Agent chat basics

Overview

Zennyang, the AI agent, is the partner that turns your story into a comic. Send it a story and it asks what it needs with quick cards, lays out a panel-by-panel scenario, and draws it once you press the draw button. After that, you can fix panels just by chatting.

Where to find it

It’s the Agent Mode tab on the right side of the Studio, and it’s the first tab you see when the Studio opens. The Single Panel tab next to it is for setting up and drawing one panel yourself, without chatting. The screens and shortcuts in this article are for a computer. In a browser on a narrow screen like a phone, you chat in the message box at the bottom of the screen, and the GenToon app looks and works a little differently (Using GenToon on the web and in the app).

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How to chat

1. Type your story or request in the message box at the bottom. A one-line idea is fine, and so is a long scene you’ve already written.

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2. Press Enter or click the send button (the paper plane). To add a line break instead, press Shift + Enter.

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3. To send a picture too, click the paperclip button (Attach file) next to the message box, or drag or paste the picture into the box.

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4. To stop Zennyang mid-reply, click the stop button that replaces the send button, or press Esc.

What you can ask Zennyang to do

• Break a story into panels — Send a story and you’ll get a scenario card with the scene, setting, and dialogue for each panel. See Start with a story.
• Ask what it needs — It asks about the world, the cast, how many panels per image, and the art style with cards. Tap a card or answer in the chat.
• Create new characters — If someone in your story isn’t one of your characters yet, it asks whether to create them, then makes them once you’ve chosen a description and art style. In the GenToon app, it may create them right away to fit your story, without asking.
• Draw — Review the scenario, click Draw as-is, pick Standard or Pro mode, and the panels are drawn on your canvas.
• Fix things — Say something like “Make the expression in panel 2 brighter,” and an edit confirmation card appears; click Edit and just that panel is redrawn. See Edit panels by chatting.
• Continue and undo — Pick up panels that weren’t finished, or go back to how a panel looked before an edit.

What costs credits and what doesn’t

Good to know

• Your chat is saved with the project. Reopen the project later and the conversation is still there.
• Once you pick an art style, a Current art style bar appears at the top of the chat. Click Change to switch.
• If you select a panel on the canvas, it’s shown in the chat, and whatever you send is treated as a request about that panel.
• Very long text can go over the length you can send at once. If it does, a notice appears under the message box, so split it into a few messages.

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