> ## Documentation Index
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# Effects

> Replicate the visual effects from a reference image — lighting, atmosphere, texture overlays, and more.

**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.

## 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.

## How to use Effects

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Add References">
    In the image generation panel, click **Add References** to open the references modal.

    <Frame>
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/imagineart/_656bIJp9knrOPNo/images/Add-references-2.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=_656bIJp9knrOPNo&q=85&s=5c0909bc18e4180ead0a2f03a2d0bfb8" alt="Add References 2" width="1462" height="214" data-path="images/Add-references-2.png" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Select Effects">
    Choose the **Effects** tab from the six available reference types.

    <Frame>
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/imagineart/0SJCFBiH-iFVE-gD/images/Screenshot-2026-05-07-at-1.10.37-PM.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=0SJCFBiH-iFVE-gD&q=85&s=df15444d62697f88ba63ecc5d36f325e" alt="Screenshot 2026 05 07 At 1 10 37 PM" width="1728" height="1148" data-path="images/Screenshot-2026-05-07-at-1.10.37-PM.png" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose an effect">
    Browse and select from the available effects.
  </Step>

  <Step title="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.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## 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.