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Text Layers as Image Prompts

Paper shipped an image-gen upgrade: any text layers you have selected are added to your prompt. That makes prompt presets simple — type a preset as text on

Paper shipped a small but clever upgrade to image generation: the text already sitting on your canvas can now steer the prompt.

Selected text feeds the prompt

Any text layers you have selected are now automatically added to your image-gen prompt. Instead of retyping instructions every time, you point the model at words already on your canvas — your notes become part of the generation.

Prompt presets, kept as plain text

Because selection drives the prompt, you can save reusable presets right on the canvas: a color palette here, a mood there, a lighting style somewhere else. When you want one, just select it alongside your references.

Stack as many as you want

You can select any number of text elements at once, so combining presets is effortless — grab a mood, a lighting note, and a reference together to compose a look, no separate settings panel required.

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Sources: Stephen Haney (Paper).

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