How to Use Muse Image: Step-by-Step Tutorial and Prompts

Muse Image works through Meta AI and supported experiences in Instagram and WhatsApp. The exact buttons can differ by country and app version, but the creative workflow is consistent: start a conversation, describe the result, add a photo when needed, and refine the image in follow-up messages.

Step 1: Open Meta AI

Open Meta AI or the Meta AI app and start a new conversation. If Muse Image is available for your account, ask for an image directly in the chat.

You may also see Muse-powered effects in Instagram Stories or image generation inside a Meta AI chat on WhatsApp. Meta describes those rollouts as location-dependent.

Step 2: Start with a clear request

Use natural language. A useful first prompt includes:

• the subject;
• the setting;
• the desired style;
• the important action or composition;
• any exact short text that must appear;
• what should not change.

Example:

Create a colorful dinosaur birthday invitation for Sarah's seventh birthday. Use friendly watercolor dinosaurs, balloons, and confetti. Keep the headline readable: "ROAR! You're Invited!" Use a vertical poster layout.

For a room edit:

Restyle this room in a warm Japandi direction. Keep the windows, flooring, and camera angle unchanged. Add light oak furniture, linen textures, soft indirect lighting, and practical storage.

Step 3: Add an image when the task is an edit

Upload a photo when you want to remove an object, change a style, combine references, or visualize a room redesign. Tell Muse Image what must remain unchanged.

The more precise the invariant, the easier the result is to judge:

Remove the person in the background. Keep the main subject, face, clothing, framing, and lighting unchanged.

Step 4: Use presets for fast exploration

Meta says Muse Image includes suggested presets. Launch examples include restoring an old family photo, trying hairstyles, creating a claymation character, and turning a person into a 16-bit game character.

Presets are useful for direction, but a custom follow-up prompt is still the best way to fix composition, color, or unwanted details.

Step 5: Refine instead of restarting

Continue in the same conversation. Ask for one focused change at a time:

• make the text larger;
• keep the face closer to the reference;
• remove one object;
• change only the lighting;
• preserve the layout but switch the visual style;
• create a square or vertical version.

On supported surfaces, Meta says you can use a markup tool to circle, sketch, or annotate the exact area you want changed.

Step 6: Download or share

Meta's launch material says creations can be downloaded or shared to a chat, Story, or feed. Review the final image closely before publishing, especially faces, hands, brand marks, QR codes, and small text.

Prompt ideas

Instagram Story

Create a vertical editorial Story image for a summer block party. Warm 35mm film look, natural motion blur, readable headline "SATURDAY IN BROOKLYN", no extra text.

WhatsApp invitation

Design a square dinner invitation with a hand-painted Mediterranean table, navy and coral accents, and readable text "DINNER AT 8".

Photo cleanup

Remove the photobomber behind the main subject. Reconstruct the background naturally and keep every other detail unchanged.

Product concept

Create a clean product concept for a reusable water bottle on a white studio background. Add the readable label "NORTH" in black sans-serif type.

Current privacy note

Do not follow tutorials that tell you to @-mention public Instagram accounts inside an image prompt. Meta removed that capability on July 10, 2026 after feedback about consent and reuse of public photos.

Sources

• Meta Newsroom: Introducing Muse Image
• Meta AI
• Meta's Instagram Stories effects announcement