Layer turns a plain-language description into production-ready creative — images, video, 3D, and more. This guide walks you through the most important thing first: creating your very first asset. We'll generate an image from a blank chat. It takes about a minute.

💡 New to Layer entirely? You don't need to configure anything before you start. Just describe what you want and Layer handles the rest.

When you open Layer you land on Home, headed "What creative ships next?" The box in the middle is where you describe what you want to create. This is your starting point — no setup required.

Click into the prompt box and type a short description of your asset. Be clear about the subject, style, and framing — but don't worry about perfect wording. Layer's assistant will refine your prompt for you.

For this example we'll use:

A glowing magic potion bottle game icon, fantasy style, vibrant blue liquid, cork stopper, centered on a plain background

💡 The icons in the composer let you attach reference images, add a reference set, or assign the chat to a project. These are all optional — skip them for your first asset.

Press Submit (or hit Enter). Layer opens a chat session and the assistant gets to work: it interprets your request, picks a suitable model and settings, and starts generating.

You'll see it think for a moment, then post a short summary of what it's creating — including the estimated cost and your balance afterward.

💡 No surprise costs. Layer shows the CU cost of every generation up front. Here it's 1.2 CUs for a 1024×1024 image.

✨ Notice the assistant expanded your short prompt into a richer one — adding detail like lighting, composition, and "no text, no watermark." You can view and copy the full prompt from the asset's details (Step 5).

A session has two halves: the chat on the right, and the board (your canvas) on the left, where results appear. Within a few seconds your image renders on the board.

Hover over the asset and click View to open it full-size in the lightbox. Alongside the image you'll see its details — the full prompt, the model used (here FLUX.2 [pro]), the seed, resolution, and file size.

Happy with it but want to take it further? The lightbox's Transform section lets you build on your asset without starting over:

💡 You can also just ask in the chat — try "make the glow warmer" or "give me three variations" — and the assistant will generate updated results in the same session.

When you're ready to use your asset, open the lightbox's Export section:

Download as… opens a dialog where you can pick the file format — PNG, JPEG, or PSD (a layered Photoshop file) — and adjust dimensions before saving.

Choose your format and click Download. Downloads are free — they don't cost CUs.

You've generated, reviewed, and exported your first asset. Every result is saved automatically to your Library, so you can always find it again.