Session Visibility — Public & Private

How session visibility works in Qolaba's Image Generation — the difference between Private and Public sessions, when to use each, and how to toggle between them.

Before generating, set your session visibility to control who can see your generated images. Every generation in Qolaba is tied to a session visibility setting — Private or Public — which determines whether your outputs remain confidential or are shared to the Qolaba community gallery.


How Session Visibility Works

Session visibility is a per-session toggle set before you generate. It applies to all images generated within that session — not per individual image after generation. Set it before you start generating to ensure your outputs go to the right place.

Private Session
Public Session

Who can see it

Only you

All Qolaba users via the community gallery

Accessible via

Your History only

Community gallery + your History

Ideal for

Client work, brand assets, proprietary content

Creative exploration, community sharing

Discoverable by others

No

Yes


Private Session

In a Private session, all generated images are confidential. They are only accessible through your own Dashboard → History and are never visible to other users — not in the community gallery, not in shared workspaces, and not via any public link unless you explicitly share one.

Use Private sessions for:

  • Client projects and commissioned work

  • Proprietary brand asset generation

  • Internal creative briefs and concept development

  • Any content that should not be visible outside your organization


Public Session

In a Public session, generated images are shared to the Qolaba community gallery where all users can discover and view them. Your outputs contribute to the community, and you can explore what others are generating for creative reference and inspiration.

Use Public sessions for:

  • Creative exploration and style experimentation

  • Sharing work to the community for feedback or visibility

  • Portfolio-style content you are comfortable making discoverable

  • Prompts and styles you want to contribute to the community

Once an image is generated in a Public session, it becomes visible one the Community Wall. If you need to change the visibility of a specific image after generation, you can update it from Dashboard → History using the visibility toggle on that image. See Managing Generated Images → for details.


How to Toggle Session Visibility

  1. Open the Image Generation workspace

  2. Locate the Private / Public session toggle in the input controls area

  3. Toggle to your desired setting before generating

  4. All images generated in that session will follow the selected visibility

Make it a habit to check the session toggle before starting any new generation — especially when switching between personal creative work and client projects.


Visibility vs. Sharing

Session visibility and sharing are two separate controls:

  • Session visibility determines whether images appear in the community gallery automatically at the time of generation

  • Sharing allows you to generate a shareable link for a specific image regardless of session visibility — a Private session image can still be shared via a direct link with specific people

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