Learn the basics

1. Explore the board

The canvas is your main workspace. Use the Top bar for board actions, the toolbar on the left for canvas tools, and the dock at the bottom to add content. Pages are in the bottom-left corner, while Runs, the minimap, and zoom controls are in the bottom-right corner.

Top bar

Canvas

Toolbar

Runs, minimap & zoom

Dock

Pages

2. Move around the canvas

Hold Space and drag to move across the board. Use the controls in the bottom-right corner to adjust the zoom or open the minimap when working with a larger board.

Zoom

Minimap

3. Add elements

Use the bottom dock to add AI model nodes, choose a template, or upload media. You can also drag and drop files directly onto the canvas.

Sticker

Video node

Text node

Templates

Upload

Text block

Toolbox

Board assets

Image node

Model nodes

4. Explore the left toolbar

The left toolbar gives you quick access to navigation, selection, comments, drawing and annotation tools, board history, view controls, and Settings.

Cursor mode

Pan mode

Comments

Draw

Text note

Emoji

Undo

Redo

100% view

Show all

Zoom in

Zoom out

Toast history

Settings

5. Select and organize elements

Click an element to select it. Hold Shift to add more elements, or drag a selection box around them. Hold Ctrl (Command on Mac) and click an element to remove it from the selection.

6. Work with node controls

Select a node to open its action toolbar. Available actions may include Generate, Info, Prompt, Duplicate, Download and Delete.

Action toolbar

7. Connect nodes

Drag from an output socket to a compatible input socket.

Use the bottle image as the base and apply the provided label design to the front of the bottle. Preserve the label’s original text, logo, colors, proportions, and layout exactly. Wrap the label naturally around the bottle’s curved surface, matching its perspective, lighting, reflections, shadows, and material. Keep the bottle, background, composition, and camera angle unchanged. The final result should look like a realistic professionally photographed labeled bottle.

Click and drag from an output socket to a text input socket.

Select a wire and press Delete, or hover over it and click cross.

Click and drag from an output socket to an image input socket.

8. Organize work with pages

Use pages to keep related workflows inside the same board. Open the Pages menu in the bottom-left corner to create, rename, reorder, and switch between pages. To reuse content on another page, select the nodes or workflow, choose Copy to page from the action toolbar, and select the destination page.

Add new pages

Deplicate nodes to selected page

You’re ready to create

You now know your way around COLA boards. Start with an idea, build your workflow, and create something amazing.