Running a drop
The practical tab order in Series Lab: from the preset to the ZIP, a Core mint, and reveal on this PC.
Go left to right
The studio runs on your computer. The tabs go 1 → 7, then Deploy and Market. You can step back at any time. Earlier fields are not repeated: to change the name, supply or seed, open Overview.
What to do
| Stage | Do this | You get |
|---|---|---|
| 1 · Overview | Name, a latin ID, supply (start with 12–24), seed, engine. Start the series or save the preset. | The preset file |
| 2 · Base | Upload or generate the primary base image. Vision Assist is optional. | The primary base image |
| 3 · Constructor | Apply a trait pack, edit options, turn on the style lock, save the prompt and traits. | Traits stored on your series |
| 4 · Recipes | Build the texts. This does not spend credits. Check DNA and rarity. | The recipe archive |
| 5 · Generate | Count for free first, then Generate. Run a pilot of a few frames before the whole series. Compose layers from prepared PNGs does not charge credits. | A folder of images |
| 6 · Review | Keep or redo. Delete moves a frame to the trash; Drop from set keeps the file. | The marks that go into the release |
| 7 · Export | Run the checklist, then build the ZIP. Next: the deploy kit and the marketplace kit. | The release archive |
Seed and money
- The same seed produces the same characters. Change it only at the start: after review, edition numbers will no longer match the pictures.
- Stages that do not generate do not spend credits. A paid engine charges only when you press Generate.
- The mock engine draws coloured stand-ins and needs no keys. Walk the whole path before you spend money.
- Reference strength defaults to 0.45: lower wanders further from the base image, higher stays closer to it.
Deploy and market
The sale stays on the marketplace. A Core mint and a Solana reveal are commands on this PC, in this order: series release-init, series upload, series hidden, series guards, the machine with mplx cm create, series verify, series mint, series reveal. Do not paste a private key into the studio.
- Build the deploy kit. The default is Solana: Core Candy Machine, devnet first. On Solana the kit includes hidden files and, when you paste addresses, an allowlist (
allowlist.json). The Sugar entry is the legacy path;series mintdoes not build it. - EVM: a Thirdweb package. Reveal stays in the dashboard. Bitcoin Ordinals: instructions, signet first.
- Build the marketplace kit. Solana — Magic Eden and Tensor. EVM — OpenSea. Bitcoin — Ordinals.
- Export, deploy and market share one network. If you change it, build the ZIP and the kits again.
The Admin tab is for whoever runs the studio: key status and the trash. It is not a step of the drop.
Base images, traits and the release itself have their own pages.