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Image Tools

Wonderthrough’s image tools help you generate, organize, and reuse project imagery without treating images as separate from the writing itself. The two main surfaces are Image Composer and the Image Archive.

What are the image tools for?

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Use the image tools when a character, place, scene, or arc would benefit from visual reference. Some writers use them for inspiration, some for consistency, and some for keeping a visual record of the project as it grows.

The goal is not to replace the manuscript. It is to give your project a visual layer that can support memory, tone, and continuity.

What is Image Composer?

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Image Composer is the guided generation flow. It walks you through the prompt-building steps and helps you shape the image before you generate it.

In practice, that usually means:

  • choosing the character or location the image is for
  • setting the framing and composition
  • choosing style, lighting, and influences
  • reviewing the final setup before generation

If you are starting from a person or location, Composer can pull in project context so you are not building the whole prompt from scratch.

What is the Image Archive?

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The Image Archive is the library view for images that already exist in the project. It lets you browse images by World or Book scope instead of treating every image as an isolated file.

In general:

  • World scope is better for entity-centered images such as characters and locations
  • Book scope is better for manuscript-centered images such as scene illustrations and arc-related imagery

Use the archive when you want to review what already exists, compare images, or return to a visual thread later.

When should I generate an image?

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Generate an image when a visual reference will help you make better writing decisions or keep a detail stable across the project.

Good times to use it include:

  • clarifying how a character, place, or object should feel
  • locking in a tone or visual direction
  • giving yourself a consistent reference before writing more scenes
  • capturing the feel of a scene or arc for later recall

If the image is not going to help you write, revise, or remember the project better, you may not need one yet.

How do images connect to the rest of the project?

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Images can belong to the world side of the project or the book side of the project. That means they are not just loose attachments: they can live near the character, location, scene, or arc they are meant to support.

This is why the image tools work best when the project already has some structure. The more clearly Wonderthrough knows what the image is for, the easier it is to keep that image useful later.

Should I use images as final canon?

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Usually no. Images are best treated as strong reference material, not as absolute law.

They can help stabilize a feeling, silhouette, relationship, or atmosphere, but the manuscript still outranks the image if the two ever disagree. The writing is the canonical source.

What if I want to organize images later?

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That is normal. Many projects start by generating a few useful reference images, then only later use the archive more deliberately.

You do not need a perfect image system on day one. Start by generating images that genuinely help, then use the archive once the project has enough visual material to browse meaningfully.

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