How Do I Regenerate an Illustration?

What is Illustration Regeneration?

If you're not happy with a particular illustration in your story, you can regenerate it. This creates a brand new illustration for that specific page while keeping the rest of your story unchanged.

Guidance: Quick Edit or Recreate

When you regenerate an illustration, a dialog asks for Guidance — a short description of what you'd like changed. What happens next depends on what you ask for:

• Leave it blank for a fresh full regeneration — a completely new illustration based on the story text and character references, with no influence from the current image. Best when the current illustration doesn't match the story at all, or you want a different composition.
• Describe a small tweak (e.g., "make the sky brighter," "add more flowers") and Lullaby applies it as a quick edit, keeping the current composition, pose, and setting.
• Describe a bigger change and Lullaby asks "Recreate this illustration?" — it explains that the change is too big for a small edit and will rebuild the illustration from scratch, so the composition and layout may change.

How to Regenerate an Illustration

1. Open your story — Go to the story you want to change from "My Storybooks."
2. Enter Edit Mode — Tap the Edit button in the toolbar at the top of your story. The regenerate button only appears in Edit Mode.
3. Tap "Try Again" — You'll see a Try Again button on each illustration. Tap it on the page you want to regenerate.
4. Add guidance (optional) — A dialog will appear where you can describe what you'd like changed. Leave it blank for a fresh take, or describe a tweak for a quick edit. If your guidance describes a bigger change, you'll be asked to confirm recreating the illustration from scratch.
5. Wait for generation — A new illustration will be created in about 30-60 seconds.
6. Review the result — If you're happy, great! If not, you can regenerate again. Tap Done Editing when you're finished.

Tips for Better Results

• Regenerate individual pages — You don't need to recreate the entire story. Just regenerate the pages that don't look right.
• Try multiple times — Each regeneration produces a unique result. If the first one isn't perfect, try again.
• Check character likeness — Make sure the regenerated illustration still looks like your child.

When to Regenerate vs. Create a New Story

• Regenerate when most of the story looks great and only 1-2 illustrations need improvement.
• Create a new story when you want a completely different art style, story direction, or character appearance.

See also: Learn how to edit your story text after generation, get tips on uploading better character photos for more accurate illustrations, or add a character by description if you don't have a photo.

See also: Make your regenerations go further if you're watching your balance, or edit items and settings to change how something looks on every page at once.