# Getting started (/docs/prise-en-main)

Create your first Kreafy visual end to end: sign-up, studio, generation, export.



Give yourself ten minutes for your first visual, two of which are generation
time. You need no design skills, but a PNG logo helps.

<Callout type="info">
  The free plan gives you **5 credits**, which is 3 generations on Nano Banana 2
  at 1K quality. No credit card is asked for.
</Callout>

## 1. Create your account [#1-create-your-account]

Go to [kreafy.ai/login](/login). Two options:

* **Magic link**: enter your email, click the link you receive. No password to
  remember.
* **Google**: one click, nothing to type.

You land on the dashboard, with your 5 credits in the top right corner.

## 2. Open the studio [#2-open-the-studio]

From the dashboard, click **New flyer**. The studio opens on a page with three
zones: the brief on the left, the settings at the bottom, the preview on the
right.

<Callout>
  On your first visit, an interactive checklist walks you through each zone. You
  can dismiss it and pick it up later.
</Callout>

## 3. Describe your visual [#3-describe-your-visual]

This is the step that matters most. Write the subject, the mood, and above all
**the exact copy** you want on screen.

A vague brief gives a vague result:

```text title="Too vague"
A flyer for a party
```

A precise brief gives something usable:

```text title="Usable"
Flyer for an afrobeats party on Saturday 12 July, 10pm to 5am,
at Club Balafon in Douala. Purple and cyan neon on a dark
background. Headline, very large: "AFRO NIGHT". At the bottom,
smaller: "Entry 5000 FCFA · Bookings 6 99 00 00 00".
```

Three habits that change the result:

1. **Put your copy in quotes.** The AI reproduces it word for word instead of
   inventing a headline of its own.
2. **Name the colours.** "Purple and cyan neon" is actionable, "modern" is not.
3. **Say where the visual is going.** An Instagram story and an A4 poster are
   not composed the same way.

## 4. Add your images [#4-add-your-images]

In the **Images** zone, drop your files: logo, product photo, brand visual. The
AI places them in the composition instead of inventing approximations of them.

| Limit                           | Value     |
| ------------------------------- | --------- |
| Maximum size per file           | 5 MB      |
| Images per generation           | up to 8   |
| Library, Free plan              | 5 assets  |
| Library, Starter plan           | 20 assets |
| Library, Pro and Lifetime plans | unlimited |

<Callout type="warn">
  A logo on an opaque white background will show up as a white rectangle stuck on
  the visual. Use a PNG with a transparent background, or run the logo through the
  background-removal tool before adding it.
</Callout>

### For a face [#for-a-face]

If you need to appear on the visual, do not go through the Images zone: save a
**Person** from the People page, then select it in the studio. Kreafy then keeps
the facial features consistent from one generation to the next, which a plain
upload does not guarantee.

## 5. Pick a style reference [#5-pick-a-style-reference]

Select a **reference** from your library. The AI uses it to match the style, the
colours and the layout.

It is optional, but it is the single most effective lever for getting a result
that looks like what you had in mind. Describing "80s retro poster" will always
be less precise than showing an 80s retro poster.

To import one: **References** page, then **Create**. The Free plan keeps 5,
Starter 20, Pro and Lifetime have no limit.

## 6. Set the model, the format, the resolution [#6-set-the-model-the-format-the-resolution]

Three settings at the bottom of the studio, and they are what determines the
cost.

### Model [#model]

| Model                | Profile                                                                              |
| -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Nano Banana 2**    | Fast and cheap. The right default, and the one for iterating on a brief.             |
| **Grok Imagine 2.0** | The cheapest, with a distinctive graphic look. Available on the free plan, in 1K.    |
| **Nano Banana PRO**  | Better typographic rendering. Starter plan and up.                                   |
| **GPT Image 2.0**    | Higher quality, sharper detail and text. For the final version, Starter plan and up. |

### Format [#format]

For a flyer: `Automatic`, `1:1`, `3:4`, `9:16`, `4:3`, `16:9`, `2:3`, `4:5`,
`5:4`, `21:9`.

For a thumbnail, the presets are named after their destination: `YouTube / Blog /
Twitch` (16:9), `Short / Reel` (9:16), `Podcast / Cover` (1:1).

### Resolution [#resolution]

**1K** is enough for the web and social media. **2K** targets print, and is only
available on paid plans.

### What it costs [#what-it-costs]

| Model            | 1K          | 2K            |
| ---------------- | ----------- | ------------- |
| Grok Imagine 2.0 | 1 credit    | not available |
| Nano Banana 2    | 1.5 credit  | 2 credits     |
| Nano Banana PRO  | 2 credits   | 2 credits     |
| GPT Image 2.0    | 2.5 credits | 2.5 credits   |

You can ask for 1 to 4 variants at once, and the cost is multiplied accordingly.
Four variants on GPT Image 2.0 therefore cost 10 credits. The studio shows
the total before you start the generation.

<Callout type="info">
  If a generation fails, your credits are **refunded automatically**. You only pay
  for what succeeds.
</Callout>

## 7. Generate [#7-generate]

Click **Generate**. Expect 30 to 120 seconds depending on the model and the
resolution.

You can leave the page: the generation carries on server-side and the result
waits for you in **History**.

## 8. Export [#8-export]

On the finished visual, two outputs:

* **Download the image** as a PNG, for the web and social media.
* **Export as PDF**, A4 page, for printing or for sending to a print shop.

If you generated four variants and exported the second one, your downloads
folder contains this:

<Files>
  <Folder name="Downloads">
    <File name="kreafy-generation-2.png" />

    <File name="kreafy-flyer.pdf" />
  </Folder>
</Files>

Variants are numbered in display order, not in the order you download them.

## If the result is not right [#if-the-result-is-not-right]

The first attempt is rarely the good one, and that is normal. In order of
effectiveness:

1. **Add a reference** if you had none. That is what changes the result the
   most.
2. **Put the copy in quotes** rather than letting the AI write it.
3. **Generate several variants at once** instead of relaunching one at a time:
   you compare side by side.
4. **Switch to GPT Image 2.0** if the text comes out distorted. That is the weak
   spot of the fast models.
5. **Stay in 1K while iterating**, and only go back to 2K on the approved
   version. You save half the credits.

## Next [#next]

Save a **branding** (your colours, your typefaces) so you stop rewriting your
settings on every visual. The Free plan lets you try one.

<Cards>
  <Card href="/docs/guides/ecrire-un-bon-prompt" title="Write a good prompt" description="The habits that separate an approximate visual from a usable one." />

  <Card href="/docs/ressources/personnes" title="People" description="Put your own face on a thumbnail, not a stranger's." />

  <Card href="/docs/guides/formats-et-declinaisons" title="Formats and variations" description="Get the same visual in 16:9, 9:16 and 1:1." />

  <Card href="/docs/facturation/credits" title="Credits" description="The full price list and the order they are spent in." />
</Cards>

A question this page leaves unanswered:
[hello@kreafy.ai](mailto:hello@kreafy.ai).