# Asset Studio

> Asset Studio makes images with AI and publishes the images that you keep to your Uniform asset library, as usual Uniform assets.

Source: https://docs.uniform.app/docs/apps/asset-studio

Asset Studio makes images with AI in the Uniform dashboard. You describe an image, compare the results, and publish the image that you keep. Asset Studio also makes Open Graph cards: social images with your headline on a backdrop.

Each image that you publish goes into the Uniform asset library of your project. It is a usual Uniform asset. You can select it in all asset parameters, and it stays in your library if you remove Asset Studio.

Use Asset Studio to:

- Make a hero image for a page while you edit the page.
- Make a set of images in the same style for a campaign.
- Make a social sharing card for a blog post, a release note, or a customer story.
- Give your team card templates that use your colors, typefaces, and logo.

## What Asset Studio gives you

- [Set up](https://docs.uniform.app/docs/apps/asset-studio/set-up): Add your AI Gateway key, then select the image model and the default size.
- [Generate images](https://docs.uniform.app/docs/apps/asset-studio/generate-images): Describe an image, compare the variations, and publish the image that you keep.
- [Open Graph cards](https://docs.uniform.app/docs/apps/asset-studio/open-graph-cards): Put your copy on a backdrop from AI, from your asset library, or from a URL.
- [Card templates](https://docs.uniform.app/docs/apps/asset-studio/templates): Make card templates for your brand, from a built-in template, from zero, or from a description.
- [FAQ](https://docs.uniform.app/docs/apps/asset-studio/faq): Costs, models, permissions, and what to do if a generation fails.

![Asset Studio with Open Graph card selected. A success message says that the card is now in the asset library. Below are the template picker, the copy fields, and the finished 1200 by 630 card.](https://docs.uniform.app/images/apps/asset-studio/og-published.png)

## Where you find Asset Studio

Asset Studio shows in four places in a project. The first three places have the full studio. The AI button shows a smaller panel that runs one prepared prompt.

| Place | How to open it | What happens when you publish |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Project tool** | In the project navigation, select **Tools**, then select **Asset Studio**. | The image goes into the asset library. |
| **Asset library source** | Go to **Experience > Assets**. In the **Source** group, select **Asset Studio**. | The image goes into the asset library. |
| **Asset parameter** | In a composition or entry, open the asset selector of an asset parameter. Select **Asset Studio** as the source. | The image goes into the asset library, and the parameter gets the image. |
| **AI button** | On an asset parameter, select the AI icon. Then select an Asset Studio prompt. | The image goes into the asset library, and the parameter gets the image. |

For the steps, see [generate images](https://docs.uniform.app/docs/apps/asset-studio/generate-images).

## How Asset Studio works

Asset Studio sends your prompt to an image model through [Vercel AI Gateway](https://vercel.com/ai-gateway). Your team adds its own AI Gateway key, so you select the models and you pay the model costs directly. Asset Studio does not use Uniform [AI credits](https://docs.uniform.app/docs/guides/ai/ai-credits).

Asset Studio works as you. It uses your Uniform sign-in and your permissions. You do not need a Uniform API key. To publish an image, you need permission to add files and assets in the project.

In the studio, nothing goes into your asset library until you publish an image, and each generation starts only when you select **Generate**. An [automation](https://docs.uniform.app/docs/apps/asset-studio/set-up#automations) is different: after an administrator publishes it, it makes and publishes cards without an author.

## Get Asset Studio

Uniform activates Asset Studio for your team. To get Asset Studio, [request activation](https://docs.uniform.app/docs/apps/request-activation?app=Asset%20Studio). After activation, [set up](https://docs.uniform.app/docs/apps/asset-studio/set-up) Asset Studio in each project.