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Vehicle

Pick one of 107 vehicles, from classic cars and trains to aircraft, ships and spaceships, and Nodaro adds the vehicle and a short description to your prompt.

The Vehicle picker adds a vehicle to an image or a video. You choose one vehicle from its catalog, such as a '57 Chevy, a sportbike, a steam locomotive, a sailboat or a starfighter. Nodaro adds the vehicle and a short description of its body and details 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

  • Automotive product and lifestyle photography.
  • Action and chase scenes.
  • Period drama with vintage cars, carriages or ships.
  • Sci-fi world-building with spaceships, mechs and hovercars.

How to use it

Add the picker

Open the node picker and choose Creative Controls › Subject › Vehicle.

Choose a vehicle

Select the node and choose a vehicle in the settings panel. The tiles are grouped by kind, and each tile shows an emoji icon of the vehicle.

Connect it

Drag from the picker's output to the Elements input of a Generate Image or Generate Video node. You can also connect it to a Text or Prompt node to include the wording in a longer text.

Run the image or video node

The vehicle's wording is added to the end of the prompt when the connected node runs.

promptelementslookTextA car speeds along a coast roadVehicleMuscle CarEra / Period1970s DiscoGenerate Video
A Vehicle picker feeds the Elements input of Generate Video, and an Era / Period picker sets the decade through the Look input.

Settings

SettingWhat it does
VehicleThe vehicle to add. The default is Sedan.
Custom text (before)Your own words, added before the vehicle's wording.
Custom text (after)Your own words, added after the vehicle's wording.
Prompt hintFull adds the vehicle and a description of it. Compact adds only the 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.

What it adds to the prompt

In Full mode, the picker writes "featuring a", the vehicle's name and one sentence about its body, era and details. For Sedan it adds:

featuring a sedan, Four-door midsize sedan with a streamlined silhouette, chrome accents and modern LED headlights

In Compact mode, it adds only sedan. Use Compact when your prompt already describes the vehicle, or when many pickers feed one node.

Every vehicle

The catalog has 12 groups: Classic Cars, Everyday Cars, Performance Cars, Motorcycles, Bicycles & Human-Powered, Trucks, Bus / Rail / Carriage, Aircraft, Watercraft, Military, Construction and Sci-Fi. Search it or filter it by group. The words under each name are the term the picker adds in Compact mode.

Classic Cars · 9 options

  • Muscle Car
  • '57 Chevy
  • Hot Rod
  • Vintage Roadster
  • Ford Model T
  • VW Beetle
  • Checker Cab
  • Woody Wagon
  • Lowrider

Everyday Cars · 9 options

  • Sedan
  • SUV
  • Hatchback
  • Minivan
  • Station Wagon
  • Crossover
  • Electric Car
  • Econobox
  • Police Car

Performance Cars · 8 options

  • Sports Car
  • Supercar
  • Convertible
  • Grand Tourer
  • Roadster
  • Racing Car
  • Rally Car
  • Drift Car

Motorcycles · 7 options

  • Sportbike
  • Cruiser
  • Chopper
  • Dirt Bike
  • Scooter
  • Moped
  • Cafe Racer

Bicycles & Human-Powered · 8 options

  • Road Bike
  • Mountain Bike
  • BMX Bike
  • Beach Cruiser
  • Penny Farthing
  • Unicycle
  • Skateboard
  • Kick Scooter

Trucks · 9 options

  • Pickup Truck
  • Semi Truck
  • Dump Truck
  • Tow Truck
  • Delivery Van
  • Ice Cream Truck
  • Food Truck
  • Box Truck
  • Ambulance

Bus / Rail / Carriage · 11 options

  • City Bus
  • School Bus
  • Double-Decker Bus
  • Coach Bus
  • Train
  • Steam Locomotive
  • Bullet Train
  • Subway Train
  • Tram
  • Stagecoach
  • Horse-Drawn Carriage

Aircraft · 12 options

  • Airliner
  • Biplane
  • Propeller Plane
  • Helicopter
  • Seaplane
  • Hot Air Balloon
  • Blimp
  • Airship / Dirigibleairship
  • Glider
  • Paraglider
  • Microlight Aircraft
  • Drone

Watercraft · 12 options

  • Yacht
  • Sailboat
  • Speedboat
  • Cruise Ship
  • Cargo Ship
  • Canoe
  • Kayak
  • Rowboat
  • Jet Ski
  • Submarine
  • Pirate Ship
  • Hovercraft

Military · 7 options

  • Tank
  • Humvee
  • Armored Personnel Carrier
  • Fighter Jet
  • Stealth Bomber
  • Destroyer
  • Aircraft Carrier

Construction · 7 options

  • Bulldozer
  • Excavator
  • Crane Truck
  • Cement Mixer
  • Forklift
  • Backhoe
  • Tractor

Sci-Fi · 8 options

  • Spaceship
  • Starfighter
  • Hovercar
  • Mech
  • Flying Saucer
  • Space Shuttle
  • Rocket
  • Hoverboard

Vehicle or Object/Props Asset

The Vehicle picker describes a kind of vehicle in words. Each run draws a new vehicle that matches the description, so the car changes from one shot to the next. To show one specific car again and again, use an Object/Props Asset. The asset keeps approved pictures of the object and sends them with every run. Read Objects for the full method.

Tips

  • Match the vehicle to its time. Pair the picker with Era / Period to place a vintage car in its own decade.
  • Change the finish or the action. Use Custom text (before), for example matte-black, or Custom text (after), for example with tire smoke.
  • Set the scene around it. Add a Setting picker, such as Open Highway or Parking Lot, for a real place.

Frequently asked questions

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