Change the season of a photo with AI

Your summer photo turns into autumn with fallen leaves and a russet hedge, then into winter under snow, while the house stays the same. Workflow visible here, no account needed.

The starting photo in summer: a house with orange clay tiles seen from the garden, green lawn, a lavender hedge and an oleander, blue sky with cloudsInteractive demo

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Real workflow: a house with orange clay tiles seen from the garden in summer, then the same house in autumn, with a red hedge and leaves on the lawn, and in winter under a thick layer of snow.

At a glance

You provide
1 photo · a text or a brief
What the workflow produces
2 images in 4:3
Canvas structure
6 nodes wired by 4 connections
Models wired in
Flux Kontext
Cost of one full run
about 12 credits, roughly $0.14
Account
The demo is visible without an account; generating requires a free account, trial credits included

You have a great photo of the house, the holiday cottage or the garden, but it was taken in July and what you need to show is winter. Waiting for snow to retake the same shot means waiting a year. This workflow takes your photo and turns it into autumn, then winter, with the same building and the same framing.

What makes it hard is that everything shifts at once: foliage, ground, sky, light. An image model left to itself redraws the house along the way. The prompt lists what the season changes and what it doesn't. Flux Kontext edits the photo rather than remaking it: winter is spot on, autumn added a tree.

To take the same photo from day to night, see the day to night tool; to replace just a grey sky, the sky replacement. Both seasons cost twelve credits.

Actual renders from the demo

These are the files of the workflow above, exactly as the models produced them, unretouched. The starting point is shown when there is one.

Starting point

Your photo

Render

The same house in autumn, with a red hedge, fallen leaves on the lawn and golden lightGenerated with Flux Kontext
The same house in winter, roof, lawn and shrubs under a thick layer of snow, pale grey skyGenerated with Flux Kontext

Who it is for

Holiday let owners, families making a Christmas card, garden designers, bloggers and estate agents.

Which files to provide

A well-lit photo, ideally from summer, and the season you want with its signs: leaves, snow, sky, light.

How it works

  1. 1

    Pick a summer photo

    Well lit, with plants, roof and ground visible. That is where the season shows.

  2. 2

    Describe the season

    Leaves on the ground, shrub colours, snow on the roof, sky colour, low or cold light.

  3. 3

    Name what stays

    House, roof, windows, garden layout: list them, or the model may take the chance to redraw them.

  4. 4

    Check against the original

    Put the pictures side by side and look for anything added. In the demo, autumn grew a tree.

Variations and use cases

The same canvas, tuned for different needs: each variation is two or three lines of prompt away.

The year-round holiday let

Every photo in the listing was taken in summer. The owner adds a snowy version for February bookings, clearly marked as an illustration. Guests booking for the ski season get an idea of the place under snow.

The homemade Christmas card

No snow this year, but the family wants their house snowed in on the card. The summer photo turns wintry and goes to the printer in December. Nobody has to stand in the cold waiting for a snowfall.

The garden designer and evergreens

He recommends hedges that keep their leaves. He shows the client their garden in winter so they can see what stays green and what goes bare. It settles the laurel versus beech question quickly.

The travel blog

A blogger shot a village in July. For her piece on Christmas markets, she illustrates the winter mood and says plainly that the picture was edited. The real July shot stays in the summer post.

The camera club calendar

Twelve months, but every club photo was taken in spring. Two pictures turned into autumn and winter fill the gaps, with a note in the caption. Nobody has to go back out with a tripod.

The estate agent's social feed

The agency posts a seasonal shot of its best properties. Autumn leaves or snow on a house already sold give a seasonal post without a new shoot. The house stays exactly as photographed.

Common mistakes

Not checking against the original

In the demo, autumn added a russet tree that does not exist. Always put the two pictures side by side before you publish.

Starting from a dark photo

A grey November shot gives the model little to work with. A bright summer picture makes cleaner seasons.

Forgetting sky and light

Snow under a July blue sky looks wrong. Describe the sky and the light too, not just the ground.

Misleading a guest

An edited picture that shows a property in a way it never looks is a problem in a listing. Label the illustration and keep the real photos next to it.

Frequently asked questions

Does the house change?

No: same roof, same windows, same chimney, same roof window. Plants, ground, sky and light change.

Can I get spring?

Yes: describe blossom on the trees, fresh green grass, young leaves and clear light, in one more node.

Does it work on a landscape with no house?

Yes: a forest, a street, a field. Replace the house with whatever must stay the same, path, rocks, buildings.

How much do the two renders cost?

Twelve credits, six per render on Flux Kontext. Spring on the same photo costs six more.

Why Flux Kontext?

Because it changes what is there instead of rebuilding the picture: the house keeps its windows, roof and chimney, and only the season changes around it.

Why did a tree appear in the autumn version?

The model added russet foliage on its own to push the mood. Add "do not add any trees" to the prompt if it happens to you.

Can I make it snow?

Yes: add "falling snowflakes" to the prompt. For snow that actually falls, send the picture to a video node.

What output format?

The format of your photo, here 4:3. Nothing is cropped.

Change the season of a photo with AI

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