Fixing image errors with annotations

When a generated page is almost right but has specific problems — a character's hair colour is wrong, a hand looks mangled, a background element is off, a typo slipped into a speech bubble — you can circle each issue directly on the page and tell the AI what to fix. This is faster and far more accurate than a full page regeneration because the AI sees exactly where on the page the problem is and exactly what you want changed.

Cost

The first 2 fixes per page are free. After that, each fix costs 25 credits — the same as regenerating the whole page from scratch.

A "full page regeneration" (the regular regen action, not Fix Errors) resets the counter, so if you regenerate the page outright, you get 2 free fixes again on the new image.

How to open Fix Errors

In the issue editor's flipbook viewer, navigate to a generated content page. The ribbon toolbar shows a "Fix Free" button (with a small wrench icon) when:

• The page has been generated (there's an image to fix).
• You have fewer than 2 fixes used on this page.

The button is hidden on covers, on pages that haven't been generated yet, and on pages that have already used both free fixes (use page regeneration instead).

The annotation workflow

When the modal opens, you'll see your generated page in the centre with a pulsing "Drag to circle an issue" hint. Here's the workflow:

1. Circle each issue

Drag anywhere on the page to draw an orange circle around a problem area. As soon as you release the mouse, a numbered orange speech-bubble pops up next to the circle with a small triangular tail pointing back at it. Type your fix into the bubble — the textarea grows as you type, so long descriptions wrap cleanly.

You can draw as many circles as you want. Each gets its own numbered bubble.

2. Reposition or resize

Click an existing circle to select it (it turns magenta). Then:

• Move — drag anywhere inside the selected circle to relocate it.
• Resize — drag any of the eight white handles around its edge.
• Reposition the bubble — drag the bubble itself; the tail re-anchors to the circle's nearest edge.
• Delete — click the small × on the corner of the bubble.

3. Page-level notes (optional)

Some fixes don't apply to a single region — "lighten the overall tone," "the lettering is inconsistent across panels," "swap the color palette." For those, click the "+ Notes for the whole page" pill at the bottom-left of the modal. A small textarea expands; type up to 600 characters. The AI treats this as guidance for the entire page rather than a specific region.

4. Send for fixing

When every circled annotation has a note, the Send for fixing button at the bottom-right enables. Click it. The modal closes, the page re-generates with your fixes applied, and your fix count for that page goes up by one.

If any annotation is missing a note (or you have no annotations and no page note), the button stays disabled and a tooltip explains why. Empty bubbles get a dashed red outline so you can see at a glance which one is blocking submit.

How the AI uses your annotations

When you submit, the AI receives three classes of input:

1. The clean current page — the page as it stands now, with errors.
2. The same page with your annotations overlaid — orange circles, numbered orange bubbles, and triangle tails. The prompt tells the AI these marks are spec-only and not to redraw them; they're just pointing at what to fix.
3. All your character references — every named character on the page, with their name burned into the bottom of each reference image so the AI can match name→face unambiguously.

Plus your full text instructions, composed automatically from your numbered notes and the optional page-level note.

The AI is told to keep everything except the called-out fixes identical to the clean page — same panel layout, same composition, same character poses, same backgrounds, same dialogue. Only the marked issues change.

Cross-panel consistency

If your fix describes a property of a character (hair colour, costume, age, body proportions, accessories) or a recurring object (a sword, a logo on a banner), the AI applies that fix to every panel where the same character or object appears — not just the panel you annotated.

Example: if Sherlock has the wrong hair colour and he's in panels 1, 2, 3, and 4, you only need to circle him in one panel and write "make Sherlock's hair white." All four panels will come back with white hair.

Panel-local fixes (a typo in panel 2's dialogue, a background element in panel 3, the framing of one specific shot) stay confined to the annotated panel. The AI uses judgement based on what your note describes.

Tips for better fixes

• Be specific. "Make the hair lighter" is vague; "make the hair platinum white" is specific. Same for poses, colors, expressions.
• One issue per circle. Don't wrap one giant circle around three problems. Draw three circles, one per issue, with three separate notes.
• Use the page-level note for global concerns. Tone, lighting, color palette, lettering style — anything that affects the whole page rather than one region.
• Don't over-circle. If everything on the page is wrong, just regenerate the whole page (use the regular regenerate action, not Fix Errors).
• Resize the circle to fit the issue. A tight circle around just the offending hand works better than a loose oval over half the panel.

When Fix Errors isn't the right tool

Fix Errors is for targeted fixes on a page that's mostly good. It is not the right tool when:

• The whole composition is wrong. Use page regeneration instead — it generates a fresh page from scratch using your current synopsis and panel descriptions.
• The character's defining traits are wrong. Fix the character's avatar first (free), then regenerate the page.
• The script is wrong. Edit the panel's dialogue or description first, then regenerate. Fix Errors works on the existing image; if the underlying script is bad, you'll just iterate in circles.
• Multiple major errors. If you'd need 6+ circles, the page is probably too far off — full regeneration is faster.

Failed fixes and refunds

A fix-errors run is a generation job, just like any other. If the AI returns an error, the credit deduction (or the free-fix-count increment) is rolled back automatically — you can try again without penalty. See failed generations and refunds.

Related

• Regenerating images when something looks wrong — full page or panel regeneration, which is the right tool when the whole page is off.
• Defining characters — fix character definitions first, then regenerate, when the character keeps coming out wrong.
• Editing dialogue and narration — for typos in speech bubbles, edit the script and regenerate rather than annotating.

Updated on: 04/05/2026