STEP 01
Open the project
Hana is an animator. She opens Tutorial Demo from her projects.
Tutorials/Start here
A shot from start to finish
This tutorial follows one shot all the way through. An artist makes the shot in its sequence, links the character and location it needs, generates a keyframe from them and animates it with Kling 3.0. The director reviews it in dailies and asks for a change; the artist revises it, the director approves, and the published shot plays in the cut, between its neighbours.
Follow along
Step by step
STEP 02
Open the Shots library
In the sidebar, click Shots: the film's shots so far, SH010 to SH050, each with its storyboard.
STEP 03
Make a sequence folder
Click New, then Folder, and name it SQ020. A folder per sequence keeps the shots in story order.
STEP 04
Open it
Click Create, and open SQ020.
STEP 05
Make the shot
Click New, then Shot. Name it SH060 and say what happens in it: Wren, at the lamp-room window, spots a fishing boat caught in the lighthouse beam.
STEP 06
Open the shot
Click Create, and open SH060. A shot's page gathers everything about it: its files, generations, properties and the assets it uses.
STEP 07
It knows its sequence
Open Properties. The shot's Sequence is already SQ020, from the folder it was made in.
STEP 08
Link its cast and location
Open Assets and click Link assets. A shot links what it's made of: its characters, locations and props.
STEP 09
Pick Wren and the Lamp Room
Under Characters pick Wren; under Locations, the Lamp Room.
STEP 10
Link them
Click Link 2. Wren and the Lamp Room are part of SH060 now, and their published images are at hand whenever you generate for this shot.
STEP 11
Pick an image model
Open Generate and choose Nano Banana 2 Edit, an image model that works from references.
STEP 12
The linked assets are right there
Click the Input Images box. The picker opens on Linked: the published images of the assets this shot links. Pick the Lamp Room, then Wren.
STEP 13
Describe the frame
Describe the keyframe. @Image1 is the Lamp Room and @Image2 is Wren, in the order they were picked.
STEP 14
Generate the keyframe
Click Generate. The request joins the queue on the right, and the image lands there and in the shot's files.
STEP 15
Mark it Selected
Click the keyframe to see it full size, and press 2 to mark it Selected: your pick, which only you see, and what the video will start from.
STEP 16
Pick Kling 3.0
Close the viewer, click Back and choose Kling 3.0 Pro Image to Video: it animates a first frame, and keeps a character on model from reference images.
STEP 17
Start from the keyframe
Click First Frame. It opens on the shot's own files: pick the Selected keyframe.
STEP 18
Keep Wren on model
Click Reference Images. It opens on Linked again: pick Wren.
STEP 19
Describe the motion
Describe what moves: a slow push-in on Wren as the beam finds the boat.
STEP 20
Generate the video
Click Generate. Five seconds of Kling 3.0 Pro takes a few minutes; the queue shows it running, and a notification says when it's done.
STEP 21
Send it to the director
Open the video, press 2 to mark it Selected, and open Submit. Choose Director Review and say what this take is.
STEP 22
Submit
Click Submit to Dailies.
STEP 23
The director's dailies
Elena is the director. She opens Dailies, then Director Review: each submission with who sent it and their note.
STEP 24
Watch it
Click the thumbnail to play the take.
STEP 25
Point at the problem
Click Draw: the take pauses. Circle Wren and say what should change. The note is pinned to this frame.
STEP 26
Ask for changes
Click Save, then Request changes, and sum the note up for Hana.
STEP 27
Send the verdict
Click Request changes. The verdict goes on the submission, and Hana gets a notification.
STEP 28
Hana hears back
Back with Hana, the bell at the top has a notification: Elena asked for changes. Click it to go straight to the shot.
STEP 29
Read the notes
Open the video. The director's frame note sits under the player, and her summary is in Notes.
STEP 30
Run it again
Open History and click Run again. The form comes back with the same model, first frame, reference and prompt.
STEP 31
Answer the note
Rewrite the prompt to answer it: hold on Wren, and keep the boat tiny, far out. Then click Generate.
STEP 32
Resubmit
When the new take lands, open it, press 2, and submit it to Director Review the same way.
STEP 33
Approved
Elena plays the new take and clicks Approve.
STEP 34
Publish it
Hana opens the approved take from her notification and presses 3 to publish it. Publishing asks which pipeline step this is a version of: anim.
STEP 35
The shot is live
Click Publish. The take is SH060's anim, version 1: what the rest of the production sees, and the shot's thumbnail.
STEP 36
Put it in the cut
Open Editorial, then the Lamp Room Animatic. In Actions, choose Add clips, and tick SH060.
STEP 37
After SH050
Click Add 1 clip. SH060 joins the cut after SH050, playing its published video.
STEP 38
Watch it in context
Click Play timeline, then SH050, and play: the storyboards lead into the finished shot.
