What LIGNIQUE is designed for
LIGNIQUE is a hosted AI-assisted comic, storyboard, and visual storytelling workspace. It helps you organise prompts, style references, character locks, output review, and continuity-focused working material in one focused workspace.
Generation is handled through LIGNIQUE's hosted creation system. Your prompts, reference images, lock data, and generation requests are processed through LIGNIQUE's platform to provide the creation service. Usage limits apply according to your account, available credits, and service safety controls.
Product direction and founder stewardship: Jayadevan Premnath, Founder, Lignique Studios.
Quick start
- Enter your scene description and, if needed, a negative prompt.
- Set the output size or choose an aspect ratio preset.
- Add style or character locks only when they are actually needed for continuity.
- Optional: pick a Style Gallery preset from the top bar for hidden art-direction guidance.
- Click Generate or press Ctrl+Enter.
- Open Edit Mode from Preview to refine the result with masks, references, and edit prompts.
- Use Copy Meta, Save, and Download PNG after review.
Main workspace guide
- Create is where you define the scene, negative prompt, dimensions, Style Gallery preset, and lock setup.
- Preview shows the active result and lets you open Edit Mode, copy metadata, save history, report output, or download PNG.
- Recent outputs stores saved generations in this browser for quick continuity reference.
- Library Vault (inside Character Locks) stores up to 50 reusable character references across sessions.
- Account menu shows signed-in account details, access status, policy links, and sign out.
Account access
- LIGNIQUE is a hosted creative service using account-based access and credit-limited generation.
- The account menu shows your account and access status for the signed-in session.
Metadata and saved output notes
- Copy Meta copies the current output metadata JSON to your clipboard for tracking, debugging, record-keeping, or support review.
- Save stores the current output in browser history for continuity reference and later review.
- Download PNG exports the visible result from the current workspace as a PNG file.
- Report Output prepares a structured local report bundle for your own review, support, or escalation workflow.
Privacy & browser workspace data
LIGNIQUE stores browser workspace data such as history, lock descriptors, reference locks, generated output metadata, and certain technical or diagnostic information to support workflow continuity, troubleshooting, and review.
Generation requests are processed through LIGNIQUE's platform to provide the hosted creation service.
Deleting cached lock data clears style lock, character cards, Style Gallery selection, edit references, and the Library Vault on this device.
Resetting workspace data clears browser-stored history, locks, vault, and cached workflow data for this signed-in session. It does not change account access or server-side usage records.
AI safety reporting
If a generated result appears inappropriate, unsafe, unlawful, infringing, misleading, or otherwise problematic, you may create a local report bundle from inside the app for your own review, support, or escalation workflow.
Report bundles are prepared locally for your review and handling. Before sharing any report, review the included prompt text, images, metadata, previews, and file details carefully. Share only the minimum necessary information, and do not include personal, confidential, sensitive, or regulated data unless it is strictly necessary and you are lawfully authorised to share it.
Support, responsibilities, and legal use
LIGNIQUE is a productivity and creative workflow tool. Outputs may be inaccurate, incomplete, misleading, unsuitable, or potentially infringing. You remain responsible for independently reviewing and validating prompts, inputs, outputs, and any materials you choose to use, share, or publish.
Nothing in this guide replaces applicable terms, policies, or law. For support enquiries, contact jayadevanpremnath@lignique.com.
Diagnostics
Service connection details, the latest issue, and the session log are available under Connection & diagnostics in the main panel.
Live generation and edit requests may take several minutes; the app waits up to about seven minutes before reporting a timeout.
Use diagnostics and support exports carefully. Review their contents before sharing them outside your device.
Style Gallery
- Pick a preset from the top bar for hidden art-direction guidance — it does not replace your visible prompt.
- Mutually exclusive with Style Lock: selecting a preset switches Style Lock Off, and activating Style Lock resets the gallery to None. Your saved Style Lock references, board, and descriptor are kept for later. Character Locks still apply alongside either.
- Clear the selection from the gallery dialog or when you delete cached lock data.
Edit Mode
- Open Edit Mode from Preview after you have a generated or loaded image.
- Right-click context menus on preview and history are disabled while Edit Mode is active.
- Use the primary tools — Brush/Paint area, Erase, Magic Select, and Pan — to target the edit. Magic Select is best for clear shapes or color-separated areas, then Paint Area and Erase refine the mask.
- Advanced controls keeps rectangle, lasso, guide outline, mask tuning, variation count, checklist, and hotkeys available without crowding the main flow.
- Before / After compares the previous edit step (or session original at step 1). Shift+click for split compare.
- Intent chips help frame the edit as Add, Remove, Replace, Swap character design, Change color, Fix character, Change expression, Match reference, Replace with reference group, or Clean up.
- For removal edits, select the full subject plus a small border so the area can be reconstructed from surrounding context without leaving traces.
- The Edit Mode history pill separates active mask state from mask history; after Apply, the active mask is cleared for clean result review.
- Line weight sampler, Contract mode, Edit strength, and mask precision are available in Advanced controls.
- Variations per apply requests multiple options when supported; pick one from the variation strip below the canvas.
- Edit References: open the compact reference card to add one primary reference and up to two supporting references when continuity matters.
- Expand canvas only resizes the workspace locally (not AI outpaint) — mask the new area, then Apply AI Edit.
- Create seed (if set) is passed through to edit requests for reproducibility when the API supports it.
- Style Gallery presets also apply during edits when one is selected and Style Lock is Off.
- Import Image replaces the current edit source; you are prompted to save or discard in-session work first.
- While an edit is applying: Cancel, Save & exit, Discard & exit, and Exit Edit cancel the request first, then complete your chosen action.
- Enlarge 4× is best used as a finishing step after touch-ups. It enlarges the preview to 4× width and height using browser canvas smoothing and does not add AI-generated detail.
Shortcuts & workflow tips
- Ctrl+Enter generates the current scene, or applies an edit when Edit Mode is open.
- F1 opens this help guide from the main workspace.
- Escape while applying cancels the edit; otherwise clears compare/split/mask, then exits (prompts to save or discard when there are unsaved changes).
- Use Save to add the current output to browser history.
- Use Export support bundle only after reviewing what it contains.
