A storyboard frame can start with a ready-made scene and a face you recognize. On CanvasSeed, use a portrait and a face-hole template to explore who belongs in the picture. Read the pose, setting, and eye line together, then save the edited still as a reference for your planning.
Choose a template with an empty face hole. Your portrait supplies the face; the template supplies the scene.
AI fits the face to the hole. Check likeness, placement, and blending before sharing.
Choose a PNG or JPEG with one clearly visible face. The portrait is the identity reference, so keep eyes, nose, mouth, and facial outline easy to see. Avoid screenshots of comparison panels: the tool needs your own portrait, rather than a collage showing several people. Upload a photograph you have permission to edit.
Use the arrows to browse available templates, with three choices shown together. Select a scene with an empty face hole, or upload your own cutout template. The scene supplies the body, outfit, props, and background. A similar head angle in both pictures gives the model a clearer starting point.
Select Prepare face and template. This prepares the two references together and includes instructions to fill the hole. Add optional details, review the available model and credit quote, and submit when ready. Template selection and reference preparation do not submit a paid generation.
Open Your results and history after the task finishes. Review likeness, face scale, the edge of the opening, and the direction of the light before downloading or sharing. AI editing can reinterpret the scene, so a recognizable face and an unchanged background are goals to check, rather than guarantees.
Before choosing a template, decide what the frame needs to establish. Is it introducing the character, showing a location, or suggesting an emotional response? A portrait with a large face opening is useful for identity, while a wider scene gives more information about the environment. Neither is automatically better. The right choice depends on the purpose of that moment in your storyboard. Browse the cutouts with that purpose in mind rather than judging them only as attractive pictures. The selected scene already includes decisions about pose, props, and camera distance. Use those decisions deliberately so the face replacement contributes to a readable story beat instead of becoming an isolated visual trick.
Where the character appears to look can affect how the frame is understood. Compare the portrait's head turn with the opening in the template. If the body faces one way and the face looks another, the result may suggest a different action from the one you intended. Choose a compatible photograph when possible rather than trying to force a large pose correction into the edit. Keep the eyes visible and use an expression you can evaluate against the source. After generation, inspect the gaze in relation to nearby props and the edge of the frame. A technically smooth blend may still need revision if it changes the story's apparent focus.
A storyboard often needs notes about action, framing, or timing. Place those notes in your planning document instead of asking the image model to write exact instructions into the scene. The face-hole edit is intended to fill the opening and preserve the selected composition. Optional text can address the face's light or transition, while your external notes explain what the still represents. For example, you might describe a frame as character introduction, calm expression, attention toward the doorway. Keep that planning note separate from a prompt that asks the model to preserve the existing scene. This makes it easier to distinguish the image you generated from the action you plan to develop later.
Compare the generated still with the original cutout and your portrait before including it in a storyboard. Check face scale, expression, and important background elements. Decide which details are essential to the planned shot and which are merely illustrative. A small variation may be acceptable for a rough concept, but a changed prop can alter the meaning of a scene. The face-hole page does not create motion, timing, or a consistent sequence of frames automatically. If you develop the idea in another workflow, review continuity independently. Keeping the reference pair and your notes together helps you explain the intended character and composition to yourself or another person working on the project.
It produces an edited character still that can be useful as a reference frame. Shot order, annotations, timing, and continuity belong to your broader planning workflow. Review the image for the particular narrative job you want it to perform.
Use a close-up when the frame needs to establish identity or expression. Choose a wider scene when pose and location matter more. In either case, make sure the opening suits your portrait and remains readable in the intended layout.
Exact continuity is not guaranteed by repeated face-hole generations. Keep the same identity reference and inspect each result. Compare facial features, scale, and style before treating several edited images as a consistent sequence for your storyboard.
Choose a frame with a clear purpose, fit the face that belongs in it, and record what the image should communicate before planning the next scene.
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