Quick Edit | Hylope Docs

Quick Edit is an editor that opens over an asset. It is not a Create mode: you change the asset where it is, then save the result as a new version of it or as a separate copy.

To change an image with a full prompt, inputs and model settings, use Image Edit instead.

Open Quick Edit

Lightbox: click Quick Edit in the action bar. On a video it reads Quick Edit (trim & crop).
Gallery: right-click an asset and choose Quick Edit.
Create: click Quick Edit under a result, or on an image loaded in an input card.
Compose and Nodes also open it from an image asset.

The tools sit in a sidebar on the right, in two groups: Edit and AI tools. The options of the selected tool appear in a bar under the image.

Edit tools

Tool	Key	What it does
Select	`V`	Selects and moves the lines and text you added. Delete selected removes them.
Draw	`D`	Draws freehand, with a Color and a Size (S, M or L).
Text	`T`	Click the image to place text, then type.
Crop	`C`	Crops to Original, Free or a named ratio. Apply (`Enter`) or Cancel (`Esc`).
Adjust	`A`	Sliders for brightness, contrast, saturation and temperature. Reset puts them back.

Prefer Original or a named ratio over Free when you crop: a standard ratio keeps the image usable with the image and video models you may send it to later.

AI tools

The AI tools use credits. Generate and Remove show the cost before you run them.

Prompt

Press P, describe the change and click Generate. Pick the model in the bar: ChatGPT Image 2.5 Flare (the default), ChatGPT Image 2.5 Sunburst, Nano Banana 2.1, Nano Banana Pro, Meta Muse or Grok Imagine 2.0. The two ChatGPT models also have a Quality setting: Low, Medium or High.

Each Generate makes a new take from the same starting image. Step through the takes with the arrows at the top of the image, then click Done to keep the one shown, or Cancel to go back to the image as it was.

Remove background

Choose Quick Cutout for a fast result, or BiRefNet Detail for cleaner edges on hair and soft details, then click Remove background.

Select object

Describe what to select, such as “the tiger” or “the red car”. Hylope finds the matching objects: click an object to add it to the selection or take it out, or describe something else to add. Click Done when the selection is right, then choose what to do with it:

Action	What it does
Inpaint	Replaces the selected area with what you describe.
Remove	Erases the object and rebuilds the area behind it. Runs on Meta Muse.
Extract	Saves the object as a new cutout image, linked to this one.

Edit selection goes back to the selection, Clear starts over.

Inpaint

Draw around the area to edit. The Mask switch sets whether you add to the area or take away from it. Click Done, describe what should appear there and click Generate. Inpaint runs on Meta Muse by default, or on ChatGPT Image 2.5 Sunburst. Takes work as in Prompt: Done keeps one, Cancel discards them.

Compare, undo and discard

Compare shows the original next to your edit once you have applied a change.
Undo and Redo step through your changes. Discard drops all unsaved changes; Redo brings them back.
Press F to fit the image back in view after zooming.

Save

Save as v2 (the number follows the asset’s versions) adds your edit as a new version of the asset, in the same gallery card. Press Ctrl/Cmd+S to do the same.

The arrow next to it has Save as separate copy: a new asset, linked to the original, instead of a version.

If you close the editor with unsaved changes, it asks whether to Keep Editing or Discard Changes.

Video

On a video, Quick Edit has two tools:

Tool	Key	What it does
Trim	`T`	Drag the start and end handles. `I` sets the start and `O` the end at the playhead.
Crop	`C`	Crops to a ratio or freely. `Esc` resets a changed crop.

Space plays and pauses. Saving works as for images: a new version, or a separate copy. The trimmed and cropped video is rendered when you save.

All Quick Edit keys are listed in Keyboard shortcuts.