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Ask for a picture in plain language, or choose + → Image on the composer. Chat loads its image skill, turns your ask into a complete scene description, and calls Cortex-Image-1. The finished picture is a Library file you can reuse in any chat or project.
The composer + menu with Attach file, Image, and Check origin

The composer's + menu: Attach file, Image, Check origin.

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Ask for a picture

Describe the whole scene — subject, setting, light, style. You can also set:

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What the card shows

If the Library fetch for a finished picture fails, you see the error square. If image generation is not configured on a deployment, the request fails closed before any quota is spent.

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Quota, not a paywall

On Free and Guest, image generation is metered as images_per_day. Using the window is quota_exceeded: wait for the reset shown under Settings → Plan & billing. A plan that does not include image generation at all is entitlement_required. Free explicitly lists Image generation with Cortex-Image-1. See Plans.

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About the model

Cortex-Image-1 is the image model for Cortex Chat, in preview, built on NVIDIA Cosmos. It appears in Settings → Models beside the chat models with the attribution Built on NVIDIA Cosmos. See Models.

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Origin check is separate

A generated picture is a Library file like any other. Check origin is a different ask — attach media and ask whether it is authentic. It does not run automatically after every generation. See Origin check.

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Tips

  • One complete sentence beats a list of keywords: A lighthouse on a granite headland at dusk, long exposure, soft teal sky.
  • Reuse the seed to iterate on a picture you like while changing one thing at a time.
  • Use the negative prompt for the things the model keeps adding that you do not want.