Image Generation
Create custom illustrations and visuals with AI
Image Generation
When the AI agent generates an eLearning course, it also creates images for each slide — illustrations, icons, decorative visuals, and more. You don't need to prepare any images upfront. The agent reads your content and the template's design instructions, decides what visuals each slide needs, and generates them automatically as part of the course creation process.
Generated Images as Placeholders
In many production workflows, you'll eventually want to replace some or all of the generated images with your own — brand photography, approved illustrations, or assets from your design team. AI-generated images work well as placeholders during the first iteration. They give you a complete, visually coherent draft to review and share, without waiting for final assets. When you're ready, simply upload your own images and ask the agent to swap them in.
This approach lets you focus on content structure and pedagogical flow early on, while deferring visual polish to a later stage.
How It Works
You don't need to write detailed image prompts yourself. Describe what you want in your own words — the AI agent takes your description, combines it with the context of the slide and the template's design guidelines, and constructs a high-quality prompt under the hood when it calls the image generation model. The result is an image that fits the content and visual style of your course.
During Course Generation
When you ask the agent to generate a full course, images are created alongside the content automatically. The agent decides what each slide needs based on the topic, the template structure, and any design instructions.
Requesting Changes
You can always ask for changes to specific images after the initial generation:
Replace the image on the "Key Concepts" slide with something
that shows a person interacting with a touchscreen device.The illustration on the safety page should feel more serious
and professional — less cartoon-like.Uploading Your Own Images
To replace a generated image with your own, upload the file in the chat and tell the agent where to use it:
Use the attached photo as the header image on the introduction slide.Aspect Ratios
Choose the right dimensions for your use case:
| Ratio | Dimensions | Best For |
|---|---|---|
| 1:1 | Square | Profile images, icons, thumbnails |
| 16:9 | Landscape | Hero images, presentation slides |
| 9:16 | Portrait | Mobile content, vertical displays |
| 4:3 | Standard | General content, documentation |
You can specify the ratio in your prompt:
Create a 16:9 hero image for the introduction slide showing
a collaborative workplace setting.Style Guidelines
Be Descriptive
The more context you give, the better the result. You don't need to use technical prompt language — just describe what you're looking for in plain words.
Good prompt:
I'd like a warm, friendly illustration for the onboarding slide.
It should show a new employee being welcomed by colleagues in a
modern office. Keep the style clean and professional, matching
our brand colors (blue and white).Less effective:
Onboarding imageSpecify the Style
Common styles you can request:
- Flat design — Modern, minimalist, solid colors
- Isometric — 3D-like with consistent angles
- Watercolor — Soft, artistic, approachable
- Line art — Clean outlines, professional
- Photorealistic — Lifelike images
- Cartoon/Illustrated — Friendly, engaging
Include Context
Tell the agent how the image will be used so it can make better decisions:
This image will be the opening visual for a compliance training
course aimed at factory floor workers. It should feel approachable
but convey the seriousness of workplace safety.Supported Model
Impact Learning uses Gemini 3.1 Flash Image for all image generation. It offers fast generation with good quality, making it well suited for iterating on illustrations and visuals during course creation.
Image Credits
Image generation uses credits from your plan. Each generated image costs approximately 1 credit. See Plans and Credits for details.