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# Edit Text in Images

> Detect text in any image and change the wording while preserving the original style.

Edit Text in Images detects all text in an image, lets you change the wording, and regenerates the image with your new text while keeping the original fonts, colors, and layout intact. Use this for updating text on product mockups, marketing graphics, menus, signage, or any image that contains text you want to change.

## How to edit text

<Steps>
  <Step title="Select an image on the canvas">
    Click on an image that contains text. The selection toolbar appears.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Click Text Edit">
    Click **Text Edit** in the toolbar. The system scans the image and detects all text regions with bounding boxes.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Modify the text">
    Each detected text region appears as an editable field. Change the text in any field. You can edit one or multiple regions at once.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Click Apply">
    The AI regenerates the image with your text changes while preserving everything else: fonts, colors, layout, and non-text elements.
  </Step>
</Steps>

A new image with the updated text appears on the canvas. The original is preserved.

## Example use cases

<Prompt description="Update a menu image with new prices" actions={["copy"]}>
  I have a menu graphic for The Green Table. Use Text Edit to change the price of "Grain Bowl" from "$14" to "$16" and change "Soup of the Day" to "Seasonal Soup".
</Prompt>

<Prompt description="Fix a typo on a promotional banner" actions={["copy"]}>
  This promotional banner says "Grand Openning" - use Text Edit to fix it to "Grand Opening".
</Prompt>

<Prompt description="Update a social media graphic with new stats" actions={["copy"]}>
  On this quarterly results graphic, change "280 Leads" to "340 Leads" and change "$58 CPL" to "$52 CPL". Keep everything else the same.
</Prompt>

<Tip>
  Text Edit on the canvas uses fewer credits than asking the agent to regenerate the entire image. For small text changes, always use the canvas tool.
</Tip>

## What you cannot do

* You cannot change the font or font size. The AI matches the original style.
* You cannot add new text where none exists. You can only modify text that was detected.
* You cannot edit text in videos. This tool works on images only.
* You cannot reliably detect handwritten text. The detection is optimized for printed text.

## Next steps

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Mark & Edit" icon="pen-to-square" href="/mark-and-edit">
    Edit specific regions of an image with drawn selections and per-region instructions.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Remove Background" icon="image" href="/remove-background">
    Strip the background from your image.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>