Reading Step 2: Tabs, Badges and Why Scenes Are Wide

Quick answer: Step 2 is three tabs — Characters, Scenes, Items — each a grid of cards, one per entry the reading found. A card shows the entry’s image or its status (Pending, Generating, Failed, Uploaded), and on characters a role badge (Lead, Supporting, Villain) or Off-screen for a voice-only part. Character images are tall, scene and item images are wide, whatever your video ratio. Click a card to open its details.

Still from “Crimson Vow”, an AI short drama generated end-to-end by SceneMixer (4 characters, 1 episode) — Sample: “Crimson Vow” — Realistic HD, 1 episode, produced end-to-end by SceneMixer from the script · watch the episodes

Open a finished episode and look at the left panel: it is the same three lists, filtered to that episode.

The three tabs

Characters: everyone the reading put in the cast, leads and bit parts alike. Scenes: every place the story happens in. Items: the props the story depends on. Switching tabs changes the grid and the Generate All button above it, which always applies to the tab you are on. Generate All.

The episode asset library showing generated character sheets, location images and prop images — Characters, Scenes and Items: the same three lists you will see again in the editor's left panel.

Badges on a card

Lead / Supporting / Villain: the role the reading assigned. It is a label, not a setting; edit it in the card’s details if it is wrong. Off-screen: a voice-only part — a narrator, a caller — that gets a voice but no image (Voice only — no image generated). Pending: no image yet. Generating: on its way. Failed — click to retry. Uploaded: your own image; generation never overwrites it. State: a card with a dashed border is a state of another entry, not an entry of its own. States.

The progress line

Above the grid, a line counts the batch: Characters generating — 12/20 done. Another shows the free allowance: N/15 free character, scene and prop images left, counted across the account. When something in the tab has no image yet, a hint says how many and offers to generate or upload.

Why the shapes differ

Character images are tall: a full-body sheet on a plain background, made to be seen at every distance. Scene and item images are wide: a place seen as a whole, an object seen clearly. Neither follows the video’s aspect ratio, and changing the ratio never regenerates them. Aspect ratio.

A character card also carries two automatic crops once the image exists: Headshot and Half body. You do not make them; they are cut from the full-body image.

Opening a card

Click a card for its details: the name, the description (appearance, clothing), the image with Regenerate, Upload & Replace and AI Edit Image, the role, and for characters the voice. Edit any of it and Save. Regenerating one sheet.

Adding an entry

The Add button on each tab creates an entry the reading did not: name it, describe it, Create, then generate or upload its image. Members can also pick an existing entry from the asset library. Reusing entries across projects.

Leaving step 2

You do not have to finish. Next works with images still generating or missing; a dialog counts how many have no image yet and offers Generate all or Skip & continue. Entries without an image are drawn from their description alone, which is where faces drift, so give the cast its images before you generate video.

Badge	Means	Do
Lead / Supporting / Villain	Role assigned by the reading	Edit in details if wrong
Off-screen	Voice-only part, no image	Nothing; give it a voice
Pending	No image yet	Generate, or Generate All
Generating	Image on its way	Wait
Failed	Generation failed	Click to retry
Uploaded	Your own image	Nothing; it is never overwritten
State (dashed card)	A state of another entry	Open to assign or generate

FAQ

Why are my scene images wide when my video is vertical?

Scene and item images describe a place or object, not a frame. They are always wide; character images are always tall.

What does Off-screen mean on a character?

A voice-only part. It gets a voice but no image is generated for it.

Do I have to generate every image before moving on?

No. Next offers to generate the missing ones or skip. Give the cast images before generating video, though.

What are Headshot and Half body?

Automatic crops from the character's full-body image. You do not make them.

Can I change a character's role badge?

Yes. It is a label; edit it in the card's details.

Open the three tabs on your own script

Upload a script and see who and what the reading found.

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Updated September 26, 2026