Short answer: Use the image creation flow to turn an idea into an AI-generated image. You can write the prompt yourself, or select create from image to have Typeshutter draft an editable prompt from one image.
Steps
Sign in to Typeshutter.
Open Create and choose Image.
In the prompt box, describe your shot in text. If you want help starting from an existing image, select create from image.
If you use create from image, choose one image. Typeshutter analyzes that image and fills the main prompt field with a generated prompt you can review and edit.
Review the prompt before creating. The helper does not submit the generation and does not spend credits by itself.
If you want the generation to use separate image references, add them with the normal Image control. The create from image helper image is only used to write the prompt and is not automatically attached as a generation reference.
Choose aspect ratio and resolution settings.
Start the generation and wait for the result to appear in your library.
Guided AI tools
For a focused workflow, choose a guided AI tool from the Image/Video picker in Create, or open one directly:
Browse all six tools at https://www.typeshutter.com/tools. You can also open Tools from the Tools card on Explore or select See all beside Start with a tool on the signed-out homepage.
Professional retouch — naturally refine portraits, wedding photos, and group photos while preserving identity and real skin texture.
Golden hour 35mm — apply a clean daylight 35mm color-negative lab-scan look while preserving the source exposure and lighting. Expect neutral-to-gently warm skin, near-neutral whites, muted olive greens, restrained saturation, softened microcontrast, smooth highlights, ultra-fine grain, and limited halation only at existing bright boundaries. The tool does not add beauty retouching, fake scratches, dust, light leaks, date stamps, sprocket holes, or borders. Open https://www.typeshutter.com/ai-35mm-film-camera-filter
AI profile picture generator — turn one portrait into an avatar-ready head-and-shoulders image while keeping the person recognizable.
AI portrait generator — turn a selfie, group photo, or everyday snapshot into a natural professional portrait.
Variations — create a different camera view or moment in the same visual world. It may change viewpoint, perspective, crop, composition, pose, gesture, gaze, expression, emotion, or interaction while preserving the same subjects and subject count, identity, defining markings, clothing, accessories, source objects, and environment. Directions that relocate, redecorate, restyle, add, or remove defining elements are ignored. Open https://www.typeshutter.com/ai-image-variations
AI product photo generator — turn one clear product reference into a standalone commercial studio photograph. With no direction, Typeshutter uses a clean complementary solid-color seamless set, controlled key, fill, and separation lighting, grounded shadows, and one to three physically present product-appropriate props. The product’s recognizable shape, proportions, materials, colors, function, packaging, and source-visible branding are preserved. Instagram, ad, campaign, ecommerce, or menu wording guides only crop and negative space; it never creates a poster, menu, social layout, added text, badges, borders, or overlays. Review small label text before publishing. Open https://www.typeshutter.com/ai-product-photo-generator
Each guided tool accepts exactly one reference photo and an optional short direction. It creates one image by default. If the direction explicitly requests a number from 2 to 10, the results appear in one carousel and each output is charged at the normal per-image credit price.
After you upload the photo, Typeshutter automatically selects the same aspect ratio when available or the closest ratio supported by the selected model. You can change the model, aspect ratio, and resolution under Advanced before creating.
Edit prompt restores only your optional direction. If you did not enter a direction, Edit prompt remains blank; private tool instructions are never shown.
If you are signed out, you can prepare a guided-tool draft before logging in. The reference stays private in that browser for up to 24 hours, and Typeshutter still requires a final Generate click after login before uploading the reference or spending credits.
Notes
For best results, describe what should be visible in the image instead of only naming a style.
Create from image accepts one helper image at a time. HEIC and HEIF images are converted before prompt creation when supported.
While Typeshutter is creating the prompt, the prompt field shows Creating prompt... and is locked until the generated prompt is ready or the request fails.
For people or fashion images, generated prompts use broad, non-identifying details such as face angle, hair, expression, lighting, pose, and photographic realism. They should not ask Typeshutter to copy a specific person's identity or exact likeness.
Use reference images when the selected model supports them and you want the output to follow an existing visual direction.
[Screenshot placeholder: Create image form showing Describe your shot or create from image.]
[Screenshot placeholder: Creating prompt... loading state after choosing one helper image.]
Troubleshooting
If create from image does not appear, confirm the prompt field is empty and the page is not currently creating or polling a generation.
If Creating prompt... stays visible for too long, wait a moment and then retry with the image again. If the image format is unsupported, choose a PNG, JPG, WebP, HEIC, or HEIF image when supported by your browser.
If the generated prompt appears but Create remains disabled, confirm the prompt field is not empty and no reference upload error remains.
If people prompts produce repeated or overly polished faces, edit the generated prompt with broad realism cues such as face angle, hairstyle, expression, lighting, lens feel, and natural skin texture. Avoid wording that requests a specific person's identity, exact facial features, or detailed likeness.
If the result does not match your idea, revise the prompt with more concrete visual details.
If the generation fails, check your credits and try again with fewer references or another model.
If your prompt or stop button still appears while a generation card says Processing, refresh the page. If it keeps happening, contact support with the media ID, your browser, and the approximate time it happened.