Starter image workflow
Free AI image generator access with 20 starter credits.
New accounts receive 20 starter credits—enough for two standard images—so you can test a real brief before choosing a paid plan.
What “free” means here
Free access is a limited starter balance, not an unlimited queue with hidden restrictions. The account bonus is 20 credits. A text-to-image generation uses 10 credits and an edit with an uploaded image uses 15. You can therefore test two new images, or one reference-led edit with 5 credits left, before deciding whether a paid plan fits the work.
The service requires an account for generation because credits, job status, history, technical failures, and abuse controls need a durable identity. Account creation uses Google sign-in and a one-time anti-bot check. The balance belongs to the account and cannot be transferred or exchanged for cash.
No payment is required to receive starter credits. Paid subscriptions and one-time packs are separate choices, shown with their exact charge and allocation before checkout. If a technical generation fails, the job is designed to return its credits rather than consume the starter balance.
What to test with the starter balance
Use the free images on a task you can evaluate, not on unrelated novelty prompts. A product banner, editorial opener, portrait crop, packaging study, or interface illustration gives the output a real destination. That makes it easier to judge whether composition, material, light, and visual hierarchy follow the brief.
The first image should establish the scene. Name the subject, setting, camera position, primary light, aspect ratio intent, and any required negative space. After reviewing it, identify the single largest problem and preserve every decision that already works.
Use the second image to correct that problem. Change the camera only if perspective failed, the light only if the mood or material failed, or the arrangement only if the composition failed. Two connected generations reveal more about instruction following than two unrelated prompts chosen for spectacle.
Plan your two starter images
Use the first generation to establish composition. Write the subject, setting, camera position, aspect ratio intent, and primary light. Keep the brief concrete enough to evaluate. Do not spend the entire prompt on mood words. If the intended asset is a product banner, describe the product angle and where negative space should remain for copy.
Use the second generation to correct the largest structural problem. Preserve the decisions that worked and change one category: camera, arrangement, material, or light. If the first image already has the right composition, rewriting every phrase discards useful information.
Save both prompts and compare the outputs side by side at the actual destination size. The change between two purposeful runs gives you a practical signal about controllability, while unrelated prompts mostly reveal that the system can make different kinds of pictures.
Five aspect ratios with different jobs
The square 1:1 frame is dependable for centered products, covers, icons, and social posts. The 3:4 vertical frame suits portraits, packaging, and editorial art that needs height without a full phone-screen format. The 4:3 landscape frame gives environments and objects room while preserving more vertical context than widescreen.
The 16:9 frame works for banners, presentation frames, storyboards, and scenes that need lateral context. The 9:16 frame is intended for full-screen mobile placements and tall compositions. Choosing the output destination before generation helps the model organize the scene inside the real boundary.
If one concept must serve several placements, do not rely exclusively on cropping a single result. A subject centered for a square may leave no copy space in a banner. Generate or edit a version for each important orientation and keep the art direction consistent across them.
Optional reference images for edits
An uploaded image is useful when the result must retain a specific object, composition, room layout, or palette. The limit is 8 MB for PNG, JPEG, or WebP. Because an edit costs 15 credits, the 20-credit starter balance covers one reference-led request and leaves 5 credits.
State what stays and what changes. A prompt such as “preserve the camera angle and bottle silhouette; replace the table with blackened steel and use diffuse side light” establishes a boundary. Without that boundary, the system may reinterpret the very element you hoped to retain.
Only upload material you have the right to use. Do not submit private records, confidential client assets without permission, non-consensual intimate imagery, or a person's likeness for deceptive use. The image must be processed by an AI generation vendor to perform the edit, so sensitive data does not belong in the workflow.
Commercial use and review responsibility
Outputs may be used commercially subject to the Terms of Service, applicable law, rights in the input material, and provider restrictions. AI generation does not guarantee that an output is unique, protectable by copyright, clear of trademarks, or suitable for a regulated claim.
Review the image at the size and context where it will appear. Check text, logos, anatomy, repeated objects, reflections, product details, architecture, and cultural or factual implications. If a generated person could be mistaken for a real individual, consider whether disclosure or additional review is appropriate.
Download and preserve important outputs. Hosted history is convenient but should not be the only copy of a production asset. Keep the final prompt, ratio, and reference version with the selected file so the direction can be reproduced later.
When paid credits make sense
A paid plan becomes useful when the brief is repeatable and the image has a defined production role. Annual Basic includes 6,000 credits, equivalent to up to 600 standard images. Professional includes 24,000, and Enterprise includes 72,000. Edits use more credits, so actual output count depends on the mix.
One-time packs offer 3,000 credits for $9.90 or 12,000 for $29.90, and those credits do not expire under the launch offer. Subscriptions are intended for recurring volume; packs are intended for intermittent work. Checkout will show the exact product and charge before payment.
Use the starter balance to test instruction following on your own briefs, estimate revision depth, and compare the credit allocation with actual monthly needs. The most economical plan is the one whose credits you can use deliberately.