P: Maintaining a scene or character across different prompts

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Buena aplicación para diseñadores

Imagine being able to lock in the core elements of a scene—the characters, lighting, and overall vibeand then just explore it from different angles without having to rebuild everything each time.

You could start with a wide shot to establish the scene, then move into a medium to focus more on interaction, and finally a close-up to capture emotion—all while keeping everything consistent. It would save time, reduce repetition, and help keep the visual storytelling cohesive.

It’s basically like having a virtual camera on a set that stays true to your original vision, but lets you experiment freely with how the audience experiences each moment.

Creating a source board/reference sheet for characters is an OG CGI/animation process. The prompt provided in the video is good, but overly wordy leading me to believe an AI was used to create or enhance it. You can achieve the same results with less efforts and also apply to products.

Anyway you do it - I agree with ​@AngelfromABC and ​@Jimmy Flame - this is a great use case for boards or having in your cloud storage as a source for consistency. 

Also posted this as a response to ​@AngelfromABC video. I followed the steps in the video and got similar results (with some tweaks).

This would be a really useful feature. Maintaining the same character or scene across different prompts would make storyboarding and multi-angle shots much easier for creators. Hope Adobe adds something like this soon.

This youtube creator using prompts with nanobanana may be worth a listen for character consistency.  He uses “character reference sheets”. 

My personal strategy to this is using Firefly Boards with a core image. The image can either be generated or something you upload. I use the eyedropper tool to identify the reference then use Nano Banana Pro (Gemini 3) to generate the images. Gemini 3 has ‘reasoning’ capabilities, so start the prompt with something like “You’re an amazing storyboard artist helping me create different angles from the image.” Then write the command, something like, “Redraw (or some similar term) this image at a Dutch angle...etc”. Be really specific about what you want. If you like the generated image, click “Add to board” or equivalent. Can’t remember the exact phrasing. Be sure to use the original image and not the generated one for additional generations at different angles, etc. The key here is understanding Reasoning language versus straight up commands. Gemini “understands” what to do with both, but starting with a line of “reason” (e.g., You are a great artist or whatever) and then following with commands (e.g. Redraw this photo at a wide angle). I’ve had really great results producing multiple angles of a photo or drawing that holds on to the core with this approach.  

I think a great approach would be to have a project board where you can upload character references from proscribed angles, effectively training a very small LoRA. I realize this would require using more compute time, but I would bet that many people would gladly use this feature. Alternatively, offer a training service for more advanced customers. Many providers are already doing this.

@thurid_wadewitz @SamarthS why doesn't the two samples above not meet this need? I uploaded a character (me) in boards and was able to generate 16 different scenes using my consistent look.