Your first generation
From picking a model to a saved result, including how to read the cost before any credits are taken.
The example on this page uses an image model, but the steps are the same for video and speech. Only the settings differ: video has a duration, speech has a voice and a script.
Pick a model
Open Models in the sidebar and click one, for example Nano Banana 2. Its console opens with that model's default settings. If you are not sure where to start, the Ready-made templates gallery on Home holds complete examples with their original prompts: click one and the console fills in.
Write a prompt
Describe what you want to see: the subject, the setting, the light and the style. If all you have is a short idea such as "a cat at a window in the rain", press Improve prompt in the console toolbar. Within seconds the prompt box holds a full version suited to the kind of model, and Undo brings back what you wrote. It costs 0.2 credits, returned if it fails.
See Writing prompts for a longer guide.
Set the parameters
Choose the aspect ratio, resolution and number of variations (1 to 5). Models that take a reference image show an upload slot; each mode only offers the uploads it actually uses.
The How this model works info button, next to the number of variations, explains what sets that model's price, what costs extra, and which files it accepts.
Read the cost, then run
The number on the Run button is how many credits will be taken, already counting the variations and the length of any attached clip. The server works it out the same way, so the number does not change once you press it.
The work runs in the cloud. You can leave the page or close the tab; the progress panel in the corner shows your place in the queue and tells you when the result is ready.
Keep the result
Results appear in the console gallery and in History. From a result's detail you can download it at full resolution, file it into a Project, make a share link, or press Use as input to send it to another model.
If it fails
If a run fails, its credits come back in full, automatically. With several variations, only the ones that failed are refunded. The result's detail explains the cause when it is known, for example a prompt the model's maker refused.
While a job is still queued, you can cancel it and get the credits back in full. Once it has been sent to the model, the Cancel button goes away and the result is still delivered.
Running at the same time
One account can run up to 5 generations at once. A sixth is refused until one of them finishes, and no credits are taken for it.