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Qwen Edit by digitalsamba — Agent Skill

Name: Qwen Edit
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: digitalsamba

Qwen Edit

AI image editing prompting patterns for Qwen-Image-Edit. Use when editing photos while preserving identity, reframing cropped images, changing clothing or accessories, adjusting poses, applying style transfers, or character transformations. Provides prompt patterns, parameter tuning, and examples.

digitalsamba Updated Sep 9, 2026

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Qwen-Image-Edit Skill

AI-powered image editing using Qwen-Image-Edit-2511 via RunPod serverless.

Status: Evolving - learnings being captured as we experiment

When to Use This Skill

Use when the user wants to:

Edit/transform photos while preserving identity
Reframe cropped images (fix cut-off heads, etc.)
Change clothing, add accessories
Change pose (arm positions, hand placement)
Apply style transfers (cyberpunk, anime, oil painting)
Adjust lighting/color grading
Add/remove objects
Character transformations (Bond, Neo, etc.)

When NOT to Use

Background replacement (single image) - creates cut-out artifacts, halos
Face swapping - cannot preserve identity from reference
Outpainting - can't extend canvas reliably

Use With Care

Multi-image compositing - CAN work with explicit identity anchors (see examples.md for prompt patterns). Requires describing distinctive features (hair texture/color, ethnicity, outfit) and using guidance ~2.0
Camera angle changes - Inconsistent results. Vertical angles (low/high) work better than rotational (three-quarter view)

Quick Reference

# Basic edit
uv run tools/image_edit.py --input photo.jpg --prompt "Add sunglasses"

# With negative prompt (recommended)
uv run tools/image_edit.py --input photo.jpg \
  --prompt "Reframe as portrait with full head visible" \
  --negative "blur, distortion, artifacts"

# Style transfer
uv run tools/image_edit.py --input photo.jpg --style cyberpunk

# Background (use cautiously - often fails)
uv run tools/image_edit.py --input photo.jpg --background office

# Higher quality
uv run tools/image_edit.py --input photo.jpg --prompt "..." --steps 16 --guidance 3.0

# Multi-image composite (identity-preserving)
uv run tools/image_edit.py --input person.jpg background.jpg \
  --prompt "The [ethnicity] [gender] with [hair description] from first image is now in [scene] from second image. Same [features], [outfit]." \
  --negative "different ethnicity, different hair color, different face shape, generic stock photo" \
  --steps 16 --guidance 2.0

Key Files

prompting.md - Prompt patterns and structure
examples.md - Good/bad examples from experiments
parameters.md - Tuning steps, guidance, negative prompts

Tool Location

tools/image_edit.py - CLI wrapper for RunPod endpoint

Related Docs

docs/qwen-edit-patterns.md - Character transformation patterns
.ai_dev/qwen-edit-research.md - Research notes

---name: qwen-editdescription: AI image editing prompting patterns for Qwen-Image-Edit. Use when editing photos while preserving identity, reframing cropped images, changing clothing or accessories, adjusting poses, applying style transfers, or character transformations. Provides prompt patterns, parameter tuning, and examples.--- # Qwen-Image-Edit Skill AI-powered image editing using Qwen-Image-Edit-2511 via RunPod serverless. **Status:** Evolving - learnings being captured as we experiment ## When to Use This Skill Use when the user wants to: - Edit/transform photos while preserving identity - Reframe cropped images (fix cut-off heads, etc.) - Change clothing, add accessories - Change pose (arm positions, hand placement) - Apply style transfers (cyberpunk, anime, oil painting) - Adjust lighting/color grading - Add/remove objects - Character transformations (Bond, Neo, etc.) ## When NOT to Use - **Background replacement (single image)** - creates cut-out artifacts, halos - **Face swapping** - cannot preserve identity from reference - **Outpainting** - can't extend canvas reliably ## Use With Care - **Multi-image compositing** - CAN work with explicit identity anchors (see examples.md for prompt patterns). Requires describing distinctive features (hair texture/color, ethnicity, outfit) and using guidance ~2.0 - **Camera angle changes** - Inconsistent results. Vertical angles (low/high) work better than rotational (three-quarter view) ## Quick Reference ```bash # Basic edit uv run tools/image_edit.py --input photo.jpg --prompt "Add sunglasses" # With negative prompt (recommended) uv run tools/image_edit.py --input photo.jpg \ --prompt "Reframe as portrait with full head visible" \ --negative "blur, distortion, artifacts" # Style transfer uv run tools/image_edit.py --input photo.jpg --style cyberpunk # Background (use cautiously - often fails) uv run tools/image_edit.py --input photo.jpg --background office # Higher quality uv run tools/image_edit.py --input photo.jpg --prompt "..." --steps 16 --guidance 3.0 # Multi-image composite (identity-preserving) uv run tools/image_edit.py --input person.jpg background.jpg \ --prompt "The [ethnicity] [gender] with [hair description] from first image is now in [scene] from second image. Same [features], [outfit]." \ --negative "different ethnicity, different hair color, different face shape, generic stock photo" \ --steps 16 --guidance 2.0 ``` ## Key Files - `prompting.md` - Prompt patterns and structure - `examples.md` - Good/bad examples from experiments - `parameters.md` - Tuning steps, guidance, negative prompts ## Tool Location `tools/image_edit.py` - CLI wrapper for RunPod endpoint ## Related Docs - `docs/qwen-edit-patterns.md` - Character transformation patterns - `.ai_dev/qwen-edit-research.md` - Research notes

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