole frame, so you get a new face, background and lighting too. The fix is to stop treating it as "change X" and start treating it as "change X, and her…
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- 2026-09-17 10:31 · r/PromptEngineering
The prompt pattern that stops AI image editors from changing everything when you only wanted to edit one thing