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

# Create an infographic

> Ask for a visual in chat, or turn something you've already written into one.

Infographics are made in chat, not in a separate tool. The **Create infographic** button on
the Infographics screen simply takes you to a new chat — there's no other editor behind it.

## It always starts from something

An infographic is built from material that already exists in the thread — a draft, an idea,
or a post. Asking cold won't work:

> *"Make an infographic comparing manual posting to a content system"*
> → *"I need something to create infographic prompt from, and there is nothing in this
> thread yet to use."*

So give it something first.

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="From a draft">
    The usual route. Write the post, then convert it:

    1. *"Write a short post contrasting manual posting with a content system"*
    2. *"Now turn that post into an infographic"*

    On a draft in chat you can also use **Create infographic from this post**, which does
    the same thing in one click.
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="From an idea">
    Ask for infographic ideas first, then pick one:

    * *"What could I turn into an infographic this week?"*
    * *"Turn the second one into an infographic"*
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="From an existing post">
    Point at something you've already published:

    * *"Turn my last post about pricing into an infographic"*
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

## What happens next

Depost AI builds the *content* first — the thesis, the blocks, the labels — then renders the
image from it.

That order matters, because it's your chance to intervene. If the wording is wrong, say so
before asking for the image. Fixing text after the render means generating again.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Ask for the infographic">
    You get the structure and copy back first — a title, the blocks, the labels. No image
    yet.

    <Frame>
      <img src="https://statics.depost.ai/docs/visuals/create-infographic-content.png?v=2" alt="Infographic content returned in chat: a title, subtitle and three numbered blocks, then a render card listing size, background, typography, layout and anchor, with customize controls for background color, palette, layout vibe and text density above a Generate image button" />
    </Frame>

    Underneath sits a card describing how it will be **drawn** — the size, the background,
    the typography, the layout, and whether your saved theme is being used.

    **Customize** is where you change any of that before anything is rendered: the
    background color, the palette, the **layout vibe** in your own words, and the **text
    density**. Then **Generate image**.

    Text density is the one worth touching. **Low** is usually right — an infographic is
    read at a glance in a feed, not studied.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Correct the words">
    *"Change the middle section to talk about distribution, not creation."* Cheap now,
    expensive later.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Ask for the image">
    *"Generate the infographic image"*. It renders in your visual style and lands in your
    gallery.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Frame>
  <img src="https://statics.depost.ai/docs/visuals/create-infographic-result.png?v=2" alt="A rendered infographic in a chat thread with follow-up actions to regenerate the layout, adjust colors, or turn it into a post" />
</Frame>

Under the image: **Open full size**, **Regenerate with a cleaner layout**, **Adjust colors
and regenerate**, and **Turn this infographic into a post**. Use the regenerate actions
rather than starting over — they keep the content and change only the rendering.

## It lands on the post

If the infographic came from a draft, it attaches to that post rather than sitting in the
thread on its own. The chat panel marks it **Attached**, and it's there in the editor next
to the text, ready to publish together.

<Frame>
  <img src="https://statics.depost.ai/docs/visuals/create-infographic-attached.png?v=2" alt="The editor with the chat panel on the left showing the generated infographic marked Attached, and the post on the right with the same infographic in place below the text" />
</Frame>

## Getting a better one

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion icon="shapes" title="Give it a shape">
    Infographics work when there's a structure to show — stages, a comparison, a framework,
    a before and after. A list of tips is a post, not a visual.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion icon="type" title="Less text than you think">
    The point is to be readable at a glance in a feed. If it needs reading, write a post.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion icon="palette" title="Set your style first">
    Without a visual style, output won't look like your brand. See
    [your visual style](/visuals/style).
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Related

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Your visual style" icon="palette" href="/visuals/style">
    Make generated visuals look like yours.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Infographics gallery" icon="images" href="/visuals/gallery">
    Everything you've generated.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Repurpose" icon="repeat" href="/chat/repurpose">
    Other formats from the same material.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Add media" icon="image" href="/posts/media">
    Getting a visual into a post.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>
