# How to create your first illustrated story

ReadKidz platform has been upgraded! We have specially launched the Illustrated story feature, which allows you to easily create beautiful illustrated stories. So, how do you start your first illustrated story? **Step 1 : Create a project** Method 1: Enter the Readkidz homepage, find "Illustrated Story" in the left navigation bar, and enter the illustrated story creation page!

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Method 2: Click on "Illustrated stories" under "Choosing Picture Books by Age" on the right panel, and enter the page to create!

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Choose the age group, topic type and emotional tone of the story according to your ideas, and click Get Started to start creating！

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**Step 2 : Review and refine roles** ① Enter the story creation page, where the story title and the original story text are displayed. Click to edit and modify! （Please pay attention to the word limit!）

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② After confirming the story, click Extract Roles to extract the character information in the story!

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**Step 3 : Choose a style** After confirming the character, we need to choose a style. Currently, the platform contains more than 100 styles! Select a style for your picture book and click Next!

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**Step 4 : Character Portrait** After confirming the style, we need to create the character portrait! ① Review whether there are any missing characters in the left character list! Check the right character information panel!

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② Click "edit character" at the bottom of the character information panel on the right or the "small pencil" in the upper right corner of the character panel on the left to enter the character editing page!

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③ On the character information editing page, there will be corresponding character information according to the character type. Please edit the character information according to whether it is a required item! (Please note: If there is any information about the clothing of non - anthropomorphic animal characters on the information editing page, it is recommended to delete all clothing - related information!)

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④ You can modify the description directly. If you add a new description, please be sure to click the Enter key and add the description within the specified number of characters, otherwise it will not take effect! After the modification is completed, please remember to click confirm to save!

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⑤ If you are not satisfied with the currently selected style, you can click to enter the style selection page and reselect the style! After confirming the style, please make sure that the character portraits of all characters are of the same style! And make sure that each character has a character portrait before you can proceed to the next step! (Please note that after clicking to enter the next step, the character portrait cannot be regenerated!)

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⑥ Click "Generate" to generate a character portrait. If you are not satisfied with the original picture, you can click "Generate" to regenerate it, or enter the prompt word editing page to adjust the drawing prompt words, and then click "Generate" again to regenerate!

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⑦ Four pictures will be generated at once. Select the one you want! (Note: By default, the first picture is selected after generation!)

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**Step 5 : Graphics and text editing** Enter the picture and text editing page, the text and pictures have been automatically laid out into picture and text illustrations, you can edit and modify them!

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① Text editing : Select the text content that needs to be modified. We can click the text effect toolbar at the top to operate, or use the function of the floating toolbar to perform the corresponding text editing.

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② Illustration generation : You can first click the small brush in the upper right corner of the subtitle on the canvas page to enter the prompt word editing page to view the illustration! On the prompt word editing page, check whether the prompt word content corresponds to the story paragraph, and whether the character portrait corresponds to the story paragraph!

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Review whether the content of the prompt words corresponds to the story subtitles, and whether the number of characters described in the official prompt words corresponds to the character portraits!

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Modifications can be made directly on the descriptive words. If you add new descriptive words, be sure to press the "Enter" key and add the descriptive words within the specified number of characters, otherwise it will not take effect! After the modification is completed, remember to click "confirm" to save!

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③ After the review is completed, click "Generate" to generate the screen image. If you are not satisfied with the original image, you can enter the prompt word editing page to adjust the drawing prompt words and click "Generate" to regenerate!

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④ Four pictures will be generated at once. Select the one you want and click "confirm"!(Note: The first picture is selected by default after generation. Please click "confirm" for the selected picture!)

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After creating the illustrated story, you can click "Preview" in the upper right corner of the page to preview!

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After we have created a beautiful illustration story, you can share it to the platform you want (Facebook, Twitter, LinkdIn, WhatsApp), and complete the sharing with one click!

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