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Images turns a description into a still: a character concept, a location, or a frame for your storyboard. Each image is priced in media credits before you create it.

The Images page in Movie Studio: the media credit balance, then Creative model, Resolution, Frame, What are you making and the reference image slots — Movie Studio → Images. Your media balance is at the top.

Create your first image

Choose a creative modelNano Banana 2.1 is the default: fast, with natural faces. GPT Image 2.5 follows long, detailed descriptions closely.
Choose the resolution and frameStart with Draft · 1K while you explore; use 2K or 4K for final frames. Frames are 16:9, 9:16, 1:1, 4:3, 3:4, 5:4 or 4:5 (GPT Image 2.5 doesn't make 5:4 or 4:5).
Say what you're makingStoryboard frame, character concept and so on. It guides the composition.
Add references (optional)See Keep a character consistent, below.
Describe the imageFill in Subject, Setting and Style, or switch to Plain text.
Choose Review credit priceYou see the exact price, for example 23 media credits · $0.23, held for five minutes.
Choose Create imageMost images are ready in under a minute.

Reference image slots for Character, Environment and Object, and the structured description with Subject, Setting and Style — Reference slots, then the structured description: Subject, Setting, Style.

Describe the image

ExampleMara at the console

Subject: Mara, a radio operator in her late 40s, at the console with headphones on, turning toward the window
Setting: A coastal radio station at night, rain on the windows, a lighthouse beam crossing the glass
Style: 35mm film, cool blue-grey palette, amber light from the console dials, shallow depth of field

Subject: Mara, a radio operator in her late 40s, at the console with headphones on, turning toward the window.
Setting: A coastal radio station at night, rain on the windows, a lighthouse beam crossing the glass.
Style: 35mm film, cool blue-grey palette, amber light from the console dials, shallow depth of field.

This is the prompt that's sent. Switch to Plain text at any time to edit it directly.

Concrete details beat adjectives. Say what the camera would actually see.
Write this	Instead of this
headphones on, turning toward the window	a woman
rain on the windows, a lighthouse beam crossing the glass	a spooky place
35mm film, cool blue-grey, amber dial light	cinematic, beautiful, 4K

Models, sizes and prices

Example prices at the time of writing. The price on screen is the price you pay.
Model	Setting	Example price
Nano Banana 2.1	Draft · 1K	23 credits ($0.23)
Nano Banana 2.1	High · 2K	25 credits ($0.25)
Nano Banana 2.1	Ultra · 4K	28 credits ($0.28)
GPT Image 2.5	Draft · 1K	25 credits ($0.25)
GPT Image 2.5	High · 2K	29 credits ($0.29)
GPT Image 2.5	Ultra · 4K	35 credits ($0.35)

Keep a character consistent

Reference images tell the model what to keep the same. They're optional and free.

Slot	Keeps the same
Character	Face, hair, build and costume
Environment	A location's layout, light and mood
Object	A prop or vehicle's shape, colour and details

In a slot, choose Choose image.
Pick one of your images, or upload a PNG or JPEG.
Describe the new image as usualA note is added to your prompt explaining what each reference is for.

ExampleThe same Mara in a new scene

Character reference: Your first image of Mara at the console
Subject: Mara on the harbour wall at dawn, coat collar up, looking out to sea
Setting: A stone harbour wall, grey sea, gulls

Reference image 1 is the character: keep the same face, hair, build and clothing.

That line is added to the prompt for you, so the new image shows the same woman, not a lookalike.

Use your story as context

Open the Movie Studio from a document with Explore a visual and you can ground the image in one of the document's sections. The section's text guides the image alongside your description.

Where finished images go

Your gallery below the form, and Library → Images.
Select an image to see it large. Use the arrows (or ← and →) to step through your images, and Esc to close. Download, Open details (the full prompt and references), Start a storyboard with it and Delete are there too.
Choose Start a storyboard with it to begin a new storyboard with that image; the storyboard opens. When you've come to Images from a storyboard, the button names it instead, Add to and the storyboard's title, and adds the image as its last frame.
Use any image as a reference for the next one.
Deleting an image asks you to confirm, then removes it everywhere it appears.

An image open in the viewer: Mara at the radio console, with arrows for the previous and next image, the file name and description, 2 of 2, and Download, Open details, Start a storyboard with it and the bin — Select any image to see it large; the arrows step through your gallery.

Quick answers

Do reference images cost extra?

No. References don't change the price.

An image failed. Was I charged?

No. Credits are only spent when the image is saved; if it fails they're returned.