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Image Generation lets Sofie create or edit images from a prompt. Use it when you need a visual concept, illustration, infographic, icon idea, training image, or edited reference image directly from chat. Image Generation is different from chart and diagram generation. Use Image Generation for illustrative visuals. Use chart and diagram generation when the visual should represent data, workflow steps, timelines, or structured relationships.
Do not treat generated images as evidence. Review technical details before using a generated image in quality, clinical, regulatory, training, or controlled-process material.

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When to use Image Generation

Use Image Generation when you need an illustrative image rather than a source-backed chart or editable document. Good uses include:
  • A concept illustration for a training slide.
  • A visual metaphor for a quality topic.
  • A scientific or technical illustration that will be reviewed by an SME.
  • An infographic-style visual for an internal draft.
  • A background or accent image for a document or presentation file.
  • An icon concept for a process, role, or workflow.
  • A before-and-after comparison image.
  • An edited version of an attached image, when Sofie can use the attachment as the starting point.

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Choose the right visual tool

NeedUse
Concept art, illustrations, icons, infographics, or edited imagesImage Generation
Flowcharts, process maps, timelines, Gantt-style plans, data charts, or visual summariesChart and diagram generation
Editable spreadsheet charts tied to rows, formulas, pivots, or rangesCoSheet
A downloadable PowerPoint, Word file, or generated file that includes visualsFile Studio
Analysis of an existing image, chart, figure, slide, or PDFFile Query
If the final output should be a downloadable file, ask Sofie to use File Studio after the image is generated or describe the whole file you want from the start.

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Write a good image prompt

A useful image prompt tells Sofie what to depict, why it matters, and what to avoid. Include:
  • Subject: what the image should show.
  • Purpose: where you will use it and what it should communicate.
  • Audience: who will review or use it.
  • Style: realistic, clean technical illustration, flat icon, neutral training graphic, or another style.
  • Composition: close-up, wide view, step-by-step panel, before-and-after, or centered object.
  • Orientation: square, portrait, landscape, or slide-friendly.
  • Text rules: whether to avoid small text or include only large readable labels.
  • Constraints: colors, sensitive content to avoid, or details that must be reviewed.
Good prompt: 
Create a clean technical illustration for QA training. Show a simplified aseptic fill-finish process with vial filling, stoppering, inspection, and packaging as four distinct stages. Use a neutral professional style. Avoid small text and avoid implying the process is complete or approved.

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Create an image from chat

1

Describe the visual

Tell Sofie what the image should show and why you need it.
2

Set style and format

Add style, orientation, level of detail, and text rules.
3

Add source context when needed

Attach a reference image or source summary if the image should reflect specific material.
4

Review the result

Check accuracy, labels, implied claims, and whether the image needs SME review.
5

Refine directly

Ask Sofie to change layout, remove details, adjust style, or simplify the image.
Example: 
Generate a landscape image for an internal training deck. Show a quality team reviewing source documents, a deviation timeline, and a CAPA checklist. Use a clean editorial illustration style. Do not show company logos, patient data, or readable document text.

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Edit an attached image

When you have a reference image, attach it and describe the edit. Be specific about what should stay unchanged. Good prompt: 
Edit the attached image to highlight the sample flow path with a subtle overlay. Keep the underlying equipment layout unchanged. Do not add new labels unless they are large and easy to review.
Use image edits for:
  • Highlighting a region of interest.
  • Creating a cleaned-up illustration from a rough reference.
  • Producing a before-and-after teaching visual.
  • Removing distracting nonessential elements.
  • Adjusting style while keeping the main subject recognizable.
Generated edits may alter details. For equipment, process, facility, clinical, or scientific images, compare the result against the source before sharing it.

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Use images with File Studio

Image Generation creates the image. File Studio is the better path when you need the image placed into a downloadable file. Ask Sofie: 
Generate a clean visual for the investigation timeline, then use File Studio to create a PowerPoint file with the image on slide 2 and source gaps in the appendix. Return the download link.
Use this pattern for:
  • PowerPoint files.
  • Word documents.
  • Training handouts.
  • Slide-ready summaries.
  • Packaged source review outputs.

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Avoid common mistakes

Do not use Image Generation when:
  • You need an exact chart from source data.
  • You need to preserve a source figure without changes.
  • You need a controlled record, evidence image, or technical drawing.
  • You need a brand logo, product logo, or regulated mark that already has approved source artwork.
  • You need readable dense text, tables, or formulas inside the image.
Use Sofie’s existing source and artifact tools instead:
NeedBetter path
Exact data chartCoSheet or chart and diagram generation
Existing source figure reviewFile Query
Downloadable document or slide fileFile Studio
Text-heavy documentCoDraft
Editable table or formula workbookCoSheet
Approved brand assetExisting approved logo or icon file

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Review generated images

Before you use a generated image, check:
  • Whether it introduces facts that were not in the source.
  • Whether scientific, equipment, clinical, or quality details are accurate enough for the intended use.
  • Whether labels are readable and correct.
  • Whether the image implies approval, validation, safety, efficacy, or compliance.
  • Whether people, facilities, products, or logos are appropriate to show.
  • Whether the image should be replaced with a source-backed chart, diagram, CoDraft, CoSheet, or approved artwork.
Ask Sofie: 
Review this generated image for technical risk. List details that may be invented, claims implied by the visual, labels that need checking, and anything an SME should review.