While creating your book, you can manually add custom characters directly into your story. This allows you to create unique characters on the fly, customize their details, and keep them saved for future books.
In the Create Your Characters and Cover step, Scrively gives you the option to manually add your own characters. To begin, click “Add a Character.”
Select "Add Manually."
Add your character's name.
You can either manually enter a character description or click “AI Suggest” to let Scrively generate one for you.
A character type will be automatically set based on the provided name or image which can be adjusted.
Upload the character's photo.
Use the crop image tool to determine what part of the image to focus on.
If needed zoom in/out of the image.
When you're ready click on "Save."
Select who's in the image to help us tailor your experience.
Click on "Drawing Style."
Browser through the available categories.
Hover over the drawing style to reveal and click on the enlarge tool.
Once selected, you’ll see a full-size preview of the drawing style.
Click on "Continue."
If you only want to change the drawing style of the character click on "Apply Style."
⚠️ When you change an uploaded character's style, that style will be preserved when the character is added to a book, even if the book uses a different style. If you want the character to match the book's style, do not modify the character style here.
The styles available to you will be based on your plan level. The Starter plan includes one style. One-time purchases include one style in each category. The Plus plan includes three styles per category, while the Pro plan unlocks all styles.
Optional: Toggle on the option to change the character's appearance.
Add the details for the change you would like Scrively to apply.
Click on "Apply."
Give Scrively a few moments to process the change.
The requested edit will be applied to the character.
Not happy with the edit? Click on "Undo."
Optional: Click “Save to My Characters for Future Use” to add this character to your character library.
Click on "Add Character."
Congratulations! Your character has been created and will now appear in your characters list.
Hover over the character's image to see it in full view.
Not happy with how the character turned out and want to try another image? Click on “Edit character.”
Hover over the character's image then click on "Replace photo" to select the new image.
⚠️ Each character includes 2 free replacement or regeneration credits. If additional regenerations are needed, you can purchase a Magic Brush regeneration pack.
To view available packs and pricing, select the "Magic Brush" button located at the bottom right of the app.
The Magic Brush regeneration packs will be displayed along with pricing.
