Recraft’s Chat mode enables users to talk to Recraft like a design assistant. Combined with the infinite canvas, it helps quickly turn ideas into finished, production-ready work.
Chat mode is a significant update and the goal is to learn how to make Chat mode into a productive and enjoyable experience for everyone. Keep in mind this is an iterative feature and certain functionality may not work or be available.We encourage you to share your feedback to help quickly improve the experience.
Design tools can be complex and time-consuming, and image generation with simple prompts alone doesn’t capture the full range of creative intent. With a chat-based interface, users can brainstorm, generate and iterate images, and run some multi-step design workflows in a single seamless experience.
Chat-driven generation & iteration: Start by describing an idea or intent, and iterate on the visuals using the entire chat context.Brainstorming prompts and design ideas. Use the Chat mode UI to help craft and refine prompts or explore different design directions without complex instructions.Step-by-step workflows: Multi-step tasks are guided automatically to help move from brainstorming to finished assets in fewer steps.Smart tips in context: Get suggestions for next actions, such as upscaling images to higher clarity and resolution, discovering different styles, or improving results within a workflow.Canvas integration: Every result appears side by side on the canvas, preserving context to help compare or build on earlier outputs without resetting.High fideltiy results: Built on Recraft’s custom models, the new interface offer style fidelity, accurate text, exportable raster and vectors, and more.
Chat mode is part of Recraft’s credit system. Every interaction with the language model consumes credits, similar to generating or editing images.
Credits used in Chat mode are in addition to those spent on image generation and editing.
A short, simple request may use as little as 1 credit.
Longer conversations, or chats with many iterations and a large accumulated context, can consume more.
To manage usage, it’s often more efficient to start a new chat when beginning a different task, rather than continuing a long thread.This system ensures credit usage reflects the actual compute required:
Quick edits and simple requests stay light on credits.
More complex workflows scale accordingly.
The result is a fair and predictable model: everyday tasks remain cost-efficient, while advanced sessions that require more resources use proportionally more credits.Note: Because Chat mode is still in beta, credit costs are being actively evaluated. The number of credits charged per interaction may change as the feature is refined. Updates to credit usage will be reflected in the documentation as they are made.
Start by asking for help with a prompt for a design task, e.g.: “I need a hero illustration for a SaaS landing page about teamwork. Help me craft 3 prompt ideas”
Select one of the suggested prompts, edit it as needed and try generating in different styles by typing “generate it in flat style” or “generate it in photorealistic style”.
To change specific details on an image, type in chat e.g., “take 2nd image generated in flat style, but add a dog showing pet-friendly office”
Experiment with styles by attaching a reference image, then ask in chat to apply the style to another image
When generating or iterating on images, use chat to specify aspect ratio, number of images, or to apply Recraft features such remove/replace background, vectorize, create variations, or upscale.
Try using some more advanced design workflows or chain of generations and editing actions e.g.,:
“Generate a photoreal product shot of a ceramic mug on a plain light background. Then remove the background. Then produce a clean vector interpretation of the silhouette.”
Use key visuals as image reference(s), then ask to create a marketing assets (such as a landing hero, social cover, email hero), specifying desirable formats, colors or other important details.
