# Canvas
> An infinite board your workspace shares. Generate images, video and speech onto it, edit a picture in one click, and see who can change it.
Source: https://endless.okinawa/docs/create/canvas
A **canvas** is an infinite board where you draw, place assets and generate new ones into your
arrangement. Several people can work on it at once and see each other's changes live; there is
no save button.
**Canvas** in the sidebar lists the boards you can open. **"New canvas"** starts one.
## The board
* **Toolbar:** select, pan, draw, eraser, arrow, text, note, frame, shape, undo and redo. The
zoom controls add **"Focus"**, a minimap and snapping.
* **Side panel:** with nothing selected it's your **Library** (same search and filters, plus
**"This canvas"**); drag items onto the board. With a selection it shows **Info**.
* **Generate bar:** the same composer as [Image](/docs/create/image) and [Video](/docs/create/video),
fixed at the bottom. What you have selected changes what it does.
* **Collaborators** appear in the header with their cursors. You can follow someone, and
**"Cursor chat"** (right-click) shows a short message by your cursor.
## Generate on a canvas
### From scratch
With nothing selected, choose **"Generate image"**, **"Generate video"** or **"Generate
speech"** (when a speech model is on). The result lands in the middle of your view.
### From a selection
Select an image and choose an action on it: **"Remix image"** makes another image,
**"Convert to video"** turns it into a clip. Select text for **"Use as prompt"** or **"Convert
to speech"** (see [Speech](/docs/create/speech)). The result lands beside the selection. Only actions
that an available model can do are offered; right-click shows the same options.
### Check the estimate and generate
The bar shows **"Estimated cost"**, or **"Not enough credits"** with what the run needs and
what you have. Working from a selection often uses a differently priced model endpoint, so the
prices in the model list reflect the current selection.
The server, not your browser, places a "Generating…" square on the board and replaces it with
the result. Everyone sees it, and the result arrives even if you close the tab. If a run fails,
the square says *"An error occurred while generating. Try again."*; right-click it and choose
**"Contact support"** to send the error code.
## One-click edits
Select one image or clip for a second row of buttons. Each runs a fixed model with default
settings and puts the result beside the original.
| Button | What it does |
| ------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **"Enhance image"** | Upscales and sharpens a picture |
| **"Remove background"** | Cuts the subject out onto a transparent background |
| **"Enhance video"** | Upscales a clip |
| **"Finish draft in HD"** | Renders a video **"Draft"** again at 1080p (not after it has expired) |
These buttons spend credits, so each needs **two presses**: the first shows
**"Confirm"** with the price; press it again or press Enter. Escape or
selecting something else cancels.
The top row also has **"Download"**, and on a clip **"Capture frame"**, which saves the current
frame as an image beside it.
## Manage items
In **Info** for a generated item:
* **"Regenerate"** runs the same setup again; **"Reuse parameters"** loads it into the bar.
* **"Cancel generation"** stops a running item. If the provider had started, it may still be
charged, and the result goes to the trash.
* **"Remove from canvas"** takes it off the board but keeps it in your library.
* **"Move to trash"** (**⋯** menu) trashes the asset and every copy of it on the board.
The canvas name in the header (or **⋯** on its card) offers **"Edit"**, **"Copy link"**,
**"View in library"**, **"Share"** and **"Delete"**. Link a board to a project in **Share →
"Add to projects"**.
## Access and editing
Opening a board and changing it are separate:
* **Who can open it** is set by sharing: **"Private"**, or the **"Workspace"** at **Can view**
or **Can edit**, plus specific people. A board in a project can be viewed by everyone who can
open the project. A private board shows *"This canvas is private. Ask the owner to share it
with your workspace, then try opening it again."*
* **Who can edit it:** the owner or someone with **Can edit**, if their role can create
content. Anyone else gets a **"Read-only"** badge, no generate bar and only non-editing tools.
* **Creating a canvas** needs permission to create content. See
[Roles and permissions](/docs/governance/roles-and-permissions).
Sharing a board shares what's on it. A private asset on a workspace-shared
board is readable by everyone who can open the board. See [Assets and
visibility](/docs/concepts/assets-and-visibility).
## If Canvas is missing
A workspace can switch Canvas off for everyone, a team or one person; it then disappears from
the sidebar. Some workspaces instead see **"Canvas is coming soon"**.