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How to Set Visual Style

Goal: Lock in the visual DNA of your film — the base rendering style, color mood, and overall aesthetic — so every shot looks like it belongs to the same world.

Visual style is set at the project level and flows through to every shot. You can override it per scene or per shot when needed.

Steps​

  1. Open Project Settings. From the top menu or project panel, go to Project Settings → Visual Style.

  2. Choose a base style. Pick from the four built-in rendering modes:

    • Cinematic Realism — Photo-realistic, live-action look. Best for dramas, thrillers, social content meant to look real.
    • 3D Animated — Clean, stylized 3D. Best for family content, animated series, brand videos.
    • Cartoon 2D — Flat, illustrated look. Best for animation, explainers, children's content.
    • Anime — Japanese animation aesthetic. Best for anime-style storytelling.

  3. Set the color mood. Choose a palette direction — warm, cool, desaturated, high contrast, muted, vibrant. This affects the overall color temperature and saturation of rendered frames.

  4. Set the contrast level. High contrast gives you deep shadows and bright highlights (thriller, noir). Low contrast is flat and airy (comedy, lifestyle).

  5. Upload style reference images. This is the most powerful way to communicate the look. Upload 3–5 film stills or photos that capture the exact aesthetic you want. The AI uses them as visual targets.

  6. Write a style description (optional). Add a text description of the visual aesthetic: "Desaturated, cold blue tones, deep shadows, inspired by early Fincher." This guides AI generation for every shot.

  7. Save and test. Generate a draft shot from any scene to verify the style is reading correctly before committing to a full project render.

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