> Documentation index: https://www.gentoon.ai/llms.txt

# Make one panel at a time

Skip the chat and set every detail of a single panel yourself, from cast and scene to dialogue, art style, and model, then draw it in Beginner or Master mode.

https://www.gentoon.ai/en/help/studio/single-panel · Last updated October 30, 2026

## Overview

The **Single Panel** tab is for drawing one panel at a time, setting everything yourself instead of chatting with Zennyang. It’s handy when you want to add just one more panel or redraw a specific panel exactly the way you want. To plan several panels at once, the **Agent Mode** tab is easier.

## Where to find it

It’s one of the two tabs at the top right of the Studio: **Single Panel**.

![GenToon screen](https://pub-6e5feb091fa740fa80f3a5a12a895d23.r2.dev/help-center/shots/en/studio-single-panel.791db136.1x.webp)

## Step by step

1. Open the **Single Panel** tab on the right. These steps are for **Beginner** mode. If **Master** is selected at the top of the tab, click **Beginner**.

   ![Open the Single Panel tab on the right. These steps are for Beginner mode. If Master is selected at the top of the tab, click Beginner.](https://pub-6e5feb091fa740fa80f3a5a12a895d23.r2.dev/help-center/shots/en/studio-single-panel.791db136.1x.webp)
2. Click the panel you want to draw on the canvas. In this tab you can also select empty panels that haven’t been drawn yet. Until you pick one, you’ll see **Select a panel from the canvas**.
3. Click **Select Characters**, choose who appears in this panel, and click **Done**. For characters with saved looks, you can choose which look they appear in just below.
4. In **Description**, describe the scene for this panel. This field is required.

   ![In Description, describe the scene for this panel. This field is required.](https://pub-6e5feb091fa740fa80f3a5a12a895d23.r2.dev/help-center/shots/en/studio-single-panel.791db136.1x.webp)
5. To put text in the art, write the lines under **💬 Dialogue & narration (shown as text on the image)**. To draw without text, click **No speech bubbles** to turn it on.
6. Pick an art style from the style cards, and choose Standard or Pro under **Generation Model**. Each model shows how many credits it uses.

   ![Pick an art style from the style cards, and choose Standard or Pro under Generation Model. Each model shows how many credits it uses.](https://pub-6e5feb091fa740fa80f3a5a12a895d23.r2.dev/help-center/shots/en/studio-single-panel.791db136.1x.webp)
7. Click **Generate Image**. It costs one image at the model’s price, and the art goes into that panel when it’s done. But the first time a character is drawn in the current art style (including the look you picked), a version of the character in that style is made first, without asking, which can cost an extra 13 credits per character. If you haven’t picked a style in this tab, the style chosen in the **Agent Mode** tab is used. To draw without this cost, choose the first style card, **Your character's default style** (see [Choose an art style](https://www.gentoon.ai/en/help/characters/art-styles)).

   ![Click Generate Image. It costs one image at the model’s price, and the art goes into that panel when it’s done. But the first time a character is drawn in the current art style (including the look you picked), a version of the character in that style is made first, without asking, which can cost an extra 13 credits per character. If you haven’t picked a style in this tab, the style chosen in the Agent Mode tab is used. To draw without this cost, choose the first style card, Your character's default style (see Choose an art style).](https://pub-6e5feb091fa740fa80f3a5a12a895d23.r2.dev/help-center/shots/en/studio-single-panel.791db136.1x.webp)

> **Note:** If you try to draw without choosing any characters, a **No character selected** window appears once, before any credits are used. Click **Choose a character** to go back and choose, or **Generate without one** to draw anyway.

> **Tip:** To match another panel’s background, outfit, or situation, use **Reference another panel** to point to it. This button appears when the project has other drawn panels. If you redraw a panel that’s already drawn, the earlier art stays in the **Generation History** list at the bottom of this tab, where you can pick it again.

## Beginner and Master

At the top of the tab, you can choose **Beginner** or **Master** mode. It starts in Beginner.

![GenToon screen](https://pub-6e5feb091fa740fa80f3a5a12a895d23.r2.dev/help-center/shots/en/studio-single-panel.791db136.1x.webp)

| Mode | How it draws |
| --- | --- |
| **Beginner** | Just describe the scene and the AI sets up the framing and placement. You can choose Standard or Pro. This mode has no place to add a background image. You can add one on the scenario card in the **Agent Mode** tab, or in **Master** mode. |
| **Master** | Set the camera framing, the background, where each character stands and faces, and even where the speech bubbles go, panel by panel. It always draws with the Pro model, so each image costs 25 credits. |

> **Note:** Drawing in Master mode is for subscribers only. Without a subscription you can look around the settings, but you can’t draw. You can see the plans on the **Pricing** page.

Master settings are only used when you draw from this tab. They don’t apply to conversations in the **Agent Mode** tab. Switching back to Beginner doesn’t erase the Master settings saved on a panel, and they’re still there when you switch to Master again.

## Place speech bubbles yourself

Select a drawn panel in this tab, and the **Balloons & narration** section lets you type text and place it on the art. Typing and editing are free. But outside **Master** mode, to redraw that panel or edit it with AI, you first need to delete or undo the text and bubbles you placed. See [Add and fix speech bubbles and text](https://www.gentoon.ai/en/help/studio/text-and-bubbles) for the steps.

## FAQ

**How is this different from Agent Mode?**

In Agent Mode, Zennyang plans and draws several panels at once from your story; in Single Panel, you set up one panel yourself and draw it on its own. You can mix both in the same project.

**The **Generate Image** button won’t click.**

The **Generate Image** button works once you’ve selected a panel on the canvas and written a scene in **Description**. It’s also paused until drawing finishes whenever any panel is being drawn, including while the agent is drawing or getting ready to draw.

## Related articles

- [Studio layout](https://www.gentoon.ai/en/help/studio/studio-basics)
- [Working with panels](https://www.gentoon.ai/en/help/studio/cuts)
- [Add and fix speech bubbles and text](https://www.gentoon.ai/en/help/studio/text-and-bubbles)
- [Choose Standard or Pro](https://www.gentoon.ai/en/help/agent/model-tiers)