Smart Tools
One-click tools for image, video, and audio nodes on the canvas: soften texture, upscaling, lighting, camera angle, three-view diagrams, panoramas, 3×3 storyboards, plus video trimming, reframing, frame extraction, and the audio toolbox.
Smart tools are one-click actions attached to asset nodes. Select an image, video, or audio clip to refine its quality, change the viewpoint, or expand it into a storyboard. Results appear as new nodes on the canvas, and the original node stays unchanged.
1. Opening Smart Tools
Select an image, video, or audio node and click Smart tools in the node toolbar.
The menu is grouped by purpose. Tools whose names end with an ellipsis open a settings panel first. All others run as soon as you pick them.
Credits: Tools that call a model show the credit cost before running, and generation starts once you confirm. Tools that run locally in your browser are free, including Split 3×3 grid, Trim video, Reframe video, and Audio toolbox.
2. Image Tools
Image tools run on GPT Image 2.5 and Nano Banana 2.1 for refined results that stay close to the original.
Refine
| Tool | What it does | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Adjust lighting | Relights the image | Set key light direction, intensity, color, and rim light, with a preview before generating. The rest of the image stays unchanged. |
| Soften texture | Washes out excess detail | Made for GPT Image results that show specks, noise, and grain when enlarged. Composition, characters, and text stay intact, and the aspect ratio follows the original. |
| Upscale image | Increases resolution | Choose 4K, 6K, or 8K. Good for print, posters, and large displays. |
Viewpoint
| Tool | What it does | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Change angle | Moves the camera to a new angle | Drag to set rotation, tilt, and framing (close-up, medium shot, wide angle). A cube preview shows the direction live. |
| Multi-angle views | Several camera positions at once | Nine frames show the same moment from different camera positions, with consistent characters and scenes. |
| Three-view diagram | Character turnaround | Front, side, and back views aligned in one sheet. Useful for costume design and as a reference for later generations. |
| 360° panorama | Full panorama | Outputs a 2:1 image at 4K. Useful for scene design and spatial reference. |
Storyboard
| Tool | What it does | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Expand to 3×3 storyboard | Builds a continuous storyboard from one image | Generates a 3×3 storyboard sheet with a coherent story and varied shots, output at 2K. |
| Split 3×3 grid | Splits a grid into nine images | Runs locally and costs no credits. Each panel becomes its own image node, ready to feed into video generation. |
A common combo: Use Expand to 3×3 storyboard to get a storyboard sheet, split it with Split 3×3 grid, then connect each frame to a video node as its first frame.
3. Video Tools
Frames & Clips
| Tool | What it does | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Trim video | Cuts out a time range | Pick start and end times to create a new MP4 clip. |
| Reframe video | Changes the aspect ratio | Crop and scale the frame, for example from landscape to portrait, as a new MP4. |
| Extract frame | Captures any frame | Drag the timeline to the moment you want, and fine-tune frame by frame with ←/→. The result is a high-resolution image. |
Quality & Audio
| Tool | What it does | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Upscale video | Increases video resolution | Pick a target resolution and run. |
| Audio toolbox | Works with sound | Convert to MP3, WAV, or M4A, trim a time range, or extract the audio track from a video. Also available on audio nodes. |
4. Retired Tools
- Storyboard 25-grid: For continuous storyboards, use Expand to 3×3 storyboard.
- Expand image.