# Set up your creator studio

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

State: Private pilot · Updated September 18, 2026

## Get into the right workspace

Open Studio and choose Sign in with GitHub. Use the GitHub account authorized for the pilot. Being able to view the product preview does not grant permission to open private projects or create paid images.

Projects belong to your signed-in account. A matching ticker or a connected wallet does not establish ownership of a project or token.

[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)