# Guides

> Step-by-step Nodaro guides on consistent characters and worlds, choosing models, creative controls, sharing workflows, social publishing and automations.

Source: https://nodaro.ai/docs/guides

**Guides** are step-by-step articles that show you how to reach a result in Nodaro. Examples are a character that looks the same in every shot, or a workflow that posts a video every morning. Each guide explains the idea, gives you the steps, and links to the nodes and models it uses. For the building blocks behind the guides, read [Core concepts](https://nodaro.ai/docs/concepts).

## Characters and worlds

  - [Consistent characters](https://nodaro.ai/docs/guides/consistent-characters): 
Keep the same person in every image and video, from one photo to a full cast.
  
  - [Character Studio](https://nodaro.ai/docs/guides/character-studio): 
Create a character, approve its portrait, and add expressions, poses and motion.
  
  - [Locations](https://nodaro.ai/docs/guides/locations): 
Build a reusable place with its times of day, weather and angles.
  
  - [Objects](https://nodaro.ai/docs/guides/objects): 
Keep a product or a prop identical across scenes.
  
  - [Creatures](https://nodaro.ai/docs/guides/creatures): 
Create pets, animals and fantasy creatures that stay the same in every shot.
  
  - [Character training](https://nodaro.ai/docs/guides/character-training): 
Train a character model for the closest likeness in image generations.
  

## Better results

  - [Choosing a model](https://nodaro.ai/docs/guides/choosing-models): 
Which image, video, audio and text model to use for each job, and what it costs.
  
  - [Reference boards](https://nodaro.ai/docs/guides/reference-boards): 
Turn one photo into a board or a grid that anchors every later generation.
  
  - [Reference roles](https://nodaro.ai/docs/guides/reference-roles): 
Tell the model what to take from each reference: the face, the outfit, the background or the style.
  
  - [Creative controls](https://nodaro.ai/docs/guides/creative-controls): 
Set camera, light, mood, style and motion with pickers instead of long prompts.
  
  - [Prompt snippets](https://nodaro.ai/docs/guides/prompt-snippets): 
Insert tested prompt fragments with the / menu, and save your own.
  

## Share and automate

  - [Import and export](https://nodaro.ai/docs/guides/import-export): 
Move a workflow between accounts, projects and self-hosted installs as one file.
  
  - [Community library](https://nodaro.ai/docs/guides/community-library): 
Browse shared characters, locations, objects and creatures, and clone them into your library.
  
  - [Publish to social media](https://nodaro.ai/docs/guides/publishing-to-social): 
Post images and videos to Instagram, TikTok, YouTube and more, straight from a workflow.
  
  - [Automations](https://nodaro.ai/docs/guides/automations): 
Run workflows on a schedule, from a webhook, a Telegram message or the API.
  

## Further reading

  - [Camera Motion Lab](https://nodaro.ai/docs/research/camera-motion-lab): 
What 147 test videos taught us about describing a camera move to a video model.

## Frequently asked questions

### Where should I start if I am new to Nodaro?

Start with the quickstart in Get started, then read Choosing a model and Creative controls. They explain the two choices that change your results most, the model and the look.

### How do I keep the same character in every image and video?

Read Consistent characters. It shows how to create a character once, approve its pictures, and connect it to every image and video node, with reference boards for extra consistency.

### Can a workflow run on its own every day?

Yes. The Automations guide shows how to start a workflow on a schedule, from a webhook, from a Telegram message or from the API, with a daily news-to-video example.