Ember

An image studio that runs on your machine

Generate pictures from a description, edit the ones you already have by describing the change, and turn a whole set into a narrated video — without an account, a subscription, or a single upload.

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What Ember does

Everything runs on your own hardware, so the work stays yours from the first prompt to the finished video.

Generate from a description

Write what you want and Ember renders it. Pick widescreen, vertical, square or photo proportions, and reuse a seed when a set needs to stay consistent.

Edit by describing the change

Bring in up to three reference images and say what should be different. Restyle a photo, swap a background, or move a subject into a new scene. No masks or layers.

Private by design

No sign-in, no telemetry and no upload. Your prompts, references and finished pictures stay on the machine that made them.

Whole sets in one run

Turn a topic into a production plan, organise the shots into projects, and let the queue render the lot while you do something else.

Narrated video export

Write the narration for each shot. Ember records it in a natural voice and holds every image on screen for exactly as long as its line takes to say.

A library that stays tidy

Every picture keeps the prompt, size, seed and model behind it. Search past work and reuse any result as the start of the next one.

A look inside

Every screen below is the real application, at the size it opens on your desktop.

Ember's generate screen: a written description on the left with aspect ratio and seed controls, and the finished picture on the right
GenerateDescribe the picture, pick the proportions, and keep the seed when a set needs to stay consistent.
Ember's edit screen with a reference image loaded and an instruction describing the change to make
Edit by descriptionBring in up to three reference images and say what should be different. No masks, no layers.
Ember's story planner turning a topic into a structured production brief
Plan a whole setTurn a topic into a shot-by-shot plan, with narration written as finished prose.
A project in Ember listing each shot with its thumbnail, narration line and render status
Run the queueEvery shot with its picture, its narration and its status, rendered while you do something else.
Ember's video export dialog showing subtitle colour, size and position options with a live caption preview
Export as videoNarrated, timed to the voice, with optional captions and a slow zoom.
Ember's history screen showing past generations as a searchable grid of thumbnails
Everything you've madeSearchable, with the prompt, size, seed and model kept beside each picture.
Ember's models screen listing installed model components with sizes and an option to register files already on disk
Your own model filesDownload a starter set, or point Ember at files you already keep. Nothing is copied or moved.

How it works

Three steps from an idea to a finished set.

1

Add a model

Download a compact starter set from inside the app, or point Ember at model files you already keep on disk. Your files are read where they are, never copied or altered.

2

Describe what you want

Write a prompt for a single picture, or turn a topic into a full production plan and import it as a project.

3

Render and export

Run the queue, then save the images wherever you like — or add narration and export the whole project as a video.

Guides

How to plan a narrated video, write prompts that land, and keep your work on your own machine — useful whichever tools you end up using.

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Questions

The things worth knowing before you install.

Are my prompts or images ever uploaded?

No. Generation and editing happen entirely on your own computer, and there is no telemetry or analytics. The one exception is the narration used by video export: the spoken voices are fetched over the internet when you export a video. Everything else works with no connection at all.

Do I need an account?

No. There is no sign-in, no registration and no profile. Install the app and start working.

Is there a subscription or a credit system?

No. Ember does not meter what you make. Because generation runs on your own hardware, there is nothing to bill per image.

What do I need to run it?

Ember uses the inference engine from stable-diffusion.cpp together with a model, and expects both to be present on your computer. The app does not download the engine itself — every screen tells you exactly what is missing and what to do about it. A graphics card with enough memory makes generation dramatically faster. Video export additionally uses ffmpeg.

Can I use model files I already have?

Yes. Register any model file already on your disk and Ember reads it in place. Your files are never copied, moved or modified.

How does the video export decide the timing?

Each shot carries the narration spoken over it. That narration is recorded first, and the image is then held on screen for exactly as long as its own line takes to say, so picture and voice line up without any manual timing.

Where are my images stored?

In a folder in your user profile, along with the small database that records the prompt, size and seed of each one. You can export any picture, or a whole selection, to any folder you choose.

How do I get help?

Email support@iamdev.me. Questions, bug reports and feature suggestions are all welcome.