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Getting started illustration

Getting started

Make your first image and find your way around the workspace.

Make your first image

Open the AI Image Generator and type a short prompt that names the subject, the setting and the style - For example, “a red fox in fresh snow at golden hour, photographic.” Pick an aspect ratio for where the image will go, then select generate. Your first result appears in seconds and is saved to your gallery automatically.

Not sure where to begin? Tap one of the recommended examples on the workspace: each one loads a complete, working prompt and pre-selects the style and settings used to make it, so you can generate immediately and then tweak.

Choose Lite or Advanced

Lite mode keeps things simple: pick an aspect ratio and how many images you want. Advanced mode adds a quality tier (Standard, High or Ultra) and a negative-prompt field for listing things to avoid. Higher quality tiers do more work - High adds an enhancement pass and Ultra also upscales - So they cost more credits but return sharper, larger images.

Improve and edit a result

Every result can flow straight into a tool. Send it to the Upscaler for a larger, print-ready version, the Enhancer for more clarity, or the Background Remover for a clean transparent cutout. You can also resize, compress, crop, expand the canvas, or convert it to another format - All from the More tools area, and all saved back to your files.

Save, reuse and organise

Your AI creations live in the Gallery, while edited and converted files live under Files. Both keep the prompt and settings you used, so you can copy a prompt, reuse it, or send an older image back into a tool. On the free plan, files are removed after 24 hours; paid plans keep them for the long term.

A worked first prompt

Say you want a hero image for a coffee article. Start with the subject - 'a flat white coffee on a cafe table'. Add a setting and light - 'by a sunny window, soft morning light'. Add a style and finish - 'warm photographic look, shallow depth of field, sharp focus'. Put together: 'A flat white coffee on a cafe table by a sunny window, soft morning light, warm photographic look, shallow depth of field, sharp focus.' That single, specific sentence will beat 'coffee photo' every time.

If the first result is close but not perfect, change one thing - Swap 'sunny' for 'moody', or add 'overhead view' - And generate again rather than rewriting the whole prompt.

Find your way around

New starts a fresh generation, Gallery holds your AI creations, Files holds edited and converted outputs, and More tools opens the full editing set. Your credit balance and reset date sit at the top, and Recent in the sidebar lists your latest work with a one-click trash to clear it all.

Common questions

Do I need an account to generate images?
Yes - Generating, editing and saving all happen inside your img.now workspace, so you sign up first. The free plan lets you try it with a monthly pool of credits.
Why is my free generation slow?
Free generations are queued behind Pro and Max members and take at least 40 seconds. Upgrading gives your generations priority so they finish in a few seconds.

Try it in the workspace

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