Mention Characters, Props & Wardrobe

When you describe a shot, you can reference the characters, props, and wardrobe you have already built by mentioning them with @. Mentioned assets are pulled into generation as reference images, so they appear consistently across every shot instead of being reinvented each time. Mentions work in every shot description field — First Frame Description, Edit Description, Video Description, and the VFX and SFX tabs.

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Add a mention

1. Start typing in any shot description field.
2. Type @ to open the mention picker. It lists the project’s characters first, then props, then wardrobe, each with a thumbnail and name.
3. Keep typing to filter the list by name.
4. Choose an asset:
   • Click it, or
   • Use the arrow keys to highlight one and press Enter or Tab.
   • Press Escape to dismiss the picker without inserting.

The asset’s name is inserted at your cursor as @Name, and you can keep writing your description around it.

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How mentions are matched

• Matching is case-insensitive — @alex, @Alex, and @ALEX all resolve to the same character.
• Names that contain spaces are supported (for example @Red Sports Car).
• When two assets share a prefix, the longest matching name wins, so @Red Sports Car is preferred over @Red.
• A stray @ that doesn’t match an asset — such as an email address or ”@ 3pm” — is left untouched and treated as ordinary text.

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What you’ll see

Below the description, every resolved mention appears as a badge so you can confirm what the shot will include at a glance:

• Characters are shown as blue badges.
• Props are shown as violet badges.
• Wardrobe items are shown as pink badges.

If a badge you expect is missing, check the spelling against the asset’s name in Character, Prop, or Wardrobe Studio.

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What mentions do at generation time

When you generate, Automat Studio gathers the reference images for each mentioned character, prop, and wardrobe item and supplies them to the model alongside your prompt. This is what keeps a character’s face, a prop’s design, or an outfit’s look consistent from shot to shot. The @ symbols themselves are removed from the text that’s sent to the model, so your prompt reads naturally — the mentions act as instructions to the studio, not literal text in the prompt.

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