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iPad User Guide

Use Image Wand with Apple Intelligence on iPad

With Apple Intelligence,* you can use Image Wand in the Notes app to create images based on rough sketches you create. You can also select empty space to create an image based on words and images from the surrounding area.

Note: Apple Intelligence is not available on all iPad models or in all languages or regions.** To access the most recent available features, make sure you’re using the latest version of iPadOS and have Apple Intelligence turned on.

Create an image from a rough sketch

  1. Go to the Notes app 👁 Image
    on your iPad.

  2. Open an existing note or tap 👁 the New Board button
    to start a new note.

  3. Tap 👁 the Handwriting Tools button
    ,     then create a sketch using your finger or Apple Pencil.

  4. Tap the Image Wand button, circle your sketch, enter a description, then tap 👁 the Send button
    .

  5. Swipe through the created images to find one you like.

  6. Tap Style to choose a different style—Animation, Illustration, or Sketch.

To refine your image, tap a description, then edit it. To save it, tap 👁 the Done button
.

Create an image from surrounding content

Apple Intelligence can create images based on the words and images around it.

  1. Go to the Notes app 👁 Image
    on your iPad.

  2. Open a note, tap 👁 the Handwriting Tools button
    ,     then tap the Image Wand button.

  3. Circle an area near the content you want to illustrate.

Re-create an existing image

When you create an image with Image Playground, all the elements used to create it are saved—sketches, descriptions, characters, and people. You can modify, add, or subtract elements in an existing created image.

  1. Tap a created image.

  2. Tap 👁 the Image Playground button
    .

    The image shows the elements used to create it.

  3. Do any of the following:

  4. When you’re finished, tap Done.

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