Layer

Use when running a saved Layer Blueprint workflow rather than a single generation: discovering what workflows a workspace has, reading a workflow's input schema, estimating and executing a run, polling its steps, or cancelling it. Also when a repeatable multi-step pipeline exists for a task, when the user names a workflow, or when a workflow input expects a style or a file. Keywords: workflow, blueprint, pipeline, app, multi-step, run, node graph.

Use when assembling assets a user already has into one finished video with Layer: sequencing clips, adding transitions, overlaying text, captions, a logo or a CTA, layering music or voice-over, or cutting a trailer, ad, or promo from generated shots. Also when a multi-shot piece needs to become a single deliverable file. Keywords: video editor, timeline, assemble, stitch, sequence, concatenate, transitions, overlay, captions, CTA, trailer, montage, render.

Use when generating video with Layer: text-to-video, animating a still image, extending a clip, adding camera motion, generating native audio or lip sync, looping animations, or planning a multi-shot ad, trailer, or cutscene. Also when a video prompt produces the wrong motion or the shot drifts off the source image. Keywords: txt2vid, img2vid, image to video, camera motion, video effects, loop, seamless, trailer, cutscene, lipsync.

Use when generating a texture with Layer that must repeat without a visible seam: ground, terrain, walls, fabric, foliage, stone, wood, pattern fills, or a tiling material for a game engine. Also when a generated texture shows seams at its edges, an obvious repeating motif across a surface, or baked-in lighting that fights the engine. Keywords: tileable, seamless, tiling, texture, material, pattern, trim sheet, terrain, repeat.

Use when a look must hold across many Layer generations: training a custom style or LoRA on a studio's own artwork, curating the images that go into a reference set, choosing its training category, tuning reference-set weight on a run, or deciding whether to train at all rather than attach a style reference. Also when a trained style produces weak, inconsistent, or silently ignored results. Keywords: LoRA, custom model, trained style, reference set, consistency, on-model, art direction, dataset.

Use when judging Layer output before it ships: scoring generated files against a workspace's output scoring rules, reading back verdicts on a file, reviewing a batch against the brief, or choosing which candidate to deliver. Also when a studio has automated quality standards, or a set must be checked for consistency before handoff. Keywords: quality gate, scoring, review, batch, verdict, approve, QA, consistency check.

Use when making pixel art with Layer: sprites, retro game characters, pixel icons, pixel tiles, or a sprite sheet and walk cycle. Also when generated pixel art comes back blurry, anti-aliased, or at the wrong grid size, and when packing separate frames into a sheet or cutting an existing sheet into frames. Keywords: pixel art, sprite, sprite sheet, spritesheet, 16-bit, 32x32, walk cycle, animation frames, palette, dithering, pack, split.

Use when changing an image that already exists on Layer rather than generating a new one: editing or replacing part of it, inpainting with a mask, outpainting or extending the frame, reframing to another aspect ratio, relighting, restyling, re-rendering from another camera angle, splitting into layers, removing a background, vectorising, or upscaling. Keywords: img2img, edit, inpaint, outpaint, mask, expand, turnaround, upscale, background removal, PSD, layers.

Use when generating a still image with Layer: concept art, key art, illustrations, marketing images, icons, or any text-to-image run. Also when a prompt is not landing, when the aspect ratio or resolution is wrong, when a style or pose reference should steer the result, when readable text must appear in the image, or when several images must share one look. Keywords: txt2img, text to image, prompt, aspect ratio, negative prompt, style reference, seed.

Use when producing in-game art with Layer: characters, heroes, NPCs, enemies and mascots, environment and background concept art, parallax layers, or game UI such as icons, buttons, frames, panels, HUD elements and currency symbols. Also when a cast must stay on-model across many images, when an icon must read at 64px, or when a character must be split into parts for a skeletal rig. Keywords: character art, NPC, enemy, concept art, background, parallax, game UI, HUD, icon set, Spine, rigging.

Use when generating audio with Layer: sound effects for a game or trailer, music and background tracks, or speech and voice-over from text. Also when a sound effect comes back with unwanted ambience or reverb, when a music prompt needs structure or length control, or when choosing a voice and delivery for narration. Keywords: SFX, sound effect, foley, UI sound, music, soundtrack, loop, text to speech, TTS, voice over, narration.

Use when a Layer brief needs a direction before generating at volume: exploring a look with a moodboard, choosing between visual directions, storyboarding an ad, trailer or cutscene, pinning a colour palette, naming a style or era precisely, or framing a scene. Also when a brief is vague or generations keep missing an unstated intent. Keywords: art direction, moodboard, style exploration, storyboard, panels, beats, palette, composition, framing, era, reference.

Use when producing 3D assets with Layer: generating a mesh from text or an image, retopologising or remeshing, retexturing an existing mesh, rigging a character, or animating a rigged mesh. Also when choosing between quad and triangle output, setting a polygon budget, or asking for PBR textures for a game engine. Keywords: 3D, mesh, model, text to 3D, image to 3D, remesh, retopology, retexture, rig, skeleton, animate, PBR, quad mesh, poly count, glTF, FBX.

Use when generating or editing game and entertainment assets on Layer through MCP: images, video, 3D meshes, audio, sprites, textures, or marketing creative. Also when choosing a Layer base model, pricing a run in Creative Units before spending them, uploading reference files, polling a generation, applying a trained style, or recovering from MODEL_NOT_FOUND, INSUFFICIENT_BALANCE, RATE_LIMITED, or a silently degraded reference set.