# carbon-now > Create beautiful images of code. > More information: . - Create an image from a file using default settings: `carbon-now {{file}}` - Create an image from a text in clipboard using default settings: `carbon-now --from-clipboard` - Create an image from standard input using default settings: `{{input}} | carbon-now` - Create images interactively for custom settings and optionally save a preset: `carbon-now -i {{file}}` - Create images from previously saved preset: `carbon-now -p {{preset}} {{file}}` - Start at a specified line of text: `carbon-now -s {{line}} {{file}}` - End at a specific line of text: `carbon-now -e {{line}} {{file}}` - Open image in a browser instead of saving: `carbon-now --open {{file}}`