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title: Creative Studio
description: Generate, edit, arrange, and reuse images and videos on Runner's project canvas.
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Creative Studio gives you a visual canvas for creating campaign and product media from a prompt, selected images, or both.

## Entry path

Open a store project → **More** → **Studio**. The destination opens the **Creative Studio** canvas.

When the feature is enabled, a generated-image detail view in Runner chat can also offer **Open generated image in Creative Studio**, which opens the canvas with that output selected.

## Before you start

- Decide whether you need a new image, an image edit, a new video, or animation from an image.
- Check the selected model’s input, output, quality, limits, and funding label.
- For an edit, add the source image to the canvas and select it first.
- Keep the original asset available until you approve the result.

## Generation controls and click results

| Control | What happens after you select it |
| --- | --- |
| Prompt | Describes the image, edit, motion, or video you want. |
| Model button | Opens **Choose a model**, grouped by text-to-image, image-to-image, text-to-video, and image-to-video capabilities. |
| Model search and filters | Narrows models by name, generation type, or use case. |
| Star on a model | Adds or removes that model from **Favorites**. |
| Upload images | Opens the file picker and adds supported images for canvas use. |
| **Run** | Starts a job with the current prompt, selected model, and selected canvas inputs. |
| **Generations** | Opens the background queue with running, completed, failed, and interrupted jobs. |
| **Clear completed** | Removes completed queue entries from the queue view; it does not delete saved media. |

## Canvas and asset controls

| Control | What happens after you select it |
| --- | --- |
| Asset tray | Opens generated assets from the current conversation or all project assets. |
| Asset search | Filters the asset tray. |
| **Add to canvas** | Places the selected available asset on the canvas. |
| **Focus on canvas** | Moves the viewport to that asset when it is already present. |
| **Media Library** | Opens the full saved-media page. |
| Undo / Redo | Reverses or reapplies supported canvas changes. |
| Zoom controls and minimap | Changes the viewport without changing the media itself. |
| Select item(s), then right-click | Opens the canvas context menu. Available actions change with the number and type of selected items. |
| **Product tools** | For supported image selections, opens Product Photography, Product Scene, Product Placement, Product Holding, Virtual Try-On, Remove or Replace Background, Relight, Material Concept, and Upscale workflows. One-image and two-image tools remain disabled until the required number is selected. |
| **Set as product thumbnail** | With one image selected, opens the product picker. Choosing **Use as thumbnail** uploads the image and updates that product's thumbnail and image list. |
| **Extend video** / **Remove video background** | With one video selected, opens the corresponding video workflow when it is available. |
| **Export GIF** | Converts the selected video to a downloadable GIF; a conversion error leaves the original video unchanged. |
| Duplicate / Crop / Combine images / Layer order / Download | Applies the selected canvas operation when its image count and media type requirements are met. |
| **Delete** | Removes only the selected item from the canvas. It does not delete the saved asset from Media Library. |

## Create media

1. Open **Creative Studio**.
2. Choose a model and read its input requirements.
3. For text-to-image or text-to-video, leave the canvas selection empty and write a specific prompt.
4. For image editing, add and select the required source image or images.
5. For image-to-video, select the single image the model will animate.
6. Review the model funding label and current credit notice.
7. Select **Run** once.
8. Open **Generations** to follow progress while continuing other canvas work.
9. Inspect the completed output on the canvas. Generated media saves to the media library after successful generation.

## Troubleshooting

| State | Meaning and next step |
| --- | --- |
| Nothing queued | No current background generation is listed. |
| Pending or running | The job is still processing. Keep working and wait for completion. |
| Succeeded | The generated output is available on the canvas and in saved media. Review it before reuse. |
| Failed | The job did not produce the expected output. Read the message, correct inputs, and retry deliberately. |
| Interrupted | Processing ended before success. Confirm funding and provider access before retrying. |
| Run unavailable | Check prompt, selected images, exact input count, model access, and credits. |
| Asset unavailable | Retry loading the tray or choose another saved asset; do not rely on a broken preview. |

## Related guides

- [Media Library](./media-library)
- [Ad creatives and trending](./ad-creatives-and-trending)
- [Runner Ads](./runner-ads)