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3. Generating Layouts and Images with AI
Use AI to produce a complete layout from a description or screenshot and generate images directly on the canvas.
Creative Suite lets you skip the blank-canvas anxiety entirely. Instead of manually placing every element, you can describe the design you need — for example, "a LinkedIn carousel announcing our new offer, three slides" — and the AI generates a complete layout: text blocks, images, shapes, and structure, all ready to edit. This is called AI layout generation, and it works from the gallery when you create a new design. The result opens directly in the drag-and-drop editor, where you can move, resize, rewrite, or delete any element the AI placed. Think of it as a first draft produced in seconds that you then refine to perfection.
You are not limited to text descriptions. If you already have a design you like — a competitor's ad, a printed flyer, a mockup sketch — you can drop a screenshot or photo of it into Creative Suite and ask the AI to produce an editable version. The AI interprets the visual structure and recreates it as a fully editable layout with separate text, image, and shape layers. This "image-to-design" workflow is especially useful when you want to modernize an old asset or adapt a reference you found online while making it your own.
When requesting an AI layout, describe the purpose and context, not just the look. "A three-slide deck pitching our SaaS to investors" gives the AI much more to work with than "three blue slides with text." The more intent you share, the better the structure, copy suggestions, and visual hierarchy.
Once your layout is open in the editor, you can generate images directly on the canvas using the AI image tool. Describe the image you need — for instance, "a flat-illustration team brainstorming around a table" — pick a style, and generate. The image appears on your canvas ready to position and resize. Every generated image is automatically saved to your files, so you can reuse it in other designs, in the chat, or in a mission later.
If you have a brand kit set up (your logos, colors, and fonts), the AI applies it by default to both generated layouts and generated images. This means the first draft already looks on-brand, reducing the number of manual adjustments you need to make. Team administrators can define a shared brand kit so every team member's AI outputs stay consistent.
Editing in Creative Suite is free, but every AI generation — whether a layout, an image, or notebook content — consumes credits. The platform shows the credit cost before each generation, so you can decide whether to proceed or tweak your prompt first to get a better result in fewer tries.
Go to your Creative Suite gallery, click to create a new design, and choose the AI generation option. Type a description such as "an Instagram post announcing a summer sale with bold typography." Review the generated layout in the editor, then use the AI image tool to generate and place a custom illustration on the canvas. Adjust both until you are satisfied.
You now know three ways to start a design with AI: describe what you need and get a full layout, upload a screenshot to get an editable version of an existing design, and generate custom images directly on the canvas. Your brand kit keeps everything consistent, and credit costs are always shown before generation. From here, you can refine any AI output in the drag-and-drop editor and export or share the final result.