> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.talkcut.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Canvas

> The infinite canvas is your spatial workspace for organizing creative elements, reference material, and AI-generated content.

The canvas is where your creative work lives. It's an infinite, zoomable workspace where you place reference images, arrange generated content, and build visual narratives spatially — instead of scrolling through a linear chat history.

## Why a canvas

Most AI generation tools work like a chat window: you type a prompt, get a result, type another, and scroll back to find something from earlier. The canvas changes this by giving you a spatial workspace where every element stays visible, movable, and organized the way you want.

This matters because creative work is nonlinear. You might want to compare five variations of a scene side by side, group character references together, or arrange a storyboard sequence across the canvas. The spatial layout makes these workflows natural.

## Canvas tools

The toolbar at the top of the canvas provides:

* **Select** — Click and drag to select, move, and resize items
* **Pan** — Hold and drag to move around the canvas, or scroll to zoom
* **Assets** — Open the asset panel to upload and manage your reference material
* **Upload** — Quickly upload an image or video file to the canvas
* **Text** — Add text labels and annotations
* **Note** — Add sticky notes for creative direction or reminders
* **Shapes** — Access geometric shapes for visual planning

## Shapes

The canvas includes geometric shapes for visual planning and layout:

Rectangles, ellipses, triangles, diamonds, stars, hexagons, clouds, hearts, and more. Use these to sketch layouts, mark areas of interest, or create visual guides for your compositions.

## Working with assets

Click the **Assets** button in the toolbar to open the asset panel. From here you can:

* Browse your workspace [asset library](/workspace/assets) with tag and EXIF filters
* Upload images, videos, and audio files from your device
* Drag assets onto the canvas as references
* Tag assets directly from the canvas toolbar

Uploaded assets are automatically clustered by visual similarity and tagged by AI. You can also add your own tags for custom organization. See [Asset library](/workspace/assets) for details.

## Using skills on the canvas

Type `/` in a generation prompt field to invoke a [skill](/workspace/skills) — a reusable prompt template. The skill's content is appended to your prompt, so you can apply consistent style directions or composition rules without retyping them.

## Keyboard shortcuts

The canvas supports standard shortcuts for fast navigation and editing:

| Action              | Mac                | Windows            |
| ------------------- | ------------------ | ------------------ |
| Undo                | Cmd + Z            | Ctrl + Z           |
| Redo                | Cmd + Shift + Z    | Ctrl + Shift + Z   |
| Copy                | Cmd + C            | Ctrl + C           |
| Paste               | Cmd + V            | Ctrl + V           |
| Duplicate           | Cmd + D            | Ctrl + D           |
| Delete              | Delete / Backspace | Delete / Backspace |
| Select all          | Cmd + A            | Ctrl + A           |
| Zoom in             | Cmd + =            | Ctrl + =           |
| Zoom out            | Cmd + -            | Ctrl + -           |
| Zoom to fit         | Cmd + Shift + 1    | Ctrl + Shift + 1   |
| Chat with selection | Cmd + Enter        | Ctrl + Enter       |

Scroll to zoom, and hold Space to pan. For a complete list, open the **Menu** on the canvas and select **Keyboard shortcuts**.

## Selection and interaction

* **Click** an item to select it
* **Shift + Click** to add or remove items from a selection
* **Drag on empty space** to create a selection box
* **Cmd + Enter** with image or video shapes selected to focus the chat panel with those items as context

## Frames

Frames are container shapes that group content visually. Drag items into a frame to organize them — when you move the frame, everything inside moves together. Use frames to group:

* Character reference sheets
* Scene variations for comparison
* Storyboard sequences

To create a frame, open the **Shapes** menu in the toolbar and select **Frame**.

## Spatial organization tips

* **Group related content** — Place character references together, scene images in another area, style references in another
* **Use frames** — Frames act as containers that group content visually
* **Zoom levels** — Zoom out for the big picture, zoom in for detail work
* **Notes for context** — Add sticky notes near images to capture creative direction that the AI agent can reference