Generate — engine states

Image

Every state the mounted media engine can render inside the Studio — composing, fallback, resolved scope, provider not connected, and the manual provider round-trip. One panel per state for reference.

a · Composing…

While your AI provider composes the generation prompt from the brief + references, the prompt card shows a muted line and shimmer placeholder. No Generate until it resolves.

Shared media engine
Generation prompt
Composing prompt from your brief and references…
Prompt composed by your AI provider; delivered by your media connector.
b · Fallback (no AI key)

When no AI provider key is resolvable, the engine skips enrichment and shows the raw, un-composed prompt so the user can still generate or edit by hand. A grey status badge marks it.

Shared media engine
Generation prompt
AI enrichment unavailable — showing the raw prompt
Raw direction passed straight through — connect an AI provider to compose a richer prompt.
Prompt composed by your AI provider; delivered by your media connector.
c · Resolved scope

After composing, the engine reports which AI key actually composed the prompt — platform default, your own override, or your account-level key. Shown as a purple scope badge on the prompt card.

Resolved scope — examples
composed on platform key composed on your key composed on your account key
One of these renders on the live prompt card depending on which key resolved. Prompt composed by your AI provider; delivered by your media connector.
d · Higgsfield not connected

The prompt still composes, but the media connector is required to generate. The Generate CTA is replaced by a disabled connect prompt, with an "Upload your own" escape so work isn't blocked.

Shared media engine
Media provider
higgsfield google-flow
Nano Banana Pro
Higgsfield not connected
Image generation runs on your Higgsfield connector (BYOK). Connect it to generate from the composed prompt — or upload an image you already have.
Connect Higgsfield to generate
Prompt composed by your AI provider; delivered by your media connector.
e · Google Flow (manual)

Some providers have no API connector — the engine composes the prompt but generation happens in the provider's own tool. No Generate button; the user copies the prompt out, generates externally, then uploads the result back.

Shared media engine
Media provider
higgsfield google-flow
manual provider — no API connector
Generation prompt
Prompt guide
  1. 1. Lead with the subject and the action — the product and what it's doing.
  2. 2. Set the scene, lighting and palette so the result stays on-brand.
  3. 3. Reserve composition space for the copy that lands on top.
  4. 4. Close with quality + format cues (photoreal, aspect, 4k).
Assets you'll add in the Studio
  • ▸ Brand logo (placed by the model)
  • ▸ Product photo — the actual Summer Splash bottle
  • ▸ Location / scene reference
Generate on Google Flow with this prompt, then upload the result back. There's no API connector for Google Flow — copy the composed prompt into Flow, generate there, and bring the finished image back into the Studio.
Prompt composed by your AI provider; delivered by your media connector.
Reference page. These are the engine's runtime states, not a linear flow — the live Generate stage renders exactly one of them based on AI-key resolution and the selected media provider.