Éphé re-intreprets your photograph like an artist, capturing the feeling of a moment. The brushwork, light, and color can bring out details or textures differently than a straight photograph. That's the beauty of painterly art!
Most of the time that feels magical, but occasionally the process will add, shift, or reinterpret a detail that wasn't in your original image. A flame atop a candle that wasn't originally lit, a background element that drifted, a gesture of a wallpaper pattern rather than a detailed version.
This tends to happen more often when the source photograph is busy, when a face is small or partially turned, or when hands, jewelry, or fine patterns are prominent—those are the hardest details for any painterly process to render perfectly.
The easiest fix is usually to try again:
- Re-generate with a different style or palette. Each re-generate produces a new interpretation, so the detail that went sideways the first time often resolves on the next pass. Use Re-generate with new style on your preview (you'll need to be signed in, and each re-generate uses one Preview Credit). Note: If it doesn't change after a second try, it likely will not change. If this happens, don't waste anymore of your Preview Credits. Instead, try one of the next recommendations.
- Try a simpler framing. If the issue keeps showing up, crop or edit the source photo to simplify the composition—remove background distractions, or tighten in on the main subject—then upload the edited version.
For a full guide on why this happens and what you can do, please read our blog post on fine-tuning your artwork.
If you'd like hands-on help reshaping a piece so the final art matches what you had in mind, the Studio Service is designed for exactly that. Or email us at hello@ephe.art with your preview and we'll take a look.