# Generate an Image with Z-Image

A strong image is often the foundation of a whole production: a social banner, a website header, a reference, or the first frame of a video. This lesson walks through the first generation in Picture Lab with Z-Image, the free-plan model that follows detailed prompts without a reference image.


## What you'll learn

- Where the model selector is and why Z-Image is the safe first pick
- Which aspect ratio to choose for banners, headers and future video
- What a specific prompt looks like: subject, composition, light, style
- What to do with the result: favorites, upscale, camera angle, video

- Duration: 2 min
- Updated: 2026-09-18
- Page: https://workroom.everypixel.com/tutorials/generate-image-from-text-z-image

Open Picture Lab and choose Z-Image. Open the model selector in the top-left corner and pick Z-Image. It reads full sentences rather than keyword lists, needs no reference image, and is a reliable choice for polished commercial visuals. Pick the aspect ratio. Choose 16:9. It works for banners, website headers, thumbnails, and any video you might build from this image later. Write a specific prompt. Describe the subject, composition, lighting, colors, textures, environment, and visual style in a few precise sentences. The more exact each detail, the closer the result is to what you had in mind. A neon orange and turquoise aluminum can, label reading WAVE in bold white letters, standing on a white studio table. Soft rim light along the top edge, warm key light from the left. Z-Image loses focus past about 60 words. Keep the prompt short and put the subject first, lighting second. Generate and review. Click Generate and wait for the result. If you like the image, add it to favorites so it can serve as a reference for later generations, or download it for editing elsewhere. Upscale, reframe or turn into video. Use Image Upscaler to raise resolution, Edit Camera Angle to see the scene from a different perspective, or send the image to Cinema Motion as the first frame of a video. To change the result, copy the original prompt, adjust the details, and generate again.