If you've used Layer before, welcome to the new agentic app — it works differently from the version you knew. The short version: instead of picking a tool and driving every step yourself, you now describe what you want and a creative Agent does the heavy lifting alongside you. Here's what changed, why, and how your old habits map across.

💡 The legacy app is still available — for now — at legacy.app.layer.ai. We're keeping it around during the transition, so you can head back if you need to. But the new app is where Layer is going, so it's worth getting comfortable here.

Legacy Layer was a powerful creative toolbox. From the home screen you picked the tool for the job — 2D, 3D, Video, Refine, Edit, Realtime, Canvas, or Workflows — then chose a model, set your parameters, and generated. It gave you fine-grained control, but you drove every step and moved between separate tools.

The new app is agent-first. You start by describing what you want in plain language, and the Agent works out the how — choosing the model, writing the detailed prompt, generating, and refining with you. It all happens in one place: a conversation paired with a visual board.

Before: pick a model, tune parameters, craft the perfect prompt.
​ Now: describe the outcome — the Agent handles model choice and prompt craft (you can still get specific when you want control).
​ Why: it lowers the barrier and lets you focus on creative intent instead of settings.

Before: separate tools and screens for generating, editing, refining, and arranging.
​ Now: a single session — chat on one side, a board (canvas) on the other — where you generate, iterate, compare, and organize without switching tools.
​ Why: less context-switching; your conversation and your results stay together.

Before: each generation started from scratch.
​ Now: the Agent keeps the context of your session — plus your workspace and project settings — so it builds on what came before instead of making you re-explain.
​ Why: continuity across a whole piece of work.

Before: assets piled up in your Drive.
​ Now: group related chats and assets into Projects for a character, a campaign, or a deliverable. (Everything you make still lives in the Library — the evolution of Drive.)
​ Why: real work spans many generations, and Projects give it a home.

The new app leans into the creative game teams actually ship — especially user-acquisition (UA) and marketing creative: many variations, formats, and iterations, produced fast. The Agent, the canvas, and reference sets are designed to make that volume manageable.
​ Why: it's where Layer is focused, and where the agentic approach pays off most.

The fastest way to settle in is to make something.