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Getting Started7 min readUpdated August 15, 2026

Getting Started with the Widget

Walk through a fictional recorded path from a blank image prompt to a reviewed launch-graphic draft.

This guide uses a fictional launch concept and a recorded sample. It is not customer work or a promise that another generation will match the result. Authenticated generation requires an admitted model and eligible workspace billing entitlement.

What you’ll learn

  • How to reset the widget to a clean first-run image session
  • Which disclosed sample prompt to use in a recorded walkthrough
  • How to explain preview using the exact action labels the user sees
  • How the built-in branding editor turns a raw image into a finished launch asset

Before you start

  • Log in to your ImageLayer organization
  • Open Generate
  • Stay in Image mode with General selected
  • Keep LinkedIn Post (4:5) selected in Platform preset
  • Keep an optional light frame overlay or logo file ready if you want to demonstrate extra branding controls after the first preview
01Open the flow

Start from a clean Image session with the 4:5 preset already in place

Open /dashboard/generate/ and reset the widget before you narrate anything else.

  • Confirm Image is active in the mode selector.
  • Keep General selected in the content-type tabs.
  • Leave the main prompt box empty.
  • Leave the Try a prompt chips untouched for this walkthrough.
  • Keep Sketch and References closed for this first walkthrough.
  • Keep Platform preset on LinkedIn Post (4:5).

Expected result

You are looking at the same first-run state a new operator will see: empty prompt, suggestion chips visible, and the portrait preset ready for the launch graphic.

02Generate the first asset

Paste one specific sample prompt and run it without extra inputs

Paste this exact prompt into the main textarea:

Create a 4:5 launch graphic for a new AI design tool. Soft cream background, lavender-to-blue gradient bloom, refined editorial style, clean centered composition, and enough empty space for a short headline.
  • Do not upload references for this first run.
  • Do not open Sketch.
  • Keep Platform preset on LinkedIn Post (4:5).
  • Keep the current default image model selected.
  • Click Generate.

Expected result

The widget submits one clean image request and moves into generation without any extra steering controls.

03Review

Use preview the way a real end user would

Once the result appears, narrate the decision using the exact buttons in the footer instead of speaking in generalities.

  • Use Generate again when the composition is close but the draft is not strong enough.
  • Use Edit prompt when the brief itself needs to change.
  • Use Save if the raw draft is worth keeping for review.
  • Use Brand it when the image is approved and ready for finishing.

Expected result

The operator can either refine the request, accept the raw image, or move directly into finishing.

04Finish the asset

Open the branding editor, review the poster, and finalize it

After clicking Brand it, keep the walkthrough literal to the controls visible in this state instead of describing a different finishing setup.

  • Click Brand it from preview to move into the editor.
  • Review the poster on the canvas and confirm the composition is strong enough to keep.
  • If you want to demonstrate extra finishing controls, click Upload PNG / SVG or Upload logo after the first pass.
  • Use Back to preview if you want to return to the raw image before finalizing.
  • Click Finalize or Download.

Expected result

The recorded session ends with a reviewable launch-poster draft in the editor.

Final sample output

Sample generated output
The same launch poster shown in the branding editor preview

Recorded fictional sample from the documented run; it is not a customer asset or repeatability claim.

What controls this experience

  • Output mode selection in the widget header
  • Prompt input and Generate in the main image workflow
  • Preview actions: Brand it, Save, Generate again, and Edit prompt
  • Branding editor controls for Layout overlay, Opacity, Upload logo, Size, and Position

Next guide

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