Dressing people: costumes, outfits and new looks
Four ways to change what someone wears, with examples, and which to use when.
The face comes from the person's picture; the clothes come from what you tell the model. A cast member or character arrives in the clothes they were drawn in and keeps them unless you say otherwise. There are four ways to change that.
1. Describe it in the prompt
Quickest, and it works everywhere. Name the garment, the colour, the material and the fit, right beside the person:
Image 1 wears a charcoal three-piece suit, a white shirt open at the collar, no tie, and polished black shoes. Image 2 wears a long emerald-green wrap dress with a matching head-wrap and gold hoop earrings.
The model does not remember your last video, so describe the whole outfit in every one. Copy the same sentence from scene to scene and the costume stays the same.
2. A photo of the clothes
On a person's card (new phone layout and desktop beta), upload a photo of the outfit. Use a picture with no face in it: a flat-lay, the garment on a hanger or a mannequin, or a photo cropped at the neck. A photo with a face is refused as a real person; the video is then made without it, on the same charge, but the costume is lost.
In the classic layout, attach the photo as a reference image and say what it is for:
Image 1 wears exactly the outfit shown in Image 2.
3. An outfit from Looks
The Looks tab (in the Cast popup, or under + Character in the classic layout) has ready-made outfits, settings and art styles. In the new phone layout and the desktop beta, attach the person and the outfit, then pick who wears it on the outfit's card: we add the line for you. In the classic layout, attach the person first, then the look, and write:
Image 1 wearing the outfit in Image 2. Image 1 in the setting of Image 2.
4. New look, for a costume you will use again and again
"New look", beside a cast member or on one of your characters, redraws the same face in a new outfit, age, setting or style: 4 versions for 12 credits. The one you keep is a character of your own, already in costume, and the most reliable way to keep an outfit identical across a series.
Which to use
| Situation | Use |
|---|---|
| One video, a simple outfit | Words |
| A particular garment you have a picture of | A photo of the clothes |
| A uniform, period costume or style from the library | Looks |
| The same costume in every episode | New look, then that character |
| A change of clothes partway through a story | Words for that video, or a second character made with New look |
A famous character's costume or a brand's logo can be refused for copyright. Describe an original outfit instead.