Design From a Reference Image
Point the campaign image panel at an image you already like, describe the direction in your own words, and get alternatives that rebuild that design language with your content instead of dropping it into a fixed template.
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Why you need this
How it changes your marketing workflow
Template-based post images all end up looking like the template. When you have a reference you actually like — a past post that performed, a layout from your brand kit — the useful move is to borrow its design language, not to fill in its blanks. Reading the reference back before designing anything means the output inherits the layout, type scale and surface treatment rather than pasting your text into someone else's frame.
How it works
From open to result in a few steps
Pick a reference from your asset library
The campaign image panel takes any image already in your library as the design reference for this piece.
Say what you want in your own words
Add a direction in plain language. The same field also sets the size — make it a story, og:image, or 1080x1080.
The reference is read back first
Its layout, type scale and surface treatment are analysed before anything is designed, so the alternatives share a design language rather than a template.
The lead image is rendered and corrected
The chosen image is rendered and corrected before it is saved, so what lands in the campaign is the finished version.
Without 1MarketingTool
The old, fragmented way vs. one local app
The hard way
The 1MarketingTool way
Key capabilities
Everything included with Design From a Reference Image
Why it matters
The payoff of having content machine built into your workspace
Your look, not the template's
Output inherits a reference you chose, so post images stay recognisably yours across a campaign.
Direction in words, not settings
Describing what you want is faster than hunting the control that produces it.
Sized right the first time
Asking for a story or an og:image gets the right dimensions without a second pass.
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