My Character’s Face Changed: A Checklist

Quick answer: A wrong face in one shot almost always has a cause in that shot’s text or in the character’s entry, and almost never in the video tier. Work down the list: is she named with an @ chip? Is someone who is not visible named too? Does she have an image? Do two characters have near-identical descriptions? Did you change her after this shot was made? Is a state or a per-episode image in play? Are there too many people in the frame? Fix the one you find, regenerate that segment, compare the versions.

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Why a named character keeps her face explains the rule this checklist enforces.

1. Is she named in the shot?

Open the segment and read the shot. The character must appear as an @ chip in the picture text — @Mara turns to the window — not as a typed name and not as “the woman”. If there is no chip, the shot had nothing to hold on to. Add it. When you wrote or edited the segment yourself, the editor also asks before generating if some shots have no linked characters. Who is in frame.

A storyboard segment: location, time and weather fields, then numbered shots with durations, asset chips and spoken lines — The shot text. Nine times in ten the answer is in whether the character is named there.

2. Is someone unseen named too?

A chip for a character who is not visible — the person she is talking to off screen, someone in the room but out of shot — invites a second face, or a swapped one. Replace the chip with a direction (she looks to frame left) or an off-screen delivery note.

3. Does she have an image?

After saving, the editor warns if a named character has no image yet. A character with no image is drawn from her description alone, which is where drift starts. Generate her image in step 2.

4. Is there a twin?

Two characters with near-identical descriptions can come out with the same face, and a shot naming one may show the other. Open both in step 2, give each a distinct anchor — a scar, glasses, a hairstyle, an age — and regenerate their images.

5. Did she change after this shot was made?

If you edited her description or replaced her image after this segment was generated, the segment still shows the old her. That is not drift; it is an old take. Regenerate it.

6. Is a state assigned?

A costume state, a transformed look or an injured version is its own image. Check which state this segment uses; a state generated from a different-looking base can read as a different person. States.

7. Is there a per-episode image?

Edit (this episode) on a character in the editor gives that episode its own image. If someone set one, this episode’s shots use it and the rest of the series does not. Check the left panel.

8. How many people are in the frame?

Four or more named characters in one shot is where faces start to blend. Split the moment into two shots with fewer people each, or frame on the ones who matter and let the rest be background people in the header.

9. Is it a different person altogether?

When the clip shows someone else entirely — another age, another face, another ethnicity — look at her sheet in step 2 first. If the sheet itself is wrong, fix the description or upload a photo, regenerate the sheet, then regenerate the segment. If the sheet is right and the shot names her with a chip, do not keep regenerating: send feedback with the segment number so support can look. When a character looks the wrong age or ethnicity.

10. Then regenerate, and only that segment

Fix the one thing you found, save, press Regenerate on that segment. The old take stays in Version History; put whichever is better into the episode. The tier does not enter into it: resolution does not fix a face. Regenerating one segment.

Check	Where	Fix
Named with a chip	The shot text	Add the @ chip
Unseen person named	The shot text	Direction or off-screen note instead
No image	Warning after save; step 2	Generate her image
Twin description	Step 2, both entries	Distinct anchors; regenerate images
Changed after the shot	Step 2 history vs the shot	Regenerate the segment
State in play	The segment’s state choice	Check or clear the state
Per-episode image	Editor, left panel	Check the override
Crowded frame	The shot text	Fewer named people per shot
A different person altogether	The sheet in step 2	Fix the sheet; if it is right, send feedback

FAQ

Will a higher video tier fix the face?

No. Resolution does not change who is drawn. The shot text and the character's entry do.

Only one shot is wrong. Do I redo the episode?

No. Fix that shot's text and regenerate that segment. The rest is untouched.

Two characters look alike.

Their descriptions are too similar. Give each a distinct feature and regenerate both images.

The face is right but the clothes are wrong.

That is a state question, not a face question: assign the right state to the segment.

I fixed it and it is still wrong.

Regenerate once more; a single take can miss. If it misses repeatedly, reduce the number of people in the shot.

Ten checks, one regeneration

Find the cause in the text, fix it, and regenerate just that segment.

Open the editor

Updated October 2, 2026