> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.zerogen.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Quickstart

> Sign in, pick a model and make your first image.

This guide takes you from signing in to your first image. You need an
invitation to a ZeroGen organization first; see
[Sign in and invitations](https://docs.zerogen.com/get-started/sign-in.md).

## Sign in

Go to [zerogen.com/login](https://zerogen.com/login) and sign in with your
email address or your Google account. ZeroGen opens your organization on
**Generate**, in the image generator.

## Make an image

1. Choose a model from the **Model** menu.
2. Describe the image you want in **Prompt**.
3. Check **Cost**, under the **Generate** button, for an estimate of the
   price.
4. Choose **Generate**.

![The image generator with a prompt typed in, the Output settings, the Generate button and a cost estimate of about \$0.03.](https://mintcdn.com/zero-gen/m4I7fPs1rAXZSMjU/images/get-started/prompt-and-cost.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=m4I7fPs1rAXZSMjU\&q=85\&s=daa771588840fcfa99b916587b22c71c)

Your image appears in **Generations** when it's ready, and its cost comes out
of your organization's shared balance. For output settings, names and
references, see [Make an image](https://docs.zerogen.com/generate/make-an-image.md).

To make a video or audio instead, choose **Video** or **Audio** in the sidebar
on the left.

## Open it in the viewer

Select an image in **Generations** to open it in the viewer. From here you
can add it to your favorites, download it, reuse its settings for your next
generation, and read the model and prompt that made it.

![A generated image of a man hitchhiking on an autumn highway, open in the viewer, with actions such as Add to favorites, Reuse parameters and Download, and its labels, folders, model and a prompt that uses @ tags.](https://mintcdn.com/zero-gen/m4I7fPs1rAXZSMjU/images/get-started/review.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=m4I7fPs1rAXZSMjU\&q=85\&s=dae7a802f347805d8a63f8eebb71c8bf)

The viewer, here showing an image made from two references

## Next steps

> [card] [Find your way around](https://docs.zerogen.com/get-started/find-your-way-around.md)
>
> The main parts of ZeroGen and where to find them.

> [card] [Make a video](https://docs.zerogen.com/generate/make-a-video.md)
>
> Pick a video model, add frames or references, and generate.

> [card] [Prompts, @ tags and # folders](https://docs.zerogen.com/generate/prompts.md)
>
> Point a prompt at assets with @ and at folders with #.

> [card] [Credits and billing](https://docs.zerogen.com/foundations/credits-and-billing.md)
>
> How a generation is paid for.


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