CGDream combined text prompts, style filters and 3D references in an image generator. This guide was first published in November 2024. Its video and screenshots preserve that version of the product.
Current context, October 6, 2026: CGDream’s website now redirects to CGTrader. The vendor says it is retiring CGDream as a standalone product and moving its image-generation features into CGTrader AI. The replacement differs from the original: Flux Dev, Juggernaut and LoRA support are unavailable, and new users are offered five free generations. The old reference to 100 free credits a day should not be treated as a current offer. See CGTrader’s migration FAQ.
The CGDream workflow below describes the original demonstration. Button positions, model choices and filter controls are historical. This update checks the vendor’s public documentation; it does not report a new generation test.
Disclosure: The original video is marked as including paid promotion on YouTube. This guide retains the original tracked CGDream links. The video’s historical discount has not been verified as a current offer.
The original gallery
The demonstration begins with CGDream’s community gallery and its Rising, New and Best tabs. Opening an image exposed its prompt, model and filters, with controls for remixing. These are features of the original interface shown in the video, rather than verified instructions for today’s replacement.
Prompts, Dream Up and filters
In the original demonstration, Curtis entered “French Bulldog,” selected a 16:9 aspect ratio and four variations, and generated images. The interface offered Flux and Juggernaut XL. His comments about the results were observations from that demonstration, not a comparative benchmark.
Dream Up expanded a short prompt into a longer one. The video showed both an automatic prompt-enhancement toggle and a generation control for using it.
The original filter selector allowed a maximum of five filters and adjustable strengths. The Halloween example used Cartoon Horror, Photorealistic Surrealism, Horror Surrealism, Demon and Werewolf. Those controls let the presenter vary the styling; they did not guarantee a particular result.
The video also showed aspect-ratio, variation, and Fast/Quality controls. These options depended on the selected workflow. For example, the presenter said that style and structure transfer worked with SDXL at the time, and switched to Juggernaut XL for that part of the demonstration.
CGTrader’s current filters instructions describe effects and intensity in a text instruction. They should not be confused with the old five-filter selector.
Using a 3D reference
The original CGDream gallery included 3D models that could be positioned in a viewer. The screenshot below shows a snail sculpture in that historical interface.
The video’s separate race-car example used a 3D reference, adjusted the view and applied Demon, Abstract Illustration and Fumes filters before generating an image. That is a 3D-to-image workflow: the resulting picture is not evidence of a newly generated, editable 3D asset.
CGTrader currently documents a 3D rendering workflow that combines the selected camera angle’s depth map with a text prompt and style. This describes the vendor’s current method, which has not been retested for this update.
Access and use today
CGTrader AI requires an account. Under its AI terms, CGTrader retains ownership of free-plan outputs and grants users a license for private, non-commercial use. Free-plan outputs must appear in the public community gallery. Paid-plan users own their outputs, while granting CGTrader a perpetual, irrevocable license to use those outputs commercially without attribution. The vendor’s usage restrictions still apply. Users must have permission for their inputs and review their outputs before use. These terms do not clear third-party rights or establish what happens to legacy CGDream balances and licenses.
Use the current vendor documentation for access, limits and permitted use. Keep the original video and screenshots as a record of the 2024 workflow.
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