Canvas
Lay out cards on a board, generate pictures and clips in place, and keep track of every run.
A canvas is a free board for trying things out. Place image, video and note cards, wire one card into another, and generate without leaving the board. Open Canvases from the sidebar, or from a project or World, and pick a board to open it full screen.
Canvases
Narrows the list to one status, with how many canvases carry each. Pick All to see every canvas again.
- Open Canvases from the sidebar.
- Type in Search canvases… to narrow the list by name.
- In the rail, choose All or a status to show only canvases with that status.
- Each status row counts the canvases that carry it.
For agents
studio_read (type: canvas_boards_list)
Board
This board's name, where it lives and how many cards it holds. A board the system keeps in step with a sequence can't be renamed.
- Open a board and click an empty spot so no card is selected.
- Press Board settings in the page bar if the panel is closed. It opens on Details.
- Click Name to rename the board.
- Switch to Model defaults to choose the model and settings new cards on this board start with.
| Row | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Name | The board's name. You can edit it unless the board is kept in step with a sequence. |
| Scope | The team, World or project the board belongs to. |
| Nodes | How many cards are on it. |
For agents
canvas_board (type: canvas_rename)— fields:canvasId,name
Image nodes
The image model and settings every new image card on this board starts with, including each model's starting rate. A row left unset follows your own defaults in Settings.
- Open a board and click an empty spot so no card is selected.
- Switch the panel to Model defaults.
- Under Image nodes, pick a model and set the rows you want every new image card to start with.
- Rows: the model and the settings that model offers, such as aspect and resolution.
- Unset rows: follow your own model defaults in Settings. Aspect follows the project, or the docked sequence.
- Per card: every new card can still change any of these for itself. An image card offers only image models and shows the exact estimate in a starred badge beside Generate.
For agents
canvas_board (type: canvas_settings_update)— fields:canvasId,rev,fields.kind,fields.fields
Video nodes
The video model and settings every new video card on this board starts with, including each model's starting rate. A row left unset follows your own defaults in Settings.
- On the board's Model defaults tab, find Video nodes under Image nodes.
- Pick a model and set the rows you want every new video card to start with, such as its duration.
- Rows: the model and the settings that model offers, such as aspect, resolution and duration.
- Unset rows: follow your own model defaults in Settings.
- Per card: a video card offers only video models and shows the exact estimate in a starred badge beside Generate.
For agents
canvas_board (type: canvas_settings_update)— fields:canvasId,rev,fields.kind,fields.fields
Versions
Every run of this card, in order. Click one to preview it, then Set as main to make the card and every card it feeds use it.
- Select an image or video card and switch the panel to Output.
- Click a thumbnail in Versions to preview that run.
- Press Set as main to make the card show it. Every card that takes this one as an input moves to it too.
- Strip: every run of the card, in order, with its version number.
- Set as main: makes the previewed run the card's own. It reads This is the main version when it already is.
- Notes: say when a version was based on another card, or branched from an earlier run.
For agents
canvas_node (type: canvas_node_version_select)— fields:nodeId,canvasId,mediaId
Prompt
The exact words this version was made from, as they were sent. Change the next run's words on the Compose tab.
- On Output, pick a version in the strip.
- Read Prompt for the exact words that run was given.
- To change the words for the next run, switch to Compose.
- Prompt: the words as they were sent. They never change after the run.
For agents
generate (type: canvas_node_generate)— fields:nodeId,prompt
Inputs
The pictures and cards this version was given, in the order the model saw them.
- On Output, pick a version and find Inputs.
- Read each input in the order the model received it.
- To change the inputs for the next run, switch to Compose, or right-click another card on the board and choose Add as input.
| Part | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Number | The input's place in the order. |
| Label | Which card or file it was, and which version. |
| Kind | Image, video or audio. |
For agents
canvas_node (type: canvas_node_input_add)— fields:nodeId,canvasId,sourceNodeId,mediaId,role
Provenance
Which model made this version, with its settings, seed and cost. Use it to make the same thing again.
- On Output, pick a version and scroll to Provenance.
- Read which model made it, the settings it ran with and what it cost.
| Row | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Provider and Model | Which service and model made it. |
| Settings | Each setting the run used, such as resolution or duration. |
| Seed | The number that lets the same run be repeated. |
| Cost | What it cost, or what is held while it runs. |
Node
This card's name, kind and where it sits on the board. Click the name to rename the card.

- Select a card and switch the panel to Details.
- Click Name to rename the card.
- To take the card off the board, open its ⋯ menu on the board and choose Delete.
| Row | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Name | What the card is called. You can edit it. |
| Kind | What sort of card it is, such as image, video, shot, frame or text. |
| Position | Where the card sits on the board. |
| Duration | How long a video card runs. |
For agents
canvas_board (type: canvas_node_rename)— fields:nodeId,canvasId,namecanvas_board (type: canvas_node_move)— fields:nodeId,canvasId,x,y
Runs
Each time this card was generated, with the model and what it cost, or why it failed.

- Select a card and switch the panel to Details.
- Click Runs to open it. The count beside it shows how many there are.
- Read each run's version, model and cost. A failed run says why.
- Each run: its version number and model, then what it cost, "running", or the reason it failed.
Changes
Edits made to this card and who made them, newest first.

- Select a card and switch the panel to Details.
- Click Changes to open it.
- Read each edit and who made it, newest first.
- Each entry: one change to the card, with who made it and when.
For agents
studio_read (type: canvas_node_history_get)— fields:nodeId