# Create a skybox

Step-by-step for your first generation in the web app.

# 1. Open Skybox AI

Go to skybox.blockadelabs.com (opens new window). Sign up (opens new window) or log in (opens new window). Account help: Account and login.

# 2. Start from Gallery or New

Gallery is a grid of finished skyboxes. Hover one and choose Start with this. That loads the scene in the viewer and fills the prompt, Don’t include, and style.

Gallery grid. One skybox is selected with Start with this.

A selected Gallery skybox open in the viewer, with its prompt and style filled in.

New opens the wizard. Step 1 is the starting point:

Browse Gallery, or pick Game Skies, Natural Skies, or Interiors. Each of those remixes a random skybox from that project.
Custom is a prompt only, with no remix source.
Or start from your own image takes an equirectangular JPG or PNG under 50MB and opens Remix.

Wizard step 1, Starting point, with Custom selected.

You can close the wizard and change the same settings on the prompt bar.

To bring in your own panorama later, see View your own 360° images or drag and drop into the browser.

# 3. Describe the skybox

Write what should appear. You can change this later on the prompt bar. Enhance Prompt rewrites the wording when you generate. Don’t include is the list of things to keep out.

Wizard step 2, Describe your skybox, with Enhance Prompt and Don't include.

On the prompt bar, + adds Don’t include the same way. The menu is on Workspace.

Prompt shape: Prompting.

# 4. Choose quality

Fast, Balance, or Detail. This is how much to spend on the generation.

Wizard step 3, Quality, with Balance selected.

Costs and typical times: Quality.

# 5. Review and generate

The last step lists the starting point, remix source, prompt, negative, enhance, quality, and style. Change any line with Edit. Then pick how many skyboxes to make: 1, ×2, ×4, or ×8. Choose Generate.

Wizard review. Quantity is 1, and Generate is ready.

Each run is a generation. It shows under Recent Generations while it moves through the queue: dispatched, processing, then complete. A finished one is Generation #N in History. The finished asset is your skybox. The list, including Like and Download on a complete row, is on Workspace.

Typical times: about 15 seconds for Model 3 (Fast), about 60 seconds for Model 4 Standard, about 120 seconds for Model 4 Enhanced.

# 6. Like or download

On a completed generation, the heart saves it to Likes. The download icon opens the Download window for size and format. Track exports in Export Status.

Formats: Skybox exports. Controls overview: Workspace.

# Tips

To remix, edit, or convert an image, add a tool with + on the prompt bar. Overview: Workspace. How-tos: Remix · Edit · Image2Pano.
If the horizon sits too high or too low, use Shift Horizon in Remix settings.
Plan prices: plans (opens new window).

# Building an app

The request and the key stay on your server. See Implementation considerations.

← Workspace Remix →