> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# AI Canvas

> An infinite canvas of connected nodes where you generate and edit on-brand images and video, then send them to a post or a live ad.

The AI Canvas is where you make creative. You add **nodes** — prompts, references, generators, edits, and delivery steps — and connect them into a graph that produces images and video. Every generation is grounded in your brand book, and everything you make lands in your [Library](https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/canvas/library.md).

> [!NOTE]
>
> In the app sidebar, the AI Canvas is **Canvas** under **Creative+**.

## Workflows, not just outputs

A single prompt gives you a single image. A graph gives you a way of working you can run again. Swap the product photo, rerun, and get the same treatment on a new subject. Save the graph as a [workflow](https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/canvas/workflows.md), or publish it as a [pipeline](https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/canvas/pipelines.md) your team and your AI assistant can run with new inputs.

## What's on the canvas

| Area | What it's for |
| - | - |
| **The canvas** | An infinite surface where you place and connect nodes. Right-click anywhere for **Canvas Actions**. |
| **Toolbar** | **Run Flow**, **Rerun all**, **Abort**, and the **Elements** button. |
| **Side buttons** | Browse your media library, import media from Instagram, search Unsplash photos, and browse styles. |
| **Composer** | The canvas agent. Describe a workflow and it builds it. Use `@` for skills, Elements, or Library media, and `/` for shortcuts. |
| **Workspaces** | Tabs across the top. Each workspace is its own canvas for the brand. |

## In this section

| Page | What it covers |
| - | - |
| [Working on the canvas](https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/canvas/working-on-the-canvas.md) | Add, connect, run, save, and collaborate. |
| [Nodes](https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/canvas/nodes/overview.md) | How nodes connect and run: [image](https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/canvas/nodes/image.md), [video](https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/canvas/nodes/video.md), [text, audio, and documents](https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/canvas/nodes/text-audio-documents.md), [actions and tools](https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/canvas/nodes/actions.md), and [delivery](https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/canvas/nodes/delivery.md). |
| [Models](https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/canvas/models.md) | The image and video models you can pick on a generation node. |
| [Workflows](https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/canvas/workflows.md) | Save, load, and rerun graphs. |
| [Pipelines](https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/canvas/pipelines.md) | Publish a graph your team and your assistant can run with new inputs. |
| [Elements](https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/canvas/elements.md) | A saved product, model, or character that stays consistent everywhere. |
| [Skills and grounding](https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/canvas/skills-and-grounding.md) | How your brand book and creative skills steer every generation. |

Elsewhere in Creative+:

| Page | What it covers |
| - | - |
| [Video Studio](https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/canvas/video-studio.md) | Edit video on a timeline and export it. |
| [Library](https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/canvas/library.md) | Every creative, with versions, review, and share links. |
| [Forge](https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/forge/overview.md) | Fill design templates to make many versions: [agent quickstart](https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/forge/agents.md), [functions](https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/forge/functions.md), [design systems](https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/forge/design-systems.md), and [After Effects delivery](https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/forge/after-effects/overview.md) ([preparing](https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/forge/after-effects/preparing.md), [delivery and handoff](https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/forge/after-effects/delivery.md)). |
| [Brand Spy](https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/brand/spy.md) | Competitor organic posts and paid ad creatives. |

## From idea to delivery

**1. Start a graph**

Right-click the canvas and add a node, load a pre-made workflow, or describe what you want to the Composer.

**2. Add references**

Drag in product shots, Elements, or Library media, and connect them to a generation node.

**3. Generate and iterate**

Pick a [model](https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/canvas/models.md), run the node, and adjust. **Run Flow** reruns only what changed.

**4. Deliver**

Export files, send creative to a [Planner draft](https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/canvas/nodes/delivery.md), post it, or replace the creative on a Meta ad.

## Plans and credits

The canvas is included with the Organic+ plan. Generation draws on the brand's **Canvas credits**. See [Billing](https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/settings/billing.md) for your balance and [Providers and rates](https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/providers-and-rates.md) for what each generation costs.

## Try it

Ask Claude or ChatGPT to build and run a graph for you:

* "Turn this product photo into three vertical lifestyle images for Reels."
* "Make two square images of our cold brew on a sunny café table, and put the better one on Friday's post."
* "Which canvas workflows have we saved?"

If the canvas is open in Continuum, you can watch it work. See [Make creative](https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/mcp/use-cases/creative.md).

## What's next

* [Working on the canvas](https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/canvas/working-on-the-canvas.md): Add, connect, run, save, and collaborate.
* [Pipelines](https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/canvas/pipelines.md): Publish a graph your team can run with new inputs.


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