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

# Generate a layout pack

> Upload your brand guidelines and a prompt and let Descript build a complete, ready-to-use layout pack in minutes.

<Note>
  **Before getting started**

  * Generating layouts is only available on paid plans.
  * We suggest reading the [Layout packs overview](/templates-and-presets/overview) to understand how layouts and layout packs work.
  * This feature requires [AI credits](/billing-payments-plans/track-and-understand-your-media-minutes-and-ai-credits).
</Note>

## Set up your brand files and prompt

1. From the [Drive view](/descript-tour/drive-view), select **Layout packs** in the left sidebar.
2. Click **New layout pack**, then select **Generate layout pack**.
3. Click the + button in the top right corner of any tile to add your brand files. Every section is optional, but you need at least a prompt to move forward.
   * **Style guidelines & references:** PDFs, Markdown (`.md`) files, or images that describe your colors, type, and visual style.
   * **Media to display:** logos, images, or video clips to place inside your layouts.
     * **Images:** must be \< 30 MB per image
     * **PDF uploads**: up to 32 MB and 400 pages per PDF. When your PDFs total more than 60 pages, Descript chooses the 60 most relevant pages for your brand.
   * **Fonts:** font files such as `.otf` or `.ttf`. [Custom fonts](/visuals/custom-fonts) uploaded here stay with the generated pack and aren't added to your Drive's shared fonts.
4. Enter a **prompt** describing the brand, audience, mood, colors, and/or type of content you'll be creating. Click through **Inspire me** to pre-populate the prompt field with starter ideas.
5. Choose an aspect ratio: 16:9, 9:16, or 1:1.
6. Click **Generate design options**.

## Choose a design direction

Descript shows four preview layout packs built from your files and prompt.

1. Click through the directions to compare them.
2. To ask for something different, type in the prompt box under the directions and submit. You can change the attached files there, too. Descript either refines the direction you're viewing or writes a new set, and always returns four directions.
3. Select the direction you want, then click **Generate layouts**.

Generation takes some time, so feel free to leave the page while Descript builds your layout pack.

## Generate and publish your layout pack

Once Descript has created it, the pack opens as a draft layout project. Edit any scene, adjust text layers, or swap in different visuals. Click **Publish layout pack** in the top-right corner to make it available for use in your projects.

## Credit cost

Each design-directions run costs 50 AI credits; each generated pack costs 70 AI credits. The entire two-step workflow costs 120 without any additional re-direction or re-prompting. Each re-prompt is another directions run and costs another 50 credits.


## Related topics

- [Brand Studio](/branding/brand-studio.md)
- [Remix a layout pack](/templates-and-presets/layouts-remix.md)
- [Layout packs overview](/templates-and-presets/overview.md)
- [Apply a layout to a scene](/templates-and-presets/layouts-apply.md)
- [Save your own layouts](/templates-and-presets/layouts-save.md)