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Add text directly to product visuals. Text remains editable within Beachside, allowing layout and styling adjustments without exporting to external design tools.

Text is a beta feature and may not function as expected.

Currently, you can only create text in the Text Layout task. Using it in other tasks may produce flattened and unpredictable results.This feature will progressively be available across all tasks.

Relevant Use Cases

  • Adding product names, descriptions, or promotional text to generated visuals

  • Working with CJK (Chinese, Japanese, Korean) text requiring precise character-level control

  • Producing production-ready assets within a single platform

How to use

Create a New Text Layer

1

Select “Text Layout”

In the left task menu, select Text Layout.

This opens the Text Layout workspace.

Alternatively, hover over an existing scene and select Continue from this image.

2

Select “T”

In the bottom toolbar, select the Text tool.

3

Add Text to the Scene

  1. Click anywhere on the scene and write your text

  2. The text layer will appear in the layer list once you click outside the text area.

You can create as many text layers as you want within a scene.

Character Limit

There is no hard limit on text layers per scene, but performance may degrade with very large numbers (100+) of text layers.

Edit an Existing Text Layer

1

Select a Text Layer

Select text layers to move, resize, or modify them.

Select a single layer:

  • Single-click on any text layer to select

  • A Selection border appears around the text

Select multiple layers:

  • Hold Shift and click each text layer

  • Selection border appears around both text layers

Multi Layer Selection

After selecting multiple layers, you will be able to: Align, Group them, and apply same text styling.

2

Make Edits

  • Edit your Text: double-click a text layer to edit the text.

  • Move your Text: click and drag to a new position.

3

Finish your Edit

  1. Click anywhere outside the text area to exit the editing mode.

  2. Your edits are automatically saved.

Other text features

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