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Pick one of 66 settings, from a coffee shop or a rooftop to a desert or an alien planet, and Nodaro adds a tested description of the place to your prompt.
The Setting picker sets where an image or a video takes place. You choose one place from its catalog, such as a coffee shop, a rooftop, a desert or an alien planet. Nodaro adds a tested description of that place 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
- An establishing shot for a story or a video clip.
- Try the same subject in different places: change the picker and run the node again.
- Build a full scene together with the Atmosphere and Lighting pickers.
How to use it
Add the picker
Open the node picker and choose Creative Controls › Scene › Setting.
Choose a setting
Select the node and choose a place in the settings panel. The tiles are grouped as Indoor, Urban, Nature and Fantastical. Each tile shows a drawn preview of the place.
Connect it
Drag from the picker's output to the Look input of a Generate Image or Generate Video node. You can also connect it to a Text or Generate Text - Any LLM node to include the wording in a longer text.
Run the image or video node
The setting's wording is added to the end of the prompt when the connected node runs.
Settings
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Setting | The place to add. The default is Forest Clearing. |
| Custom text (before) | Your own words, added before the setting's wording. |
| Custom text (after) | Your own words, added after the setting's wording. |
| Prompt hint | Full adds a description of the place. Compact adds only its short name. See Creative Controls. |
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.
For example, Forest Clearing adds this text in Full mode:
set in a sunlit forest clearing with moss-covered stones, dappled light through tall trees and a soft carpet of fallen leavesIn Compact mode, it adds only forest clearing.
Every setting
The catalog has 4 groups: Indoor, Urban, Nature and Fantastical. Search it or filter it by group. The words under each name are the term the picker adds in Compact mode.
Indoor · 30 options
- Coffee Shop
- Library
- Modern Office
- Home Office
- Bedroom
- Living Room
- Kitchenhome kitchen
- Bathroomhome bathroom
- Hotel Room
- Restaurant
- Nightclub
- Gym
- Classroom
- Hospitalhospital corridor
- Laboratory
- Courtroom
- Industrial Warehouse
- Subway Carsubway car interior
- Taxi Interior
- Car Interiorparked car interior
- Cathedralgothic cathedral interior
- Art Gallery
- Balconyapartment balcony
- Attic
Urban · 14 options
- City Street
- Rooftoprooftop terrace
- Back Alley
- Neon Alleyrain-soaked neon-lit alley
- Urban Park
- Backyard Patio
- Open Highway
- Suspension Bridge
- Train Stationtrain station platform
- Airport Terminal
- Parking Lot
- Penthouse
- Gas Station
- Open-Air Market
Nature · 12 options
- Forest Clearing
- Beach
- Mountain Peak
- Desert Dunes
- Jungle
- Grassland
- Snowy Tundra
- Lake Shore
- Riverbank
- Waterfall
- Cave
- Western Canyonsouthwestern red-rock canyon
Fantastical · 10 options
- Alien Planet
- Spaceship Interior
- Underwaterdeep-ocean underwater scene
- Fantasy Castlefantasy castle courtyard
- Medieval Villagemedieval village square
- Ancient Ruins
- Cyberpunk City
- Haunted Mansion
- Dreamscape
- Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland
Setting, Backdrop or Location Asset
| Use | When |
|---|---|
| Setting | The subject is somewhere real or imagined, and the place can change from shot to shot. |
| Backdrop | The subject stands in front of a studio background, such as white seamless paper. |
| Location Asset | The same exact place must appear in every shot. The asset sends approved pictures of the place with every run. |
Read Locations to build a place you can reuse.
Tips
- Change the state of the place. Use Custom text (before), for example
abandoned, or Custom text (after), for examplewith mist creeping in. - Add weather and light. A Beach with Atmosphere set to Storm reads very differently from the same beach at Golden Hour in Lighting.
- Set the period. Pair the picker with Era / Period, for example Train Station with 1940s Wartime.
Frequently asked questions
What does the Setting picker do?
It describes a place, such as a coffee shop, a rooftop or a desert. The description is added to the prompt of every image or video node it is connected to. It never runs a model and costs no credits.
Does the Setting picker cost credits?
No. Pickers only change the prompt. You pay only for the generation node that uses it.
What is the difference between Setting and Backdrop?
Setting is a real or imagined place around the subject, such as a library or a beach. Backdrop is a studio background, such as white seamless paper or a velvet drape, for product and portrait shots.
Does the Setting picker show the same place in every shot?
No. It describes a kind of place, so each run draws a new one. To show one specific place again and again, use a Location Asset, which keeps approved pictures of it.
What is the difference between Full and Compact hint mode?
Full adds a sentence that describes the place and its details. Compact adds only the short name of the place, such as forest clearing.
Related
Creative controls
Backdrop
Era / Period
Location Asset
Generate Video
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