Framing

The Framing picker sets how a shot is framed. You combine up to five settings: shot size, angle, coverage, composition and vantage. For example, you can frame a close-up from a low angle on the rule of thirds. Nodaro adds tested wording for each choice to the prompt of every node you connect it to. The picker never calls a model, so it costs no credits.

When to use it

• Direct each shot of a story or a storyboard: a wide establishing shot, then a close-up.
• Give a batch of images the same visual language.
• Build full cinematography together with the Lens, Camera Motion and Lighting pickers.

How to use it

Settings

To see the exact words the picker will add, switch the node to the Prompt or Both display mode. The settings panel shows the same text under Will inject into prompt.

To choose a second composition, click the small + on the selected tile, then click another tile. The tiles are numbered in the order you chose them.

What it adds to the prompt

The picker joins your choices with commas, in the order shot size, angle, coverage, composition and vantage. For example, Close-up, Low Angle and Rule of Thirds add this text in Compact mode:

close-up, low angle, rule of thirds

In Full mode, each choice adds a longer description. For example, Close-up adds close-up shot, the subject's face fills the frame.

Real renders or illustrations

On Nodaro Cloud, each option is pictured with a real render: the same base frame put through that option. Each option also has a drawn illustration. A two-icon switch chooses which one the node shows: a film icon for the render, a pen icon for the illustration. The switch sits next to the Framing heading in the settings panel, and next to the selected option's title on the node card.

The pictures never change the prompt. Your last choice is remembered in this browser for the next Framing picker you add. Coverage options have no render, so they always show the illustration. On a self-hosted install, every option shows its illustration and there is no switch.

Fill it from a photo

The Framing picker has a Picker JSON input. Connect a Describe to Picker node to it and run that node on a reference photo. Describe to Picker costs 10 credits per analysis. The Framing picker stays free.

When new values arrive, the Framing node shows an Update from injected button. Click it to apply them. The detected settings are written, and the settings the photo did not show are cleared. The button reads Up to date when nothing new is waiting.

Every framing option

The five settings each have their own catalog. Search one, or scroll through it. The words under each name are the term the picker adds in Compact mode.

Shot size

How much of the subject fits in the frame, from a landscape to a single eye.

Angle

Where the camera sits in height, and whether it tilts.

Coverage

How many people the shot covers, and how the camera relates to them.

Composition

How the elements are arranged in the frame, including layouts such as a diptych or a contact sheet.

Vantage

The side of the subject the camera sees.

Tips

• Frame a camera move. Connect a Framing picker to the Start state or End state input of a Camera Motion picker. The camera move then starts or ends in that framing.
• Pair the shot with a lens. A Close-up with a Portrait (85mm) Lens flatters a face. A Wide Shot with an Ultra-wide (14mm) lens gives a dramatic perspective.
• Use Pose for the body. Vantage sets where the camera stands. Pose sets how the subject stands.
• Adjust the feel. Use Custom text (before), for example handheld feel, or Custom text (after), for example with subtle dolly-in.