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Create your first project

Sign in, create a Cloud Project, add a node, choose a model, and run your first generation.

Last updated September 4, 2026

This guide takes you from a new install to a generated result on the canvas.

Step 1: Sign in

Open Leafage and enter your email address. Use the six-digit code sent to that address to sign in.

Leafage requires sign-in because all new Projects are Cloud Projects. You need an internet connection while you work.

Step 2: Check Codex

Open Settings > Codex and check Local Codex. A ready Codex connection lets you generate images through the ChatGPT plan active on your Mac without using Leafage credits.

You can skip Codex and use a hosted model after adding credits. Leafage only shows hosted models enabled for production.

Step 3: Create a Cloud Project

  1. Open the Projects screen.
  2. Click Create project.
  3. Enter a name.
  4. Confirm.

Leafage opens a blank canvas and saves changes to the Cloud Project as you work.

Step 4: Add a node

Click the round + button or right-click the canvas, choose the node type, enter a prompt, then choose a model from the node controls.

Use local Codex for the zero-dollar image route. Enabled hosted text, image, and video models display their maximum credit cost before you run them. Leafage hides any hosted model that has not been enabled for production.

Step 5: Generate

For local Codex, choose the generation count, aspect ratio, and reasoning effort, then press Enter or click the Generate control.

Hosted models can expose different settings. Leafage shows the maximum charge on the Generate control. The job starts only when your available balance covers that amount.

Step 6: Create a branch

Use a connection handle on a useful result to create or connect another node. Write the next prompt as the change you want from the selected parent result.

Keep the product and camera angle. Move the scene into warm morning light with a pale stone background.

Leafage sends connected parent context with the new prompt when the selected model supports that input.

What to try next

  • Import a PNG, JPEG, or WebP reference.
  • Switch between generated versions on a selected node with the arrow keys.
  • Export a Project as a .leafage archive.
  • Connect Leafage MCP so Codex can create and edit nodes through the app.