# Set up your creator studio

Save the creative direction, fund a test workflow, and follow its delivery.

State: Creator workspace · Updated September 21, 2026

## Get into the right workspace

Open Studio and sign a one-use message with your Solana wallet. This creates an account-scoped workspace without a transaction. Saved projects, pair research, plans, canvas edits, and CTO preparation are available; paid image production still requires the funded operator account.

Projects belong to the wallet account that creates them. Signing in does not establish ownership of an existing token, authorize a CTO, or control a social account.

[Open creator studio](/operations)

## Create a saved project

1. **Choose New project.** Enter a project name, ticker, and creative brief. Give the brief a subject, visual direction, and voice.

2. **Set a daily job budget.** This limit is in test credits and applies to brief-preview jobs. It is separate from the image-production allowance.

3. **Create the project.** The project appears in your project list. Its records persist across browsers when you use the same authorized account.

> **A useful brief.** “Night Shift: original late-night internet culture, reflective chrome on graphite, dry humor, simple compositions. Avoid price claims.” Clear direction is more useful than a ticker alone.

## Run a saved brief preview

1. **Add 100 test credits.** This creates a labelled test-funding entry. No payment or wallet transfer occurs.

2. **Queue preview brief.** The job reserves 12 credits. Your available balance falls while the reserved balance rises.

3. **Run preview.** Delivery uses 8 credits and releases the unused 4. Open Receipt to inspect the output and fingerprint.

[Understand the three balances](/docs/fees-and-budgets#three-balances)

[Generate a real image](/docs/image-generation)

## Pause and resume work

Pause project prevents new jobs and image submissions. Existing provider work may already be in progress; pausing is not a provider cancellation or refund. Use Resume project to allow new work again.

Refresh reloads saved records. If a response was lost after a write, use Retry saved request. The saved request identity prevents duplicate funding or jobs.

[Recover an interrupted action](/docs/troubleshooting#interrupted)