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

# Getting Started

> The interface, the mode pills, the AI Images and AI Videos presets, and the two controls that shape every task: model tier and Ask permission.

## The sidebar

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Imagine Computer">
    Go to **imagine.art/computer**, or choose **Computer** from the workspace switcher at the top of the ImagineArt sidebar. You'll land on the main chat view.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Orient yourself in the sidebar">
    * **New Chat**: start a fresh conversation.
    * **Search Chats**: find a past conversation.
    * **Artifacts**: a library of everything your chats have produced, filterable by Slides, Websites, Documents, Sheets, Images, and Audio & Video.
    * **Startup**: the website builder. Describe a game, 2D or 3D site, or landing page and publish it.
    * **Integrations**: [connect your tools](/imagine-computer/connectors).
    * **Knowledge**: your team's files and data, which you can use in chats.
    * **Projects** and **Recents**: your saved work and chat history.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Modes: presets on the same chat

The pills below the prompt box (**Create Slides, Startup, AI Images, AI Sheets, AI Docs**, and under **More**: **Video Editor, AI Videos, AI Explainer, Graphs, AI Music, Deep Research, AI Resumes, Plan Trips, Motion Design, AI Contracts, Chat, AI Ads**) mostly aren't separate tools. Each one (other than Startup) is the same chat framework on its own sub-route, with a mode-specific composer hint and starter prompts. **AI Images** and **AI Videos** go further, with their own controls and template galleries. See [Start from a preset](#start-from-a-preset-in-ai-images-and-ai-videos).

<Frame>
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/imagineart/NqV6F5CXnfUHQwac/images/imagine-computer/imagine-computer-overview-step-02.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=NqV6F5CXnfUHQwac&q=85&s=1c327ff609ed18eae2193bd7f82d956c" alt="Imagine Computer home with the More menu open, listing Video Editor, AI Videos, AI Explainer, Graphs, AI Music, Deep Research, AI Resumes, Plan Trips, and Motion Design" width="1440" height="900" data-path="images/imagine-computer/imagine-computer-overview-step-02.png" />
</Frame>

<Note>
  **Startup is the exception.** Clicking the **Startup** pill opens the separate website builder, with its own **Build** composer, rather than a chat preset.
</Note>

## Two controls that shape every task

Every prompt bar has two controls worth understanding before you run anything.

### Model tier

<Frame>
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/imagineart/NqV6F5CXnfUHQwac/images/imagine-computer/imagine-computer-overview-step-03.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=NqV6F5CXnfUHQwac&q=85&s=51b4ec47056962fa3f0a85927c1c5ec3" alt="Model tier dropdown open below the prompt box, showing Flash, Pro, and Ultra with their descriptions" width="1440" height="900" data-path="images/imagine-computer/imagine-computer-overview-step-03.png" />
</Frame>

* **Flash** — fast and efficient for everyday tasks, quick ideas, and lightweight problem-solving.
* **Pro** — more power for deeper research, bigger workflows, and multi-step tasks that need extra capacity.
* **Ultra** — maximum intelligence for your most complex, high-stakes, end-to-end work.

### Ask permission

<Frame>
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/imagineart/NqV6F5CXnfUHQwac/images/imagine-computer/imagine-computer-overview-step-04.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=NqV6F5CXnfUHQwac&q=85&s=8f080ee9486b07c777638a07b537477f" alt="Plus menu in the prompt box showing Upload Photos & Files, Web search, Personalization, Ask permission, and Use commands" width="1440" height="900" data-path="images/imagine-computer/imagine-computer-overview-step-04.png" />
</Frame>

Click **+** in the prompt box to find the **Ask permission** toggle, alongside **Upload Photos & Files**, **Web search**, **Personalization**, and **Use commands**.

* **Off** (default): the agent runs without stopping, with full access to create, edit, or run intensive actions.
* **On**: the agent is meant to ask before creating or editing artifacts.

<Warning>
  In earlier testing, the approval setting did not actually pause a full research run at any point, including at the report-writing step. Don't rely on it as a safety gate. Treat every run as if it will continue without stopping.
</Warning>

## Start from a preset in AI Images and AI Videos

The **AI Images** and **AI Videos** homes let you start from a ready-made look instead of a blank prompt. Open them from the **AI Images** pill, or from **More** > **AI Videos**.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Set up your generation">
    Below the prompt box, four dropdowns control the output:

    * **Model**: pick a model, or **Auto** in AI Images to let Computer choose.
    * **Settings**: in AI Images, set **Quality** (1K, 2K, 4K), **Aspect Ratio**, and **Variations** (1, 2, or 4). In AI Videos, set **Quality** (480p, 720p, 1080p), **Aspect Ratio**, and **Duration**.
    * **Style**: apply a visual preset. AI Images includes 20 styles, such as **Photorealistic**, **Anime**, **Cinematic**, **Ghibli**, **Pixel Art**, and **Watercolor**.
    * **Camera**: choose a camera angle. AI Images offers **Birdseye**, **Dutch**, **Low Hero**, **Medium**, and **Wide**.

    <Frame>
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/imagineart/NqV6F5CXnfUHQwac/images/imagine-computer/imagine-computer-overview-step-05.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=NqV6F5CXnfUHQwac&q=85&s=342a7ebcc5d55a9b3f6ede8f9792380e" alt="AI Images home with the Images prompt box, model, settings, Style, and Camera dropdowns, Featured Templates, and Templates category filters" width="1440" height="900" data-path="images/imagine-computer/imagine-computer-overview-step-05.png" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick a template">
    Browse **Featured Templates**, or filter the **Templates** gallery by category. Hover a template and click **Use Template**.

    | Home | Template categories |
    | - | - |
    | **AI Images** | Ad Creatives, Product Shots, Style Transfer, Interior Design, Fashion Shoot, Social Thumbnail |
    | **AI Videos** | Trending, AI Ads, Viral Videos, Cinematic Shot, Product Demo, UGC, Music Video, Fashion Film |
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add your input and create">
    The template opens in its own window with example results, a prompt that's already written for you, and the inputs it needs. For example, **Product Shots** asks you to **Add Product**, lets you change the **Style Reference**, and has controls for the number of images, aspect ratio, and quality. Edit the prompt if you like, then click the create button (for example, **Create Product Shot**).

    <Frame>
      <img src="https://mintcdn.com/imagineart/NqV6F5CXnfUHQwac/images/imagine-computer/imagine-computer-overview-step-06.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=NqV6F5CXnfUHQwac&q=85&s=2345a2555256b6ca7b515b73bada0b9a" alt="Product Shots template window with example images, Add Product upload, Style Reference dropdown, editable prompt, count, aspect ratio, and quality controls, and a Create Product Shot button" width="1050" height="772" data-path="images/imagine-computer/imagine-computer-overview-step-06.png" />
    </Frame>
  </Step>
</Steps>

The **AI Videos** home works the same way, with video models, video settings, and video templates such as **AI Ads**, **Viral Videos**, **Cinematic Shot**, **Product Demo**, **UGC**, **Music Video**, and **Fashion Film**.

<Frame>
  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/imagineart/NqV6F5CXnfUHQwac/images/imagine-computer/imagine-computer-overview-step-07.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=NqV6F5CXnfUHQwac&q=85&s=109b48ffb3038344441e7344f2dc51d4" alt="AI Videos home with the Videos prompt box, Seedance 2.5 model, 480p / 16:9 / 4s settings, Style and Camera dropdowns, Featured Templates, and Templates category filters" width="1440" height="900" data-path="images/imagine-computer/imagine-computer-overview-step-07.png" />
</Frame>


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