Text and Layers

Add text in Studio, change fonts and style, turn text in an image into editable layers to fix the wording, and arrange layers.

Everything on a Studio canvas is a layer. Image layers hold pictures; text layers hold type you can edit at any time. This page covers both, including how to fix misspelled text in an image without generating it again. To open Studio, see Studio.

If you want the text right in the first place, start with the prompt. See Text in images.

Add text

1

Select Text

Select Text in the left toolbar.

Select Text.

2

Find the new layer

A new layer appears that reads "Text", set in Inter Regular, size 80, black and centered.

The new layer reads "Text".

3

Type your text

Click the layer to select it, then click again to type.

In the Layers list, a text layer shows its own text.

Style text

Style a text layer

1. Select a text layer. The right sidebar shows its controls.

   

   Style the selected layer with Type, Color, Align and Style.
2. Under Type, set the font and size. Size runs from 8 to 200.

3. Under Color, pick a color.

4. Under Align, pick left, center or right.

5. Under Style, pick bold, italic, underline or strikethrough.

Skip any control you don't need.

Fonts

1. Select a text layer.

2. Open the font picker from Type.

3. Search with Search fonts....

4. Pick a font.

You can also filter by category: Sans Serif, Serif, Slab Serif, Display Sans, Display Serif, Slab Display, Display, Decorative, Script, Handwriting, Monospace and Symbols.

The fonts come from Ideogram's library. You can't upload your own.

Layerize text

Layerize text finds the text in an image and rebuilds it as text layers. You can then change the wording, move it or restyle it without generating the image again.

You need to be signed in. The layers it makes work like any other text layer.

Layerize text is in beta. If it can't read any text, you'll see "No text layers were created". That happens when the image has no text, or the lettering is very stylized, decorative or part of a graphic.

Layerize text on the whole canvas

1. Click an empty spot so nothing is selected.

2. Select Layerize text in the sidebar. You get a new version with the text as layers.

   

   After Layerize text, the headline is an editable layer and a new version joins the strip.

Layerize text on one image layer

1. Select the image layer.

2. Under its tools, select Layerize text. Studio swaps that layer for the layers it finds.

Work with layers

The Layers list sits in the right sidebar when nothing is selected. Image rows show a thumbnail; text rows show a T icon and the text.

Reorder layers

1. Click an empty spot so the Layers list shows.

2. Drag a row up or down.

You can also use Cmd/Ctrl + ↑ or ↓ to move a layer forward or back one step; add Shift to send it to the front or back. The More menu in the bar over a selected layer has Bring to front, Send to back, Bring forward and Send backward.

Select more than one layer

1. In the Layers list, Shift-click the rows you want.

2. In the bar on the canvas, copy, duplicate or delete the group.

The sidebar points you to that bar. Cmd/Ctrl + A selects all.

Duplicate a layer

1. Select the layer.

2. In the bar over it, select the Duplicate icon.

Delete a layer

1. Select the layer.

2. Press Delete or Backspace.

The More menu in the bar also has Copy, Paste and Delete.

Keyboard shortcuts

• Arrow keys nudge the selected layer.

• Delete or Backspace removes it.

• Esc clears the selection.

Limits

• A canvas needs at least one image layer. If you try to delete the last one, Studio says "Keep at least one image layer". Add another image first.

• Studio has no controls to hide, lock, merge or flatten layers.