Call a reference with @

A reference only works once it’s called. You call it where the image is described, in “What the image shows,” with @. That way the text and what goes to the model can never contradict each other: you can’t write “the baker” while attaching somebody else.

Before you start

You need a reference saved in the project’s library — see create a reference from photos. A draft doesn’t show up in the picker yet.

Step by step

1. Type @ in the description

   A slide’s “Image” panel, a moment’s “Background photo” or a text post’s image: in “What the image shows,” type @. The picker opens on “In this post” — the post’s references — then “Library,” and “Create a reference…” at the very bottom. Each row shows the type, the handle and what it will attach: “sheet” or “photo.” Letters typed after @ filter the list; ↑ ↓ to choose, ↵ to confirm.

2. Write around it

   The reference becomes an unbreakable chip, with its thumbnail and its name: “@bastien takes the loaves out of the oven, low early-morning light.” Describe the scene, the gesture, the framing — not what the subject looks like: its sheet and its profile take care of that.

3. Check the recipe

   The recipe’s “References” row shows the chips in the order of the text, and its “+” adds a mention at the end of the description. At the top of the recipe: the number of attached images and what they add.

4. Generate

   “Generate image” or “New version”: each sheet goes out with the image, then the series anchor, and each reference’s profile goes into the prompt. The version keeps a record of who was used.

Three at most per image

Beyond three references, the subjects blend together — and every attached image costs something. Once three are in the description, the picker warns you: “Three references at most per image: a fourth would send nothing.” If a fourth gets written anyway, its chip flags it, and so does the recipe — “Three references at most per image: beyond that, the subjects blend together” — and nothing is attached for it.

What it costs

A “Photos only” reference attaches its photo as is, slightly cheaper than a sheet. And the starred photo, if you attach it on top of the sheet, counts as one more image.

“In this post”

A post has its cast: the references that appear in it, six at most. You pick it in “New post,” at the brief step — “Who appears?” — and change it in the “Post” tab, “Post images” section, under “In this post.” A reference called in an image joins it on its own; removing the mention doesn’t take it out.

It’s also what the AI reads: “The assistant and image generation use them to write the descriptions.” When it writes a post, turns a text into slides, writes an animation or answers in the editor’s assistant, it writes the @handles itself in the descriptions of the images where the subject appears, three at most, without describing what it looks like. In the assistant, a handle that matches no reference, or a fourth one, is refused.

When a chip is struck through

A struck-through chip no longer sends anything. Either no reference has that handle, or the reference was archived: “Removed from the library: nothing is attached for it.” “Replace,” next to it, reopens the picker in its place. And if a reference’s handle is renamed, the descriptions of unpublished posts follow on their own.

What’s next

An image with a reference is reworked like any other: image versions, comparing and retouching. And for the light to carry from one slide to the next, that’s the series.