> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://editor.pascal.app/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Studio renders > Turn snapshots of your Pascal scene into AI-rendered images and video clips in the Studio workspace. Studio turns views of your scene into photorealistic images and short video clips. You capture a snapshot of your model, describe the look you want, pick a model, and generate — the AI keeps your real layout while adding materials, lighting, and atmosphere. Generating an AI render from a Pascal scene snapshot ## Switch to Studio Open a project and use the **Edit / Studio** toggle in the navbar. Studio replaces the editing rail with a **Generate** panel and swaps the bottom toolbar for a capture bar. Your credit balance shows next to the Studio toggle. The Studio workspace with the Generate panel and capture bar ## Capture a snapshot Snapshots are how the AI sees your actual scene. Frame the view you want in the viewport, then use the capture bar at the bottom: * **Standard** — a fixed aspect ratio (`16:9`, `9:16`, `4:3`, `3:4`, or `1:1`) at high resolution. Click Standard again to switch aspect. * **Viewport** — exactly what your canvas shows, at canvas size. * **Area** — drag to capture just part of the view. Press **Capture** to enter capture mode with a framing overlay, then take the shot. The snapshot lands in the Generate panel as a reference. ## Compose a generation The **Generate** panel is where you set up the render: * **Image or Video** — the switch at the top picks the output type. * **Prompt** — describe the result. The prompt is smart: highlighted modifiers can be clicked to swap their value, and the **Enhance** button rewrites your draft into a stronger prompt. * **Model** — the model card opens a picker of image and video models, each with a short description of its strengths, a speed estimate, and its credit price. Some models are better at preserving your exact layout; others at restyling or motion. The Generate panel with a prompt, model, and references ### References References steer the result. Use **Add reference** to take a snapshot, pick a past render from the gallery, or upload an image. You can give each reference a role: * **Structure** — locks your real layout and proportions (typically your snapshot). * **Style** — carries look, color, and materials (a render or photo you like). * **Composition** — guides framing and element placement. Video models take input differently depending on the model: frame-based models animate from a **start frame** (optionally toward an **end frame**), while reference-based models compose the shot from a set of reference images. ### Output settings Depending on the mode and model you'll also see: * **Variations** — generate 1 to 4 images per run. * **Quality or resolution** — output tiers on models that support them; higher tiers cost more credits. * **Aspect ratio** — when the model can honor one. * **Motion length and resolution** — for video, the clip duration and output resolution. ## Generate and track The generate button shows the credit cost of the run before you commit — count (or seconds) × the model's per-unit price, next to your remaining balance. While a render is in flight it appears in the in-progress list at the bottom of the panel with a rough time estimate; you can keep composing the next one. ## The gallery The **Scene / Gallery** switch at the top of the stage flips the viewport between your 3D scene and everything you've generated in this project. Open a render to: * **Download** it. * **Use as reference** — feed it back into the next generation to iterate on a look. * **Add to chat** — send it to the [AI assistant](/ai/assistant) to discuss or act on. * See the prompt and references that produced it. The Studio gallery grid with generated renders ## How credits work Generations are metered in credits: * **Each model has its own price**, per image for image models and per second for video models — it's shown on the model card and in the cost line under the generate button. Higher quality and resolution tiers cost more. * **You get free credits every day.** The free allowance tops back up daily at midnight UTC and doesn't roll over. * **Purchased credits never expire** and are only spent after your daily free credits run out. Buy packs from the in-app credits screen — checkout supports promotion codes. * **If a run costs more than you have left**, the generate button becomes **Buy more credits**. See [Credits](/account/credits) for balances, packs, and purchase history.