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# Save to Element

> Save generated images into a reusable Element in your library, and pass it on for immediate use.

The Save to Element node turns a run's images into a reusable [Element](/nodes/input/element) at execution time, as part of the flow. Feed it a photo and its generated variations, and it writes them into your library, then emits the saved element so downstream nodes can reference it in the same run.

Because it runs with the flow, the capture is repeatable: re-running the agent keeps the element up to date, and published apps can build elements from their users' uploads automatically.

## When to use

* Turn a photo plus generated variations into a reusable character
* Keep a product's best generated views together as one element
* Build elements automatically from app-mode user uploads

Common pattern: `upload_image → edit_image → save_to_element → generate_image`.

## Inputs

<ParamField body="Images" type="image" required>
  The images to save. Connect as many as you like: the original photo and any
  generated variations.
</ParamField>

## Outputs

<ParamField body="Element" type="element">
  The saved element, ready to wire into generation nodes.
</ParamField>

## Configuration

<ParamField body="Mode" type="select" default="Create new">
  **Create new** makes a fresh element from this run's images. **Update
  existing** writes into an element you pick from your library.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="Name / Subject type / Description" type="text">
  Create mode: how the new element appears in your library. Subject type is
  one of character, product, object, scene, or style.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="Existing images" type="select" default="Keep & append">
  Update mode: **Keep & append** adds this run's images to the element's
  gallery (already-present images are not duplicated); **Replace** overwrites
  the gallery with this run's images.
</ParamField>

<Note>
  Only elements in your own workspace can be updated; curated library
  elements are read-only. If no images reach the node, nothing is saved and
  downstream nodes skip.
</Note>