Source: https://docs.sogni.ai/sogni-create/studio/creating-images/other-tools/

# Other Tools

Beyond the prompt-and-render flow, Sogni Studio for Mac ships a handful of desktop-only image tools that take advantage of the bigger screen and direct manipulation.

## [#](https://docs.sogni.ai/sogni-create/studio/creating-images/other-tools/#canvas)Canvas

The **Canvas** is a 9-quadrant inpainting / outpainting grid. Drop an image into the center cell and Studio treats the surrounding 8 quadrants as space the model can extend into. Use it to:

-   Outpaint a square photo into a wide landscape.
-   Stitch multiple references into a single scene the model fills around.
-   Use the empty cells as masking targets — paint just the cells you want regenerated.

The Canvas is mouse-and-keyboard-native: drag images in, click a cell to mark it for fill, choose a model, and generate.

→ [Canvas](https://docs.sogni.ai/sogni-create/studio/creating-images/other-tools/canvas/)

## [#](https://docs.sogni.ai/sogni-create/studio/creating-images/other-tools/#masks)Masks

**Mask painting** is targeted inpainting: load an image into the main view, paint over the area you want regenerated, then prompt for what should replace it. The mask brush has soft-edge feathering so the boundary blends, and you can invert the mask to instead lock the painted area and regenerate everything else.

Masks pair well with:

-   **Context-Fill** for prompt-light edits ("erase this object").
-   **ControlNet** for keeping pose/composition while changing wardrobe.
-   **Generative Filters** for region-specific stylization.

→ [Masks](https://docs.sogni.ai/sogni-create/studio/creating-images/other-tools/masks/)

## [#](https://docs.sogni.ai/sogni-create/studio/creating-images/other-tools/#frame-by-frame-animation)Frame-by-Frame Animation

Studio's macOS Animation Create mode lets you set **keyframes** on every important generation parameter — prompt, style, guidance, steps, seed, guide image, ControlNet config, Flux context images — and Studio interpolates between them across a clip. Use it to:

-   Smoothly morph one prompt into another over N frames.
-   Hold composition (via ControlNet) while shifting style.
-   Build looping ambient clips with subtle drift.

This is distinct from the video models — it renders one image per frame with the regular image pipeline, then assembles them into a video. Slower per-clip but with absolute frame-by-frame control.

→ [Frame-by-Frame Animation](https://docs.sogni.ai/sogni-create/studio/creating-images/other-tools/frame-by-frame-animation/)

## [#](https://docs.sogni.ai/sogni-create/studio/creating-images/other-tools/#see-also)See also

[Generation Settings— knobs that the Canvas and Masks tools build on.](https://docs.sogni.ai/sogni-create/studio/creating-images/generation-settings/)[Creating Videos— when video models are a better fit than frame-by-frame.](https://docs.sogni.ai/sogni-create/studio/creating-videos/)[Context Editing & Mixing— Context-Fill and reference image mixing.](https://docs.sogni.ai/sogni-create/studio/creating-images/generation-settings/context-editing-and-mixing/)