> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.ocoya.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Generate images with AI

> Add generated images to a post, ask for a carousel, and steer the result with reference images.

When Ocoya drafts a post it can generate the images to go with it. Image generation is off unless you switch it on, so a caption-only draft never costs more than one credit.

## Switch it on

In the AI post composer, the **Images** button in the toolbar toggles image generation and sets how many you want. **Images per post** goes from 1 to 10.

The cost badge on the right of the toolbar updates as you change it. One credit for the caption, plus one per image:

| Asking for          | Credits |
| ------------------- | ------- |
| Caption only        | 1       |
| Caption + 1 image   | 2       |
| Caption + 5 images  | 6       |
| Caption + 10 images | 11      |

You're charged for what you generate, not for what you keep — so set the count before you run it rather than generating ten and using two. See [What are credits?](/help/credits)

## Asking for more than one

More than one image isn't the same prompt run repeatedly. Ocoya first plans a **carousel** — a sequence where each image is a slide with its own job — then generates against that plan.

That means a set of five reads as five parts of one idea rather than five variations of the same picture. It also means the order matters: the images come back in the sequence the plan set, and that's the order they'll appear in the post.

If you want genuinely unrelated images, generate them as separate posts.

## Steering the result

Three things shape what comes back, in roughly this order of influence:

**Your brand profile.** Logos, colours and the brand description are read on every generation. A brand with no visual identity filled in gets generic stock-looking output. This is the highest-leverage thing to fix. See [Set up your brand](/help/set-up-your-brand).

**Your prompt.** Describe the subject, not the style — the style comes from your brand.

**Reference images.** Attach up to **3 images per run** with **Attach image**, or drop files onto the composer. Ocoya uses them as visual reference for what you're asking for. Useful for a product shot you want the generated images to match.

## When the images aren't right

Regenerating costs the same again, so it's worth changing something first rather than rolling the dice:

* If the look is wrong across every image, fix the brand's visual identity.
* If the subject is wrong, the prompt needs to be more specific.
* If one image in a carousel is wrong but the others are fine, replace just that one by uploading your own — you don't have to regenerate the set.

You can always delete a generated image and upload your own instead. Nothing about a post requires the images to have come from Ocoya.

## Related

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    Where the AI composer sits, and what else it does.
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  <Card title="Character and media limits" icon="ruler" href="/help/channel-limits">
    How many images each network accepts, and how large.
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