Generate Image is the workstation mode for creating brand-new images of your model from a written description. It splits into two tabs — Chat to generate, where you write a prompt and pick your settings, and Complete set, where you pick a ready-made themed pack — so you can start from scratch or from a template.

What is Generate Image for?

Use Generate Image when you want to make a fresh image (not edit an existing one). You describe the scene you want, optionally drop in your model, styles, and custom elements, choose a quality and aspect ratio, and APOB generates the picture for you. It's the main "text-to-image" flow in the workstation.

What's the difference between Chat to generate and Complete set?

They're the two tabs at the top of Generate Image:

Chat to generate — you write your own prompt and build the scene yourself. This is the flexible, free-form option with the most control.
Complete set — you skip the writing and pick a pre-built themed set of prompts (organized into categories). Good when you want a quick, on-theme result without crafting a prompt.

Tap a tab to switch; the active one is highlighted, and the panel below changes to match.

How do I generate an image with Chat to generate?

Make sure Chat to generate is the active tab.
Write what you want in the prompt box. By default it's pre-filled with your model so the image features them — keep that or change it.
Optionally add styles, custom elements, or more @-mentions to shape the scene.
At the bottom, choose your Quality, Aspect ratio, and (on the higher qualities) Quantity.
Press Generate.

The hint banner sums it up: "Add prompt, @influencer, styles, elements, and settings. Hit Generate."

What is the @-mention (influencer) in the prompt?

The @-pill is your selected model dropped into the prompt as a mention. When your model is in the prompt, the generated image will feature them. The prompt box starts with this mention already inserted so your model is included by default — you can leave it, remove it, or add it back. If no model is chosen yet, the pill shows a generic "influencer" placeholder.

What is the trigger word [[apob]]?

[[apob]] is the trigger word that tells the model to render your selected character. The prompt placeholder reminds you: "Enter your prompt here. Use [[apob]] as your trigger word." In practice the @-mention pill handles this for you, so you usually just write your scene around the model.

What's the little "?" / Detail button in the hint banner?

That's a quick tutorial. Hovering it (or tapping it on mobile) opens a short guide titled "Chat to generate" with a walkthrough video and the full tip: "Combine a text prompt with an @influencer, predefined styles, and custom elements to build your perfect scene. Choose your quality and aspect ratio at the bottom, then hit Generate to bring your vision to life!" You can dismiss the hint banner entirely once you've got the hang of it.

What quality options can I choose?

Generate Image offers four quality tiers, shown as chips at the bottom:

Fast — quickest, simplest option. Each generation returns a batch of images.
Ultra 2K — higher quality at 2K.
Ultra 4K — high detail at 4K (marked with the gold ultra icon). This is the default for signed-in paid users.
Ultra S 4K — the top tier (gold ultra icon).

Each chip has a tooltip with a short description and its credit cost. Images are billed per image times your quantity. The exact rate is server-driven and shown next to Generate; it depends on your plan and the quality you pick.

Why does the Quantity option only appear sometimes?

Quantity lets you ask for 1 or 2 images per generation, and it only shows up on the Ultra 2K, Ultra 4K, and Ultra S 4K tiers (it defaults to 2). On those tiers each image is billed separately, so choosing 2 doubles the credit cost. On Fast there's no Quantity control because that tier already returns a set of images in one go.

What aspect ratios are available?

Use the Aspect ratio picker to choose the shape of your image. The options are 9:16, 3:4, 16:9, 4:3, and 1:1, each shown with a small preview rectangle. Pick portrait (9:16, 3:4), landscape (16:9, 4:3), or square (1:1) to match where you'll use the image.

How do styles and elements work here?

Beyond plain text, you can enrich the prompt with predefined styles (art styles and modifier categories) and your own custom elements (reusable people, objects, or references). They get inserted into the prompt as pills. The number of element slots you can use depends on your chosen quality — see Chat to generate (Expert composer) and Elements for the details.

Why is the Generate button greyed out?

Generate stays disabled until two things are true: your selected model has finished loading, and your prompt actually has content. If you haven't picked a model, or the prompt is empty, Generate won't be clickable. Once a model is set and there's something in the prompt, it lights up.

What if my prompt is too long?

There's a generous character limit on the prompt. If you paste or type past it, APOB keeps the part within the limit and shows a one-time warning: "Your prompt exceeded the 20000 character limit and was truncated." You can keep editing — only the trimmed text is used to generate.

What does the loading or empty state look like?

On the Complete set tab, while the themed packs are loading you'll see a spinner in the selection area. Before you pick anything, the preview strip reads "The complete set you selected will appear here!" During generation the workstation shows its usual progress, and your results land in the feed.

On mobile

The two tabs (Chat to generate and Complete set) sit in a scrollable bar at the top. The prompt editor fills the panel and expands when you tap into it (the keyboard pushes everything up). The Quality, Aspect ratio, and Quantity controls live in the bottom bar instead of inline, and the tutorial opens by tapping the "?" button rather than hovering. One mobile difference: the Quantity control appears only on Ultra 2K and Ultra 4K — on mobile it isn't shown at Ultra S 4K (desktop still shows it there). Otherwise the mobile flow matches desktop.