Creator Studio

What is Creator Studio

Creator Studio provides a single command center for managing video, film, commercial, and episodic media productions from concept to final export. It brings screenplay writing, visual treatments, asset design, virtual cinematography, audio production, team coordination, financial tracking, and AI video generation together in one workspace.

The platform guides projects through five lifecycle phases: Development, Pre-production, Production, Post-production, and Completed. Whether you are producing a standalone project, an episodic series, or a multi-spot commercial campaign, Creator Studio links every frame, character, and scene directly to your story and budget.

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Getting started

1. Open Creator Studio: Select Creator Studio from your main platform dashboard to enter the projects workspace.
2. Create or Open a Project: Click the project creation button to enter details, including title, synopsis, production format, target aspect ratio, total budget, and poster artwork. You can also pick up any existing project directly from your project dashboard.
3. Run AI Project Setup: When launching a new production, click AI Project Setup to analyze your story brief. The AI automatically recommends production workflows, staffing structures, team roles, and initial task boards, which you can apply with a single click.
4. Configure Series & Subprojects: For series or commercial campaigns, create subprojects or episodes nested under a parent project. Subprojects maintain individual scene lists, timelines, direction settings, and film-stock looks, while inheriting brand guidelines and asset libraries from the main project.
5. Adjust Project Settings: Access Project Settings to configure default aspect ratios, visual branding rules, third-party integrations, and default production settings.
6. Understand Credit Costs & Previews: Generating AI images, video clips, and voices consumes project credits based on model choice, render resolution, and clip duration.
   • Upfront Quotes: The Shot Editor calculates and displays the exact credit cost before you press Generate.
   • Dry-Run Preview: Use the Dry-Run Preview feature to calculate credit consumption across multi-shot sequences prior to running renders.

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Key capabilities

1. Video Generation, Directing & Virtual Camera Control

• Asset-Driven Video Renders: Render video shots where tagged characters, locations, costumes, and props automatically carry their approved reference images into the render engine to ensure visual continuity.
• Dual-Tier Resolution Renders (480p Draft to 1080p Finish): Render quick 480p draft clips using Seedance 2.5 to review camera motion and pacing. Upgrade approved takes directly to 1080p final renders without re-prompting or rolling a new take.
• Interactive Shot Editor: Direct camera setups using 80 virtual camera bodies, 74 lenses, film stock parameters, and 49 preset camera moves (such as dolly, orbit, drone, FPV, and speed ramps) featuring short preview clips. Type @ in prompt fields to tag cast members directly into shots.
• Clip Manipulations (Edit, Extend, Upscale): Modify existing clips using video-to-video prompts, extend clip durations with seamlessly joined additional seconds, or upscale clip resolutions directly without starting over.
• Import External Footage: Import your own video clips into a shot and use an interactive filmstrip control to select exact frame ranges as source material for shot edits or continuations.
• Fix Details with Masked Edits: Brush over specific frame regions and describe your intended change. GPT Image 2.5 edits only the highlighted region and composites it back cleanly, keeping the rest of the frame intact.
• Multi-Shot Composition Grids: Explore shot coverage by generating 2x2, 3x3, or 4x4 camera angle grids in one pass, then select and upscale your preferred framing.
• AI Image Generation & AI Fill: Generate storyboard frames using your choice of image model, guided by project visual style rules. Use AI Fill to populate shot prompts, breakdown fields, and scene context from your script in your preferred language.
• Composition Pinning (REF SHOT & +STORYBOARD): Pin a storyboard frame as a fixed composition template using REF SHOT so generated video clips keep exact camera angles and layout while actors play out the scene. Use +STORYBOARD to enforce composition rules across an entire storyboard sheet.
• 3D World Generation: Synthesize an explorable 3D space from a single frame image to scout new camera angles within the exact same spatial environment.
• Relighting, Re-Angling & Layer Splitting: Relight finished frames, shift camera angles, or decompose images into separate foreground and background layers without re-rendering shots from scratch.
• In-Shot AI Assistant: Interact with an embedded AI assistant inside the Shot Editor that reads shot, scene, and cast context to update parameters for you.
• Take History & Single-Click Version Control: Access every take on a version timeline per shot. Compare options, switch active cuts with a single click, and restore earlier takes.
• Batch Image Generation: Queue frame generations for a full scene or an entire script at once and watch them arrive shot by shot.
• Master Video Exports & Edit Handoff: Export final cuts as FCPXML files for Final Cut Pro, or render directly to a completed master video file with aligned scenes, shots, and multi-track audio.

2. Scriptwriting, Breakdown & Pre-Production

• Screenplay Editor & AI Co-Writer: Write directly in a screenplay editor with an AI co-writer or import an existing story structure.
• Automated Script Breakdown: Creator Studio reads your script and automatically breaks it down into scenes, shots, characters, locations, and props.
• AI Script Generator & Structural Critique: Draft a full screenplay or a single scene from your brief, then request an AI critique of story structure and pacing before revising.
• Script History & Snapshots: Take snapshots of your screenplay at any milestone and restore earlier drafts whenever needed.
• Treatment & Beat Storyboarding: Shape your narrative with treatments, tone settings, story beats, pitch bibles, and posters. Convert treatment beats directly into storyboard grids before shots are created, and share treatments on public pages.
• Series Canon & Episode Bibles: Generate series canon documents, season outlines, and episode bibles that maintain story consistency across episodes.
• Scene Editor, Scenes View & Timeline: Open scenes to set script details, cast, locations, looks, props, and visual styles in one place. Switch between scene versions, view a compact scene grid to build shots, or review the entire film on a Scene Timeline.
• AI Scene Direction: Allow AI to propose scene coverage—including shots, camera angles, and camera moves—based on script context and direction dials.
• Scene Map Editor: Block scene action from a top-down view by placing actors, props, and cameras; positioning data feeds directly into shot prompts.
• Storyboard Books & Printable Boards: Page through episodes as interactive storyboard books, or generate structured printable boards (Scene Board, Episode Board, Editorial layouts) with light paper export options. Open boards in a built-in Design mode, generate PDF/PNG exports, or share via public web links.
• Clapperboard View: Review shot cards laid out as production slates for quick readability.

3. Character Continuity, Visual Assets & Styling

• Consistent Asset Reference Sheets: Build each character, location, costume, and prop once with reference sheets, turnarounds, and viewpoints so every generated frame maintains an approved look.
• Real Actor Identity Verification: Cast real individuals by completing facial consent verification (KYC), registering verified identities so video models maintain consistent face structures across shots.
• Location Scouting: Scout locations using map search and save shooting viewpoints so every scene set there reuses the same location and camera angles.
• Makeup & Hair Management: Manage makeup and hairstyling requirements with visual references, scene assignments, and a dedicated interface for per-scene styling notes.
• Wardrobe Styling: Dress characters scene by scene—including specific states such as wet, torn, or evening wear—and source real items so renders reflect exact costumes.
• Props & Dimension Sheets: Store props with visual references and generated variations, and generate documentation sheets with real-world measurements to maintain scale across shots.
• Asset Concept Sheets: Compare multiple takes on a character, location, or prop side by side, refine specific areas with the mask brush, and approve assets before using them in shots.
• Project Style References: Set project-wide visual style using reference images, a color palette, and a style description to steer generated artwork and video.
• Batch Asset Generation: Generate reference images for multiple characters, costumes, props, and locations in a single pass.
• LookBooks & Asset Collections: Curate style collections into LookBooks with shareable public links. Group assets into collections, share them by link, or promote them to your organization library.
• Unified Asset Library & Local Folder Sync: Manage all generated and uploaded images, clips, and audio tracks in a single central library with draft and final statuses. Bind a local disk folder to read project media directly, complete with status indicators for cached files.
• Team Asset Reviews: Like preferred takes, filter the asset library by user likes, and leave comments on any asset.

4. Audio, Voices & Music Production

• Per-Shot Audio Rows: Add dialogue, sound effects, and music rows to individual shots.
• Character Voices & Voice Cloning: Assign specific voices to characters, preview voice samples, clone custom voices, or perform speech-to-speech voice replacements. Dialogue lines automatically lip-sync to video clips.
• Central Audio Library: Maintain dialogue phrases, music tracks, and sound effects in a dedicated library shelf. Trim audio clips and drop them onto shots or timeline tracks.
• Project Music Generation: Analyze reference tracks and generate original background scores or complete songs with lyrics for your project.
• Timeline Audio Tracks & Mixer: Lay dialogue, music, and sound effects onto audio tracks beneath the video timeline and balance audio levels using a built-in mixer.

5. Production Management, AI Crew & Collaboration

• Brain Graph Workspace: View your entire production as an interactive map linking characters, scenes, locations, documents, and budget items, and ask the AI co-author to execute changes across the graph.
• AI Crew & Full Project Memory: AI agents operate inside your project with complete context (script, brief, decisions, documents). Agents update shots, queue renders, manage assets, and track tasks in real time.
• Live Agent Activity: Watch AI agents or team members update shots, scene timelines, and renders live on screen without refreshing the browser.
• Producer Notes & Telegram Integration: Leave direct notes on shots or bind a Telegram chat to the project; AI agents convert notes into comments and revisions.
• Guided AI Project Brief: Complete a guided brief covering story, characters, brand, product, look, and sound to establish initial project context.
• Reference Boards & Related Works: Gather visual and music references on boards, import material from URLs or Research Magazine, analyze mood, find comparable films or ads, and send curated reference selections to clients.
• Production Hub & Project Wiki: Link projects to clients, brands, production houses, and cities. Maintain aspect-ratio covers, a backstage image gallery, and a wiki page for facts, press, and awards.
• Task Boards, Call Sheets & Equipment: Track tasks using Kanban boards, calendars, or Gantt charts. Turn shooting schedules into printable or PDF call sheets, and log required production equipment.
• Team Staffing & Casting Calls: Build team and crew lists using a role picker, track candidates, publish casting calls, and manage candidate reviews.
• Financial Tracking: Define budgets by category and log production expenses as spending occurs.
• Project Lifecycle & Version Snapshots: Move projects across production phases (Development through Completed) and create project-wide snapshots at key milestones.
• Team Access & Live Client Pages: Invite team members as viewers or editors with granular permissions. Share live, no-login project pages showing latest frames, clips, music, and treatments with clients, with option to revoke access at any time.

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How to use it

Workflow 1: Setting Up a New Production

1. Click Create Project from the Creator Studio dashboard and enter your title, synopsis, aspect ratio, and budget.
2. Complete the AI Project Brief to define story elements, visual style, and audio direction.
3. Click AI Project Setup to auto-generate team roles, workflows, and task boards.
4. Set up Project Style References by uploading visual references, picking a color palette, and entering style guidelines.

Workflow 2: Writing & Breaking Down Script Content

1. Open the Screenplay Editor to write your script or import an existing narrative structure.
2. Allow Creator Studio to automatically generate a Script Breakdown, extracting scenes, shots, cast members, locations, and props.
3. Open the Scene Editor or Scene Map Editor to position actors, props, and cameras for spatial blocking.
4. Use AI Scene Direction to generate shot coverage options based on direction settings.

Workflow 3: Creating Characters & Visual Assets

1. Open the asset section to build reference sheets, turnaround angles, and viewpoints for characters, locations, wardrobe, and props.
2. Perform facial consent verification (KYC) for real actors to lock face identity consistency.
3. Assign character wardrobe states (e.g., wet, evening wear) and per-scene hair/makeup notes.
4. Run Batch Asset Generation to generate approved reference sheets across all production assets in one pass.

Workflow 4: Directing & Rendering Shots

1. Open a shot in the Shot Editor.
2. Select virtual camera parameters (camera body, lens, film stock) and pick a camera move preset with preview clips. Tag characters using @.
3. Check the Upfront Credit Quote displaying exact costs based on chosen settings, or run a Dry-Run Preview across the sequence.
4. Click Generate to produce a 480p Seedance 2.5 draft clip.
5. Review camera motion and pacing. Pin key frames with REF SHOT if needed, or refine details using the Masked Edit brush.
6. Click 1080p Upgrade on preferred takes to produce final high-resolution clips.

Workflow 5: Audio Integration & Master Export

1. Assign voices to characters, generate dialogue rows per shot, and apply automatic lip-syncing.
2. Lay music tracks, dialogue, and sound effects on timeline audio rows and balance levels in the mixer.
3. Review the complete edit on the Scene Timeline.
4. Click Export to generate an FCPXML cut file for Final Cut Pro, or render a completed master video file with full audio alignment.

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Tips & notes

• Credit Transparency: Upfront credit quotes show exact costs before rendering. Always run a Dry-Run Preview when preparing multi-shot batch renders to calculate total credit requirements in advance.
• Cost Efficiency: Start rendering in 480p Seedance 2.5 draft mode to verify pacing and camera movement before committing credits to 1080p final renders.
• Asset Safety: Deleting a shot version removes it from the active cut timeline, but underlying original source images and footage remain safe in your Unified Asset Library.
• Local Folder Integration: Binding a local folder directly reads media from your disk, with status indicators showing which assets are cached on your device.
• Real-Time Collaboration: Changes made by AI agents or team members—including shot updates, task changes, and newly generated renders—appear live in open editors without needing a manual page refresh.