diff --git a/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/Helpers/CanvasHelpers.ts b/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/Helpers/CanvasHelpers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d55a3b87d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/Helpers/CanvasHelpers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+export const normalizeCanvas = (canvas: HTMLCanvasElement, width: number, height: number): HTMLCanvasElement => {
+  const newCanvas = document.createElement("canvas");
+  newCanvas.width = width;
+  newCanvas.height = height;
+
+  const ctx = newCanvas.getContext("2d");
+  if (!ctx) {
+    throw new Error("Failed to get canvas context");
+  }
+
+  ctx.imageSmoothingEnabled = true;
+  ctx.drawImage(canvas, 0, 0, width, height);
+  return newCanvas;
+}
diff --git a/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/pages/PageEdit/BaseImageSelector.tsx b/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/pages/PageEdit/BaseImageSelector.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e36664c53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/pages/PageEdit/BaseImageSelector.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import { faImage } from "@fortawesome/pro-solid-svg-icons";
+import { FontAwesomeIcon } from "@fortawesome/react-fontawesome";
+
+export type BaseImageSelectorProps = {
+  onImageSelect: (imageUrl: string) => void;
+}
+
+const BaseImageSelector = ({
+  onImageSelect
+}: BaseImageSelectorProps) => {
+
+  return (
+    <div className="flex items-center justify-center bg-ui-panel border-ui-panel-border border-4">
+      <FontAwesomeIcon icon={faImage} className="text-6xl text-ui-text-secondary" />
+      <span className="text-ui-text-secondary text-lg ml-2">Click to upload or drag and drop an image here to edit</span>
+      <div className="mt-4">
+      </div>
+    </div>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/pages/PageEdit/EditPaintSurface.tsx b/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/pages/PageEdit/EditPaintSurface.tsx
index 1efa98ba16..09873e5c7f 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/pages/PageEdit/EditPaintSurface.tsx
+++ b/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/pages/PageEdit/EditPaintSurface.tsx
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ export type EditPaintSurfaceProps = {
   onSelectionChange?: (isSelecting: boolean) => void;
   stageRef: React.RefObject<Konva.Stage>;
   transformerRefs: React.RefObject<{ [key: string]: Konva.Transformer }>;
+  leftPanelRef: React.RefObject<Konva.Layer>;
+  rectRef: React.RefObject<Konva.Rect>;
 };
 
 export const EditPaintSurface = ({
@@ -45,6 +47,8 @@ export const EditPaintSurface = ({
   onSelectionChange,
   stageRef,
   transformerRefs,
+  leftPanelRef,
+  rectRef
 }: EditPaintSurfaceProps) => {
   // switch off to be preview panel mode.
   const singlePaneMode = true
@@ -54,7 +58,6 @@ export const EditPaintSurface = ({
   const [snapshotImage, setSnapshotImage] = useState<HTMLImageElement | null>(
     null,
   );
-  const leftPanelRef = React.useRef<Konva.Layer>(null);
   const rightContainerRef = React.useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
   const cursorLayerRef = React.useRef<Konva.Layer>(null);
   const cursorShapeRef = React.useRef<Konva.Circle>(null);
@@ -977,7 +980,6 @@ export const EditPaintSurface = ({
     }
   }, [selectedNodeIds]);
 
-
   return (
     <SplitPane
       singlePaneMode={singlePaneMode}
@@ -1011,6 +1013,7 @@ export const EditPaintSurface = ({
               }}
             >
               <Rect
+                ref={rectRef}
                 x={0}
                 y={0}
                 width={store.getAspectRatioDimensions().width}
diff --git a/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/pages/PageEdit/PageEdit.tsx b/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/pages/PageEdit/PageEdit.tsx
index dfc8b4539e..c8be5b88ff 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/pages/PageEdit/PageEdit.tsx
+++ b/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/pages/PageEdit/PageEdit.tsx
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import PromptEditor from "./PromptEditor/PromptEditor";
 import { AspectRatioType } from "../PageDraw/stores/SceneState";
 import { ActiveEditTool, useEditStore } from "./stores/EditState";
 import { EditPaintSurface } from "./EditPaintSurface";
+import { normalizeCanvas } from "~/Helpers/CanvasHelpers";
 
 const PageEdit = () => {
   //useStateSceneLoader();
@@ -32,6 +33,8 @@ const PageEdit = () => {
   const [selectedModel, setSelectedModel] = useState<string>("GPT-4o");
   // Create refs for stage and image
   const stageRef = useRef<Konva.Stage>({} as Konva.Stage);
+  const leftPanelRef = useRef<Konva.Layer>({} as Konva.Layer);
+  const rectRef = useRef<Konva.Rect>({} as Konva.Rect);
   const transformerRefs = useRef<{ [key: string]: Konva.Transformer }>({});
 
   // Use the Zustand store
@@ -179,9 +182,47 @@ const PageEdit = () => {
       x: (containerWidth - canvasW) / 2,
       y: (containerHeight - canvasH) / 2
     });
-
   }
 
+  // Create a function to use the left layer ref and download the bitmap from it
+  const downloadLeftPanelBitmap = () => {
+    if (!stageRef.current || !leftPanelRef.current || !rectRef.current) {
+      console.error("Stage or left panel ref is not available");
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const layer = leftPanelRef.current;
+
+    // Get the canvas area that's covered by the image/rectangle
+    const rect = rectRef.current;
+    const layerCrop = layer.toCanvas({
+      x: stageRef.current.x(),
+      y: stageRef.current.y(),
+      width: rect.width() * stageRef.current.scaleX(),
+      height: rect.height() * stageRef.current.scaleY(),
+      pixelRatio: 1 / stageRef.current.scaleX(),
+    });
+
+    // Using the pixelRatio scaling may result in off-by-one rounding errors,
+    // So we re-fit the image to a canvas of precise size.
+    const fittedCanvas = normalizeCanvas(layerCrop, rect.width(), rect.height());
+
+    const downloadCallback = (blob: Blob | null) => {
+      if (!blob) {
+        console.error("Failed to create blob from canvas");
+        return;
+      }
+
+      const url = URL.createObjectURL(blob);
+      const link = document.createElement("a");
+      link.href = url;
+      link.download = "artcraft_snapshot.png";
+      link.click();
+    }
+
+    fittedCanvas.toBlob(downloadCallback, "image/png", 1.0);
+  };
+
   return (
     <>
       <div
@@ -205,6 +246,7 @@ const PageEdit = () => {
           onModeChange={(mode: string) => { store.setActiveTool(mode as ActiveEditTool) }}
           selectedMode={store.activeTool}
           onEnqueuePressed={onEnqueuedPressed}
+          onGenerateClick={downloadLeftPanelBitmap}
         />
       </div>
       <SideToolbar
@@ -330,6 +372,8 @@ const PageEdit = () => {
             onSelectionChange={setIsSelecting}
             stageRef={stageRef}
             transformerRefs={transformerRefs}
+            leftPanelRef={leftPanelRef}
+            rectRef={rectRef}
           />
         </ContextMenuContainer>
       </div>
diff --git a/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/pages/PageEdit/PromptEditor/PromptEditor.tsx b/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/pages/PageEdit/PromptEditor/PromptEditor.tsx
index f2333c369e..40c586fbb1 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/pages/PageEdit/PromptEditor/PromptEditor.tsx
+++ b/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/pages/PageEdit/PromptEditor/PromptEditor.tsx
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ const PromptEditor: React.FC<PromptEditorProps> = ({
   onEnqueuePressed,
   onModeChange,
   selectedMode,
+  onGenerateClick,
 }) => {
   return (
     <div className="mx-auto flex w-full max-w-3xl flex-col space-y-2">
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ const PromptEditor: React.FC<PromptEditorProps> = ({
           onEnqueuePressed={onEnqueuePressed}
           onModeSelectionChange={onModeChange}
           selectedMode={selectedMode}
+          onGenerateClick={onGenerateClick}
         />
       </JobProvider>
     </div>
diff --git a/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/pages/PageEdit/PromptEditor/types.ts b/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/pages/PageEdit/PromptEditor/types.ts
index 7aceb51b38..6bce25a437 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/pages/PageEdit/PromptEditor/types.ts
+++ b/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/pages/PageEdit/PromptEditor/types.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export interface PromptEditorProps {
   onEnqueuePressed?: () => void;
   onModeChange?: (mode: string) => void;
   selectedMode?: string;
+  onGenerateClick: () => void;
 }
 
 export type AspectRatio = '1:1' | '3:2' | '2:3';
diff --git a/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/pages/PageEdit/stores/EditState.ts b/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/pages/PageEdit/stores/EditState.ts
index 4169c198fd..700e4ffca1 100644
--- a/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/pages/PageEdit/stores/EditState.ts
+++ b/frontend/apps/editor3d/app/src/pages/PageEdit/stores/EditState.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ interface EditState {
   cursorPosition: { x: number; y: number } | null;
   cursorVisible: boolean;
 
+  // Base image state
+  baseImage: ImageBitmap | null;
+
   // Actions
   addNode: (node: Node) => void;
   removeNode: (id: string, shouldSaveState?: boolean) => void;
@@ -131,6 +134,9 @@ export const useEditStore = create<EditState>((set, get) => ({
   cursorPosition: null,
   cursorVisible: false,
 
+  // Base image initial state
+  baseImage: null,
+
   // Add initial aspect ratio state
   aspectRatioType: AspectRatioType.NONE,
 
diff --git a/frontend/libs/components/promptbox/src/lib/PromptBoxEdit.tsx b/frontend/libs/components/promptbox/src/lib/PromptBoxEdit.tsx
index 0c19ec90ee..96f790cedc 100644
--- a/frontend/libs/components/promptbox/src/lib/PromptBoxEdit.tsx
+++ b/frontend/libs/components/promptbox/src/lib/PromptBoxEdit.tsx
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ interface PromptBoxEditProps {
   onEnqueuePressed?: () => void | Promise<void>;
   onModeSelectionChange?: (mode: string) => void;
   selectedMode?: string;
+  onGenerateClick: () => void;
 }
 
 export const PromptBoxEdit = ({
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ export const PromptBoxEdit = ({
   onEnqueuePressed,
   onModeSelectionChange,
   selectedMode,
+  onGenerateClick
 }: PromptBoxEditProps) => {
   useSignals();
 
@@ -553,7 +555,7 @@ export const PromptBoxEdit = ({
               <Button
                 className="flex items-center border-none bg-primary px-3 text-sm text-white disabled:cursor-not-allowed disabled:opacity-50"
                 icon={!isEnqueueing ? faSparkles : undefined}
-                onClick={handleEnqueue}
+                onClick={onGenerateClick}
                 disabled={isEnqueueing || !prompt.trim()}
               >
                 {isEnqueueing ? (