Images

Images creates pictures from a description, or edits your own pictures. Use several images of the same character to keep it consistent across scenes.

Images are made on the Image & Video page, in the composer's Image mode.

Create images

1. Open Image & Video in the sidebar, and choose Image at the bottom left of the composer.
2. Describe the picture, or choose Use this prompt on an image in Explore.
3. Choose the Look (model), Shape, How many, and optionally the seed (Random).
4. Choose the arrow button. The price shows beside it.

Images are usually ready in under a minute. You can leave the page and come back.

Edit images

1. In Image mode, choose Image refs and pick up to 4 images. Or choose Use as reference on any image you made.
2. Describe the change, for example "Keep the same character. Make it night, with lanterns in the trees."
3. Choose a Look, Shape and How many.
4. Choose the arrow button.

To remove an image from the refs, choose × on it.

Models

Create

• Frame: Best value, accurate text.
• Dailies: Fastest, about 10 seconds.
• Close-Up: 2K detail.
• Soft Focus: Natural, softer look.

Edit

• Close-Up: Most faithful edits, 2K.
• Soft Focus: Fastest edits.
• Frame: Restyles the whole scene.

Options

• Shape (aspect ratio): 1:1, 16:9, 9:16, 4:3, 3:4, 3:2 or 2:3.
• How many: 1 to 4.
• Seed: leave it as Random, or type a whole number from 0 to 2,147,483,647. The same seed and settings give similar results.

The result

Each image has:

• Animate: switches to Video with this image as the start frame.
• Make it talk: switches to Lip sync with this image as the photo.
• Use as reference: adds it to Image refs.
• A download button.

Below the images:

• Edit settings loads the prompt and settings back into the composer.
• Generate again makes new images with the same settings and a new random seed.

If the safety filter holds back an image, you see "N image(s) held back by the safety filter and not charged."

Your images are listed in the History tab of Image & Video.

Limits

• Descriptions: 3 to 2,000 characters.
• Up to 4 images per request.
• Up to 4 images to edit, each PNG, JPEG or WebP, up to 20 MB.
• Edit mode needs at least one image.
• Cinara doesn't make images of well-known people. Describe the scene without naming them.

Credits

Credits are per image. They depend on the model and the aspect ratio, and show beside each Look.

Model	Credits per image
Frame (create)	120–130
Dailies	300–320
Close-Up (create or edit)	300
Soft Focus (create or edit)	400
Frame (edit)	about 240–250 with one image to edit

• The total is credits per image × number of images.
• Frame edits cost more for each extra image you add to edit.
• Images held back by the safety filter aren't charged.
• If the job fails, your credits are refunded.

Tips

• Describe the subject, the setting, the style and the light: "A lighthouse on a cliff at sunset, oil painting".
• Use Frame when the image needs readable text.
• Make 2 to 4 images and keep the best.
• For a consistent character, add several images of that character in Edit mode.
• Reuse a seed to make small changes without a completely new picture.

Related

• Video: animate an image.
• Talking Avatars: make an image talk.
• Drive and sharing: images appear in Drive.