Use this guide when you already have an ad in Riverflow and want to open it, edit it, translate text, or prepare it for download.
Riverflow supports two main kinds of ad editing:
AI edits: Riverflow changes the ad image from a written instruction.Canvas edits: you manually adjust text, logos, images, and layout layers.
Use AI edits when the underlying image needs to change. Use canvas edits when the ad structure, copy, or layout needs manual control.
Creative placeholder: Ads preview showing available actions, Editable Text, Quick Edit, Editor, and download controls.
Open A Finished Ad
After an ad finishes generating, open it from the Ads grid. The preview shows the ad at a larger size and gives you the available actions for that ad.
Use the preview to choose the right next step. For example, you might download the ad, use Quick Edit, make baked text editable, open the ad in Editor, or approve or reject it if your workspace uses approval controls.
Download An Ad
Use Download when the ad is ready to use outside Riverflow.
Before downloading, check the final image at the size and aspect ratio you need. If the ad contains text, zoom in and check spelling, line breaks, and edge spacing.
Creative placeholder: ad context menu or preview action showing Download.
AI Edits
Use AI edits when the visual content of the ad image needs to change.
Good AI edit tasks include:
remove an unwanted object
replace a prop
clean up a product detail
adjust background or lighting
change the aspect ratio
swap a product into the same ad direction
fix product artwork or packaging detail
AI edits create a new result. The original ad remains available
.
Quick Edit
Use Quick Edit when the ad is mostly right and you want Riverflow to change part of the image.
Open the ad.
Choose
Quick Editwhere available.Write a direct visual instruction.
Add reference images if they help explain the change.
Generate.
Open the new result and check whether the edit worked.
Example:
Change only the background to a warm studio wall. Preserve the product, logo, ad copy, typography, text placement, aspect ratio, and overall layout. Do not change any visible text.
If the issue is baked text, use the editable text workflow before trying to repaint the ad with AI.
Masked AI Edits
Use masking when only one part of the ad should change, such as a product area, background mark, prop, or visual defect.
Open the ad.
Choose
Quick Editwhere available.Paint or select the area to change.
Write the edit instruction.
Generate.
Open the output and check whether the masked edit worked.
Masking is useful for local visual edits. It is not the best way to rewrite ad copy. For text changes, use editable text or canvas edits.
Make Ad Text Editable
Some generated or imported ad images contain text that is baked into the image. Where supported, Riverflow can detect text and logo areas, remove the baked-in content, and convert selected areas into editable canvas layers.
Use this when the layout is strong but the copy, language, font, logo, or text position needs to change.
This is also the best workflow for translating image ads.
Translate An Ad With Editable Text
Open the ad image.
Choose
Editable textwhere available.Select
Detect Text & Logos.Check the detected regions.
If Riverflow misses a text area, use
Draw Text Regionto mark it manually.Select the text or logo regions you want to convert.
Replace the detected copy with the translated copy.
Choose the right font or logo where available.
Select
Convert Ad to Layers.Check the converted ad in the canvas editor.
Adjust copy, font, size, colour, position, and line breaks.
Save or download the final ad.
After conversion, check the areas where old text was removed. If the background fill looks wrong, use Quick Edit to clean up the image or generate a fresh ad variation.
Canvas Edits
Use canvas edits when you want direct manual control over the ad layout.
Canvas edits are useful for:
editing copy
moving text
changing font, size, colour, alignment, or styling
adding or replacing a logo
adding or replacing an image layer
cropping or fitting an image layer
moving, resizing, rotating, or adjusting opacity
hiding, locking, duplicating, deleting, or reordering layers
changing canvas width, height, or background colour
saving a new edited ad image
Edit Instant Ads
Instant starts from a pre-made layered canvas template.
Use Instant when you want a fast, controlled ad layout without generating a fully new concept.
Open
Ads.Select
Instant.Browse templates.
Filter by category, subcategory, or aspect ratio where available.
Choose a template.
Replace template images, product assets, logos, and text.
Move, resize, crop, rotate, hide, lock, or reorder layers as needed.
Check the finished design.
Save or download the ad.
Instant is useful when you want to manually swap assets into a known layout. Use Generate when you want Riverflow to create new ad variations from a brief, template, copy, and selected inputs.
Choose The Right Edit Type
Use Quick Edit when the ad image content needs to change.
Use Masked Quick Edit when only one visual area should change.
Use Editable text when baked text or logos need to become editable layers.
Use Canvas edits when copy, layout, logos, or images need manual adjustment.
Use Instant when you want to start from a pre-made canvas template and customise it directly.
Use Generate when you want new ad ideas or variations.
Use Batch only when the same repeatable edit needs to run across many ad images.
Final Checks Before Download
Before downloading, check:
the product is accurate
the logo is correct
translated text has the right meaning
spelling and line breaks are correct
claims, discounts, dates, and disclaimers are accurate
text is readable on mobile
important content is not too close to the edge
converted text layers match the intended design
the final aspect ratio matches the channel