Text to Image | Grok Automation

When to use this mode

Text to Image is the right pick when:

You have multiple prompt ideas you want rendered as separate, independent images.
You don’t need reference images — every prompt stands on its own.
You want a specific aspect ratio applied to the whole batch (thumbnails at 16:9, posts at 1:1, story art at 9:16).

If you want variations of the same image, see Image to Image instead.

In the mode tiles row, click Text to Image.
In the Prompts textarea, paste your prompt list. Separate each prompt with a blank line.
Open the Refine section directly below the prompts and pick:
- Model — Speed finishes faster, Quality takes longer but uses Grok Imagine’s higher-fidelity image model.
- Aspect — one of 2:3 Tall, 3:2 Wide, 1:1 Square, 9:16 Vertical, 16:9 Widescreen. The same ratio applies to every prompt in the queue; switch ratios between runs if you need a mix.

Screenshot pending Refine panel with Model and Aspect dropdowns visible

Model and Aspect apply to every prompt in the queue. Run twice if you need two ratios.

Scroll to the Downloads section and check the three settings — you’ll usually set these once and leave them.

Setting	What it does	Suggested value
Auto-download	Saves every successful image to your Downloads directory the moment Grok finishes it.	On
Folder	Subfolder inside Downloads. Group related runs into the same folder.	`grok-thumbnails`
Filename prefix	Prepended to every filename. Useful for tagging campaigns.	`q4-`
Use the prompt text as the filename	When on, the filename derives from the prompt. When off, files are named `prefix-001`, `prefix-002`, etc.	On for searchable archives; off for sequential batches

The big orange Run → button at the bottom is the only thing left.

The button shows how many prompts will be sent: Run · 12 prompts →.
Once running, it switches to Running… with a pulsing dot.
The prompt list above the button gets a status badge per row: queued → generating → done.

A run of three prompts at 16:9 with q4- prefix and Use the prompt text as the filename on:

~/Downloads/grok-thumbnails/
  ├── q4-1_neon-alley-rain.png
  ├── q4-2_vintage-robot-noodles.png
  └── q4-3_red-panda-snow.png

The number prefix is the prompt index (1-based), so a 30-prompt batch sorts naturally in any file browser.

Run different ratios as separate batches. Aspect is per-batch, not per-prompt. If you need a 16:9 hero image and a 1:1 social cut of the same prompt, run twice — once per ratio, into different folders.
Speed vs. Quality is a real tradeoff. Speed completes most prompts in ~20-30s; Quality routinely takes 50-80s. For first-pass ideation, Speed wins. For finals, Quality is worth the wait.
Match your filename prefix to your project. A prefix like book-cover-v3- makes the difference between a clean archive and 300 mystery PNGs six months later.