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Effects lets you capture and transfer the visual treatment of a reference image into your generation. This goes beyond overall style or color — it isolates the specific effects layered onto an image, such as light leaks, film grain, lens blur, atmospheric haze, glow, or other post-processing treatments, and applies them to your output.

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What Effects does

When you upload a reference image, ImagineArt analyzes the visual effects and treatments applied to it — the way light interacts with the scene, the texture overlays, the depth-of-field characteristics, and any stylistic post-processing. These qualities are then applied to the image your prompt generates, giving your output a treated, finished look without any manual editing. This is valuable when you have a specific “finished” look in mind and want to apply it consistently — for example, matching the cinematic grade of a film still, replicating the grain and fading of an analog photograph, or carrying a specific glow or atmospheric haze across a set of images.

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How to use Effects

1

Open Add References

In the image generation panel, click Add References to open the references modal.
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2

Select Effects

Choose the Effects tab from the six available reference types.
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3

Choose an effect

Browse and select from the available effects.
4

Generate

Describe the scene or subject you want to generate. Click Create. The AI will generate your described scene with the visual effects from your reference applied.

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Tips for better results

  • Combine Effects with Style — Effects handles the treatment layer; Style handles the overall aesthetic. Together they give you comprehensive visual control.