Visual Styles

Visual styles influence the art direction across all scenes in your project. The style affects color palettes, lighting approaches, composition conventions, and overall visual mood.

Available Styles

Cinematic

Cinematic

Film-quality visuals with dramatic lighting, shallow depth of field, anamorphic lens characteristics, and professional color grading. Scenes emphasize atmospheric composition and Hollywood-grade production value.

Color palette: Rich, deep tones. Warm highlights, cool shadows.

Anime

Anime

Japanese animation visual language with cel-shaded rendering, vibrant colors, expressive character design, dynamic action lines, and stylized environments. Works especially well with the anime generation mode.

Color palette: Vibrant, saturated. Bold outlines, flat color fills.

Abstract

Abstract

Non-representational visuals with geometric shapes, color fields, fluid dynamics, and experimental compositions. Scenes prioritize visual rhythm and pattern over literal depiction.

Color palette: Bold, contrasting. Often monochromatic or complementary.

Noir

Noir

Film noir aesthetics with high-contrast black and white or desaturated color, dramatic shadows, venetian blind lighting, rain-slicked streets, and moody atmospheric compositions.

Color palette: Desaturated. Strong blacks, minimal highlights.

Neon

Neon

Cyberpunk-influenced visuals with neon lighting, reflective wet surfaces, urban nightscapes, holographic elements, and electric color combinations against dark backgrounds.

Color palette: Electric blues, magentas, cyans against deep blacks.

Vintage

Vintage

Retro aesthetics with film grain, faded colors, light leaks, vignetting, and period-appropriate set design. Evokes analog photography and classic music video production styles.

Color palette: Warm, faded. Amber highlights, muted greens and blues.

Surreal

Surreal

Dreamlike, surrealist compositions with impossible architecture, scale distortions, melting forms, unexpected juxtapositions, and otherworldly landscapes inspired by Dalí and Magritte.

Color palette: Hyperreal with unexpected combinations.

Minimal

Minimal

Clean, stripped-back visuals with generous whitespace (or blackspace), simple geometric compositions, limited color palettes, and focus on a single subject per frame.

Color palette: Monochromatic or limited to 2-3 colors.

Style and Mode Combinations

Styles and generation modes are independent — you can combine any style with any mode. Some particularly effective combinations:

  • Performance + Cinematic — Classic music video look with professional production value
  • Performance + Neon — Modern electronic/pop aesthetic with urban nightlife energy
  • Story + Noir — Moody narrative with thriller/mystery atmosphere
  • Anime + Anime mode — Full anime production style with matching visual conventions
  • Advertising + Minimal — Clean, premium product presentation
  • Short Film + Surreal — Art film with dreamlike, experimental visuals

Changing Styles

The visual style is set at project creation and can be changed by updating the project settings. If you change the style after treatment generation, you should regenerate the treatment to get art direction that matches the new style.