Creator Canvas Guide

Overview

The Creator Canvas provides an integrated space to generate and organize your creative content. It combines a free-form canvas with multi-model AI creation capabilities.

The canvas's core functionality is built upon tldraw, offering fluid drawing and layout tools. On top of this, you can leverage AI to perform more complex creative tasks.

Key Features:

• Unified Context Creation: Use any element on the canvas (text, images, files) as input for AI creation, allowing different AI models to work from the same or sequential context.
• Multimedia Support: Directly add images, videos, audio, and files to the canvas via copy-paste or drag-and-drop.
• Prompt Optimization: Provide a simple description, and the system can help you generate a more structured and effective prompt, automatically recommending a suitable model.
• Multi-Model Selection: Access a variety of industry-leading AI image and video models, allowing you to choose freely based on your creative needs (e.g., style, task).
• Canvas Snapshot Sharing: Create a shareable link for your current canvas view to present a static snapshot to others.

Combining AI Models

Different AI models excel in different areas. The canvas is designed to let you chain multiple models together in a single workflow, combining their strengths. This means the output of one model can seamlessly become the input for the next.

Workflow Example:

1. Generate a concept image: Use the Midjourney model to create a concept image with a specific artistic style.
2. Add specific details: Use the concept image and a text description as input for the GPT-Image-1 model to generate an image that maintains the style while including precise text or details.
3. Make local edits: For any unsatisfactory areas in the generated image, use the Flux Kontext model to perform local inpainting or edits.
4. Generate a video: Based on the final static image, use a video model to generate a dynamic clip.

This entire process is completed within a single canvas. All assets and iterations remain in place, eliminating the need to switch between applications or manage file imports and exports.

Interface and Tools

Basic Toolbar

The Basic Toolbar is located at the bottom of the canvas and is used for manual drawing and layout.

• Create: Opens the creation panel.
• Select: Select, box-select, move, and resize elements.
• Hand: Pan the canvas.
• Media: Import media files to the canvas.
• Brush: Draw freely.
• Eraser: Erase elements on the canvas.
• Arrow: Draw arrows.
• Text: Add text.
• Shape: Create rectangles, circles, arrows, etc.

Use the controls in the bottom-left corner or Ctrl + Mouse Wheel to zoom the view. Hold the Spacebar or the middle mouse button to pan the canvas.

AI Toolbar

After selecting one or more elements on the canvas, the AI Toolbar will appear below the selection. It integrates all AI-related creation functions.

Creation Panel

Click the "Create" button on the Basic Toolbar or the AI Toolbar to open the Creation Panel.

• Prompt Input Box: Enter your text instructions here.
• Optimize Prompt: Click this after entering a simple description to have the system generate a more detailed prompt.
• Contextual Reference: With the panel open, elements you select on the canvas will be used as a contextual reference for the creation.
• Model Selector: Choose the AI model for the current task from the dropdown list.
• Style Selector: Choose the artistic style for the current task from the dropdown list.
• Number of Generations: Select the number of tasks to create for this generation.

AI Toolbar Functions

The toolbar also includes shortcuts for common actions:

• Copy: Creates a duplicate of the selected elements.
• Delete: Deletes the selected elements.
• Download: Downloads the selected elements to your local device.
• Custom Buttons: The output from different models will have unique custom buttons, such as Upscale, Variation, Reroll, Extend, etc.

Sharing

Click the "Share" button in the top-right corner of the canvas to create a static snapshot link of your current view. Anyone with the link can view this snapshot.

Note: The share link will make all content within your current canvas view public. Before sharing, ensure you have removed any personal, confidential, or sensitive information. Make sure your shared content complies with all applicable laws and regulations.