The single hardest problem in AI image and video is consistency — keeping the same character across shot after shot. Lumen exposes two reference slots that, used together, solve most of it.
Style reference
An image that captures the visual world — colour, lighting, materials, mood. Lumen pulls the look without copying the content. Best style references are clean, high-contrast, and consistent in palette.
Character reference
An image that captures a face or a creature. Lumen preserves identity — facial features, body shape, distinctive marks — while letting the prompt control pose, clothing, environment.
Using both together
Pair a soft watercolour style reference with a portrait character reference, and Lumen will give you a Ghibli-style version of your character — same person, painted style. This is the cheat code for consistent storyboards.
Tips
- Front-facing portraits as character references almost always outperform side profiles.
- Style references work better when they're a single mood, not a collage.
- If your character drifts across shots, the character reference is usually the fix — not the prompt.