> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://readkidz.gitbook.io/readkidz/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://readkidz.gitbook.io/readkidz/readkidz-getting-started-tutorial/editor.md). # ReadKidz Custom Picture Book Getting Started Tutorial Welcome to [**ReadKidz**](http://www.READKIDZ.COM), a revolutionary AI-driven platform that uses cutting-edge machine learning algorithms and natural language processing technology to provide a one-stop solution for educators, parents, and content creators. Our platform helps you quickly produce high-quality, engaging children’s content, and through a simplified AI workflow, easily transform creativity into works that can be published on major platforms.

Today we are going to explain the introductory tutorial of the Second-Creation Picture Book. So what is the Second-Creation Picture Book? **Second-Creation Picture Books** are an innovative way of content re-creation, allowing you to adapt and personalize existing story picture books on ReadKidz to create brand new works. Thanks to ReadKidz’s powerful copyright management system, you don’t have to worry about any legal risks, because all story picture books on the platform have been authorized for copyright-free use. > *Next, we will conduct an introductory tutorial on how to use the Second-Creation Picture* *Book, which is mainly divided into seven steps：* > \ > \&#xNAN;***Step 1 : Find the creation entrance of Second-time picture books！***\ > \&#xNAN;***Step 2 : Copy editing！***\ > \&#xNAN;***Step 3 : Style selection！***\ > \&#xNAN;***Step 4 : Character image setting!***\ > \&#xNAN;***Step 5 : Story picture book AI rendering!***\ > \&#xNAN;***Step 6 : Story picture book design and layout!***\ > \&#xNAN;***Step 7 : Save preview and download!*** **1) *****Find the creation entrance of Second-time picture books！*** **Entrance 1 :** Click Home on the homepage and select Create books to enter the e-book creation page.

ReadKidz secondary creation template entry example picture

Click Template on the creation page to enter the template preview and selection page.

Use the scroll wheel to slide the template area to preview the template. After selecting a template, click on the template and click Use this template to enter the second creation picture book creation page.

**Entrance 2 :** Click Home on the homepage, we hover the mouse arrow over the template, you can preview and select the template, click Use template to enter the second creation picture book creation page.

**Entry 3 :** Find the Template option on the ReadKidz homepage and click to enter.

**2) *****Copy editing*****！** Modify the character’s name and corresponding gender, click Generate below to reset the article, and click Recover to revert the previous version of the story content;

Review the reset storyboard in the Storyboards panel to see if it is correct. If you need to modify it, you can edit it directly. If there is no problem, click Next.

**3) *****Style selection！*** After selecting the style you like, click Next!

**4) *****Character image setting!*** There are two ways to set character images: **self-upload** and **AI rendering!** **self-upload：**Upload by yourself and click Upload. The Media interface pops up. Select Upload image and the uploaded image size is 1:1!

ReadKidz character settings upload image example

**AI rendering：**Click Generate in the upper right corner to enter the Media interface. The number corresponds to the number of renderings. Select the number of renderings you want and click Generate to start AI rendering!

ReadKidz character setting AI rendering example

If you want to modify the prompt words, write them in the following order: scene, perspective, scene, role **(including age)**, appearance and clothing **(describe from head to toe)**, expression, action, background. **For example**: close-up, front view, single-person scene, a three-year-old girl, with golden hair, big eyes, wearing a white dress, a pair of red leather shoes, a happy expression, looking up at the sky, the background is blue sky and white clouds! If you want to replace the picture, please click the picture, open the Media interface, select the picture you want to replace, and click Confirm to replace the picture.

**5) *****Story picture book AI rendering!*** ● Double-check that your prompts match the picture text.

ReadKidz AI prompt word verification and modification example

● Check the number of characters described in the prompt or copy. If there is only a single character, check whether the character image is lit in the upper right corner of the prompt text box. If not, click to light it up; for a two-player scene, light up the two-player character image. If the copy does not contain any characters, click the character image and select Delete in the upper right corner to delete it!

● If you are not satisfied with the prompt words, you can make appropriate modifications!

● Clicking generate will generate four pictures by default, so you can check my next step and then choose how to perform AI rendering!

● Click on the gray area containing ReadKidz, and the media interface will pop up. Select the number of renderings you want based on the number. In the media area, slide the scroll wheel to view your historical renderings!

● You can click batch Generate in the upper right corner to enter the quick rendering mode, then click 4 pages to select the number of pages you want to render, then check the batch rendering, and finally click Generate at to render!

**6) *****Story picture book design and layout!*** ● Click on the text and a text settings navigation bar will appear. You can set the text font, size, style, effect, etc.

ReadKidz picture book layout design text adjustment example picture

● Right-click the text, you can copy and paste the text, adjust the layer and other settings, and place it in the appropriate position after adjustment!

● Click on the picture, white dots and green borders will appear, and you can move, zoom in, zoom out and rotate the picture!

ReadKidz picture book layout design picture adjustment example picture

● Right-clicking the picture will also have corresponding picture adjustments, and place it in the appropriate position after adjustment!

● If you are not satisfied with the picture you have laid out, you can click the purple icon in the upper right corner to replace or regenerate the picture, select the picture you like, and click confirm to replace the picture!

● Click the material library icon on the right side of the page to open the material library and add stickers, text boxes and other materials; you can click the label above to enter the corresponding material, select the appropriate material, and click it!

ReadKidz picture book layout design material library example picture

● If you want to add your own images to your layout, click the upload icon on the right and then click Upload images to upload your images. Once uploaded, click Add to Page!

ReadKidz picture book layout design upload image example

● When you have a better copy, you can click the copy adding tool on the right, you can set the initial size and thickness of the copy; if you want to unify the style of the text, please right-click the text and select Copy styles to unify the text effect. Please note! The cover and end are not affected!

ReadKidz picture book layout design text adding example picture

● After you have designed the text and image layout, we will dub the text. Open the dubbing icon on the right and enter the Voices page!

ReadKidz picture book layout design AI dubbing usage example picture

● After entering the Voices page, first check the text you want to dub! Then click Select voice to enter the dubbing selection page!

● Click the play button to audition. After the audition is completed, click Select voice to choose your favorite dubbing!

● Click Generate to generate the dubbing. You can click the play button on the right side of the text to listen to it!

● After the dubbing is completed, we can select the background music. Open the background music icon on the right and select the background music. You can slide to view, or click the label to search, click the play button to listen, select the appropriate background music, and click the "+" after the music name to add the background music!

ReadKidz picture book layout design background music usage example picture

**7) *****Save preview and download!*** ● Click Save in the upper right corner of the page to save, and click Present to preview the e-book!

● Click the three small dots in the upper right corner of the page to download the e-book image. Currently only PNG and PDF formats are supported!

Readkidz AI picture book story picture download example

After we finish the creation, we can find AI E-books on the homepage, click to enter to view your creation history, click on the created work, and adjust the creation again!

Readkidz AI picture book history example

In the next issue, we will introduce the beginner’s tutorial of customizing picture books. If you think it is good, please remember to like and forward it, so that more people can learn and fall in love with [ReadKidz](http://WWW.READKIDZ.COM)! Today we are going to explain the introductory tutorial of custom picture books, so what are custom picture books? The custom picture book function is one of the core highlights of the ReadKidz platform, which provides you with two flexible ways to create stories. **The first way is to use the story theme generated by AI.** You can choose from multiple creative themes provided by our intelligent algorithm, and then let AI automatically expand it into a complete story for you.

ReadKidz AI picture book story generation example

**The second way allows you to use your creativity.** You can provide the story theme you want, and our AI system will write a unique story for you based on your creative ideas.

No matter which method you choose, ReadKidz can ensure that you can quickly produce high-quality and engaging children’s content. Our advanced machine learning algorithms and natural language processing technology, coupled with a simplified AI workflow, allow you to easily transform your creativity into wonderful works that can be published on major platforms. > *Next, we will provide an introductory tutorial on how to create custom picture books, which is mainly divided into seven steps:* > ***Step 1 : Find the entrance to custom picture book creation！***\ > \&#xNAN;***Step 2 : Copy editing！***\ > \&#xNAN;***Step 3 : Style selection！***\ > \&#xNAN;***Step 4 : Character image setting!***\ > \&#xNAN;***Step 5 : Story picture book AI rendering!***\ > \&#xNAN;***Step 6 : Story picture book design and layout!***\ > \&#xNAN;***Step 7 : Save preview and download!*** **1) *****Find the entrance to custom picture book creation！*** **Entrance 1 :** Click Home on the homepage and select Create books to enter the e-book creation page.

ReadKidz AI custom picture book creation entry example

Click Custom to enter the custom picture book creation page.

**Entrance 2 :** Find the Custom option on the ReadKidz homepage and click it to enter the secondary picture book creation page.

**2) *****Copy editing！*** The copywriting editing part is mainly divided into two ways:\ 1\. The AI system provides the story theme, the customer chooses the favorite story theme, and then creates the AI picture book story content.\ 2\. The customer provides the story theme, and AI creates the picture book story content based on the story theme provided by the customer. **Story themes provided by AI :** Before creating picture book story content, we need to set the parameters of the story copy, including characters, age, story type, story style, and story screen size. Select a story theme provided by AI to create a picture book story copy. If you don’t like the story theme provided on the current page, you can click Change to replace the theme!

ReadKidz AI custom illustrated text example

After confirming the story theme, you will be redirected to the picture book story generation page. You can change the story theme copy. If there is no problem, click Generate to generate the story copy!

After AI generates the picture book story content, you can click to view it. If you are not satisfied, you can modify the story theme and click generate to regenerate, or directly click generate to generate new story content. Click the view history below to view your past picture book story content records. You can click whether to use the copy content. If there is no problem with the copy, click generate storyboards to proceed to the next step

**The customer provides the story theme :** Before creating picture book story content, we need to set the parameters of the story copy, including characters, age, story type, story style, and story screen size. Provide a story theme you want. For the content of the story theme, please refer to the logical narrative method of the story theme provided by AI, and then click generate to generate the story copy!

When you enter the story theme, you will be redirected to the picture book story content generation page. After writing, click generate to generate the picture book story content!

**The character settings of the story cannot be changed, so we need to review the picture text generated in the Storyboards area to see if there are any errors and whether it is the version you want. If you are not satisfied, you can click the icon in the lower left corner to re-create it!**

Of course, you can rewrite the title and body of the story. Just click on the text to rewrite it directly!

**3) Style selection！** After selecting the style you like, click Next!

**4) Character image setting!** There are two ways to set character images: **self-upload** and **AI rendering!** **self-upload：**Upload by yourself and click Upload. The Media interface pops up. Select Upload image and the uploaded image size is 1:1!

**5) Story picture book AI rendering!** ● Double-check that your prompts match the picture text.

● If you are not satisfied with the prompt words, you can make appropriate modifications!

● Clicking generate will generate four pictures by default, so you can check my next step and then choose how to perform AI rendering!

**6) Story picture book design and layout!** ● Click on the text and a text settings navigation bar will appear. You can set the text font, size, style, effect, etc.