Direction Mode

This page goes deeper than the first run: the Edits, the camera and light choices, versions, video, tags and the prompt card. For your very first edit, start with the page called Using Direction Mode.

What it does

Direction Mode is a control room for one scene. You put a picture or a clip on the Stage and say what to change, in your own words. Only that part changes. Every result is a new version, and the old ones stay, so you can go back to any of them.

Any version can become a video. You can also ask for a detailed prompt of a picture or a clip.

When to use it

• You have a picture and want one small change: a smile, a new background, a different outfit, a closer shot.
• You want to try several ideas on the same scene and keep the best one.
• You want to put a saved model's face, or a product from your catalogue, into a picture.
• You have a clip and want it slower, in a new shape, trimmed, or changed.
• You want a prompt that describes a picture or clip you like.

If you have no picture yet, Create is quicker. You can also start here with only words, and the first picture is made from them.

Step by step

Change a picture

1. In the menu, open Design Studio, then Direction Mode. The first time, it asks for your month and year of birth. This tool is for people aged 18 and over.
2. Add a picture. Press From Assets or Library, and pick one or press Upload from device there. You can also drop a picture on the page or paste one. Under Try there are starter lines too.
3. Say what to change in the box, for example "Make her smile".
4. Press Send. You see "Making changes…". The new version appears on the Stage.
5. Keep going. Each new edit starts from the version on the Stage. A tag on it says "Next edit starts here".
6. To go back, open the three dots on an older version and press Continue from this.

Screenshot coming soon

The price is the tooltip on Send: hold the pointer on it. Each result in Instructions then shows what it cost.

Use the Director's panel instead of typing

1. Open Direction if the panel is closed. It opens on the Direct tab.
2. Open a part, such as Edits, Rotate, Reframe, Time of day, Season or VFX.
3. Tap a card. Its words go into the instruction box. Tap it again to take it off.
4. Press Send, or press Apply at the foot of the panel to run your picks at once.

Turn a version into a video

1. Put the version you want on the Stage.
2. Press Turn into video. The box fills with a line about gentle, natural motion. Change it to say how it should move.
3. Under Motion in the Direct tab, pick Video length. Pick the video Quality.
4. Press Send.

Change a clip

1. Start a new scene with a video file. MP4, MOV and WebM work.
2. Say what to change, for example "make it slower, make it 9:16, add rain".
3. A quote card shows the kind of change, the price and the time. Press Run, or Cancel.

Ask for a prompt

Say "write a detailed prompt for this picture", or open a version's menu and press Prompt (JSON). A card shows the prompt, and you can copy it.

Every option explained

Scenes and the Stage

Dragging the lines between the columns changes their width. Double click a line to reset it. On a phone, the Director's panel sits below the Stage, and the Open scenes button opens your scenes list.

The versions strip and its menu

The versions show in two places, and they stay in step: a version you pick in one is picked in the other.

• At the top of the Direct tab, just above Quality.
• Inside the instruction box, in a row that folds. The small arrow in the box's bar names the version you are on, for example v3. Press it to show or hide the row. Only this row folds, and your choice is remembered on this device.

Every version is saved to your Library. Open the three dots on a version for:

The instruction box

The Direct tab, in order

The six Edits cards work like this:

• Swap face needs a model in the Model slot. The ears and neck come with the new face. Everything else stays.
• Swap outfit opens your Prop Box on clothes. You can also describe the outfit in words.
• Swap product needs a product in the Product slot. The hands, pose, light and set stay.
• Swap background opens Backgrounds. You can also describe the place.
• Expression opens a row of moods. Only the face moves. The person stays the same.
• Add props opens your Prop Box. Say where it goes, for example "in her right hand".
• Add Person opens Assets on Models. Pick a saved model or influencer, or add one or more of your own pictures with Upload or from Recent. The person shows as a chip under the cards; tap the chip to pick someone else. Under it, Where and how takes a few optional words, for example "sitting beside her on the sofa". When you press Send, the scene is read first: the place, the light, the camera and the people already there. Then one detailed prompt adds exactly your person, with their face, hair and body from their pictures, placed and lit to match, in clothes that suit the scene unless your words ask for their own clothes. Everyone and everything already in the picture stays. The prompt that was sent shows under the result as Prompt sent, with Copy and Use in the box. With nobody picked, the scene read chooses the person who fits best.
• Cloth colour changes only the colour of one garment. Pick the garment when there are several, then a colour or Custom colour. The cloth, its folds, the pose and the frame stay exactly the same.
• Background colour puts the person on a plain backdrop of the colour you pick. The person stays exactly the same.

When the picture has more than one person, Swap outfit, Cloth colour and Expression show Who: Auto, Person on the left, Person in the middle or Person on the right. With Auto the picture is read to find the one person the change is for, for example a sherwani goes on the man. Everyone else keeps their own clothes, face and pose.

Edits that are not about a face (an outfit, a colour, a background, a prop, a product or Add Person) keep the faces already in the picture exactly as they were, so faces stay clean over many edits in a row. A face the edit moved or turned is left as the new version drew it.

A pick in Look direction alone changes only where the eyes look. A pick in Aspect ratio sets the shape of the next result only, and the Shape button in the box shows it.

For a start frame and an end frame, drag a version into the End box above the instruction box. The Start box takes the version you are working on. Transitions use both.

The Instructions tab lists your instructions, their results and the prompt cards.

The prompt card

Who can use it

Free plan: not included. Pro plan: included.

What it costs

Picture edits cost by the quality you pick, and by How many. This table lists every quality. Quick is not offered in Direction Mode.

Video costs by the video quality: Kriti Motion costs 110 credits for each 8 seconds started, and Kriti Cinema costs 350 credits. A speed, shape or trim change on a clip costs 2 credits. An AI video edit and an Extend show their price on the quote card before you run them. A prompt read is free up to a daily count on your plan, then 3 credits. With Add Person, reading the scene costs the same as AI Polish, 2 credits, and is free on paid plans where AI Polish is. Try again reuses the prompt it wrote, so it is not read or charged again. The edit that adds the person, a Cloth colour and a Background colour cost the same as any picture edit at the quality you pick.

Every version is final and paid once it is made. If a job fails, you see "This one did not work. Your credits are back."

Tips

• Ask for one change at a time. If a version changed too much, press Continue from this on an older one and ask again more clearly.
• Use Tag on a person or product so later edits keep them as they are.
• Add clear, front facing pictures of a person for Swap face. Use a real person's face only with their permission. Famous people and politicians cannot be used.
• Use Compare after a change to check that only the asked part moved.

Common problems

"Say what to change." The box is empty. Type your change, or tap a card.

"Pick a model for the new face first: the Model slot under the box." Add a model, then press Send.

"Pick the product to swap in first: the Product slot under the box." Add a product first.

"Upload or pick the prop first: the Reference slot under the box." Add the prop picture first.

"Too many pictures for one change. Remove one and send again." Use up to 3 added pictures.

"We could not find a clear face in this picture. Pick a photo of one person facing the camera." Use a clearer photo.

"That is not allowed by our content rules." Change the words and try again.

"This one did not work. Your credits are back." Press Try again.

"AI video edits need a clip of at least 3 seconds." Use a longer clip.

"No models or products yet. Add them in My Models or the Product Catalogue." Add one first, then use @ or Tag.

"This is for people aged 18 and over." Direction Mode is for adults only. Other tools stay open.