The Canvas is where you take your 2D generations to the next level — editing and building on them with precision. It’s built for hands-on editing and creative control, combining traditional art tools with AI-powered enhancements. Whether you’re sketching a new idea, making detailed changes to a generation, or combining multiple assets, the Canvas gives you a flexible space to work visually, layer by layer.
Just like a familiar image editor, but integrated directly into your AI-powered workflow.
What you can do in Canvas
Use traditional tools with AI generation
Paint, erase, mask, crop, and more — the Canvas includes essential tools like:
Select, Hand, Zoom
Marquee and Lasso
Brush, Shape, and Eraser tools
Masking, Object Selection, and Background Color Fill
Import external images or set a custom background color
Work non-destructively with layers
Use the Layers Panel to keep your edits clean and flexible. Just like Photoshop, each layer can be adjusted independently — making it easy to try new things without losing your work.
Export for post-production
Once your Canvas project is ready, export it as a layered PSD for seamless use in Adobe Photoshop — perfect for final polishing, animation prep, or studio handoff.
Forge directly onto the canvas
Use any selection tool — lasso, marquee, or object select — to define areas for AI to regenerate. Great for making targeted changes to part of your image or adding new details to a specific zone.
Use custom styles + style weight controls
Apply your own trained styles or use default/exploration styles. If supported, adjust Style Weight to control how closely the generation sticks to the style or takes creative liberties.
Adjust and manage generated layers
Once you’ve forged something new, you can adjust its position, size, alignment, or reprocess it using upscale or background removal options — all directly within the Canvas.
When to use it
Canvas is ideal when you’re in the mid-to-late creative phase — refining assets, layering elements, or editing a generation in a targeted, hands-on way. It’s perfect for fine-tuning forged content, cleaning up details, combining multiple pieces into one image, or sketching out a new idea to develop further. Use it when you want full creative control while staying inside Layer’s ecosystem — no need to export to another tool just to make a small change.
UI Overview
Canvas Prompt Box
This prompt box is similar to the prompt box in a 2D session but it’s more focused around processes focused on Canvas creations
 | Style Selection This is where you will access all of your styles you’ve created, all default layer styles and exploration styles. |
 | Style Weight If supported by the style, you’ll be able to adjust the style weight value. Style weight determines how closely the AI model will follow the style. |
 | Prompt Box Here is where you’ll describe the asset you’d like to create. You can upload an image to turn that image into a prompt. |
 | Enhance with AI Using AI, adds additional descriptive wording. This will create more detailed generations, but sometimes adds unnecessary details. |
 | Random Prompt Select the dice icon to create a random prompt - a great way to kick off a creative idea. |
 | Prompt Settings Auto Enhance: You can set the enhancing of the prompt to be. Automatic - Enhance the prompt automatically. On - Always enhance the prompt . Off (Default)
Translate: Prompt in any language with Auto-Translate or specific language. |
 | Transparency Generate your 2D image with transparency. Only available on supported base models. |
 | Batch Size Select how many assets you’d like to generate |
Canvas Toolbar
This is the toolbar with all the essential tools to edit in canvas.
Select (Keyboard Shortcut V)
Hand / Move (Keyboard Shortcut H and Spacebar)
Zoom (Keyboard Shortcut Z)
Object Selection (Keyboard Shortcut W)
Marquee (Keyboard Shortcut M)
Lasso (Keyboard Shortcut L)
Mask (Keyboard Shortcut J)
Brush (Keyboard Shortcut B)
Shape (Keyboard Shortcut U)
Eraser (Keyboard Shortcut E)
Import Image (Keyboard Shortcut O)
Set Background Color (Keyboard Shortcut G)
Crop (Keyboard Shortcut C)
Layers Panel
Just like photoshop, you can use Layers to keep your asset editing organized and allows for non-destructive editing, meaning you can make changes to one layer without affecting others.
Forges
When forging in a canvas session, this is where you’ll find your forged generations
These forges will be from all types of forges (ex: forges with the marquee tool, object selection or lasso tools)
When a Layer is selected, the forge panel will be replaced with the file properties panel, this allows you to do essential functions like:
Alignment
Set the x and y coordinates for the selected layer
Adjust height and width.
Remove background
Upscale
Download
Generation parameters
Export Dropdown
Save asset to Drive
Where is the canvas session saved and stored
Download as PNG
Download as PSD
Export to Drive
Where the canvas session is exported to in Drive
Duplicate Asset