Styles

Applying Styles

How to apply custom styles to your characters and locations

Once you've created custom styles, you can apply them to your visual novel at different levels. This guide explains how to use styles effectively.

Style Hierarchy

Styles are applied at two levels, with more specific levels overriding broader ones:

  1. Story Defaults - Applies to all characters OR all locations in the story
  2. Entity-Specific - Applies to individual characters or locations (overrides story level styles)

Example:

  • Story default: Anime style for all characters
  • Entity-specific: Realistic style for the protagonist
  • Result: Protagonist uses realistic, others use anime

Opening the Styles Modal

  1. While viewing your story, click the Styles button
  2. Choose between Character and Location tabs (mobile) or view both columns (desktop)
  3. Browse the different style levels

Story-Wide Style Application

Apply a consistent style to all characters or locations in your story.

For All Characters

  1. Open the Styles modal
  2. Navigate to the Character column/tab
  3. Find the Story Defaults section
  4. Click "Search" to browse existing styles
  5. Select a style to apply it
  6. Click "Edit" to modify the current style
  7. All characters without entity-specific styles will use this

For All Locations

  1. Open the Styles modal
  2. Navigate to the Location column/tab
  3. Find the Story Defaults section
  4. Click "Search" to browse existing styles
  5. Select a style to apply it
  6. Click "Edit" to modify the current style
  7. All locations without entity-specific styles will use this

Story defaults affect:

  • All entities without specific overrides
  • New entities added to the story
  • Provides visual consistency

Entity-Specific Style Application

Override the story default for individual characters or locations.

For Individual Characters

  1. Open the Styles modal
  2. Navigate to the Character column/tab
  3. Find Character-specific Styles section
  4. Each character in the current scene is listed
  5. Click "Search" next to a character to browse styles
  6. Select a style for that specific character
  7. Click "Edit" to modify their style
  8. Click the character's name/icon for character details

Character-specific styles are shown:

  • Only for characters in the current scene
  • Each character can have their own unique style
  • Overrides story defaults

For Individual Locations

  1. Open the Styles modal
  2. Navigate to the Location column/tab
  3. Find Location-specific Style section
  4. The current location is displayed
  5. Click "Search" to browse styles
  6. Select a style for this location
  7. Click "Edit" to modify the location's style
  8. Click the location icon for location details

Location-specific styles:

  • Only shown for the current scene's location
  • Overrides the story default
  • Each location can have unique style

Understanding Style Priority

When generating images, the system uses this priority order:

  1. Entity-specific style (if assigned) ← Highest priority
  2. Story default style (if assigned)
  3. System default style ← Fallback

Example scenarios:

Scenario 1 - No overrides:

  • Story default: Fantasy style
  • Character A: (no override)
  • Result: Uses fantasy style

Scenario 2 - With override:

  • Story default: Fantasy style
  • Character A: Realistic style (entity-specific)
  • Result: Uses realistic style

Scenario 3 - Mixed:

  • Story default: Anime style
  • Character A: (no override) → Uses anime
  • Character B: Watercolor style → Uses watercolor
  • Character C: (no override) → Uses anime

Regenerating Images

After applying or changing styles, regenerate images to see the results.

Regenerate All Characters

  1. Click "Regen All Characters" button
  2. Credit cost is displayed for all characters in scene
  3. All character images regenerate with current styles

Regenerate Location

  1. Click "Regen Location" button
  2. Credit cost is displayed
  3. Location image regenerates with current style

Regenerate Individual Entity

  1. Find the entity in the Styles modal
  2. Click the regenerate icon on their style card
  3. Only that entity's image is regenerated

Managing Applied Styles

Viewing Applied Styles

The Styles modal shows:

  • Which style is applied at each level
  • Preview of the style's models
  • Credit cost per generation
  • Edit and search options

Changing Applied Styles

To change a story default:

  1. Click "Search" in Story Defaults section
  2. Select a different style
  3. Regenerate to see changes

To change entity-specific:

  1. Click "Search" next to the entity
  2. Select a different style
  3. Regenerate that entity

Removing Overrides

To remove entity-specific override:

  1. Click "Search" next to the entity
  2. Select "None" or clear the selection
  3. Entity will revert to story default

Note: You cannot remove story defaults, only change them to different styles.

Best Practices

For consistency:

  • Set story defaults first
  • Use entity-specific overrides sparingly
  • Test with regeneration before proceeding

For efficiency:

  • Apply story defaults for common styles
  • Override only key characters/locations
  • Reduces credit costs for less important entities

For variety:

  • Use different styles for different character types
  • Match location styles to mood/theme
  • Consider story narrative when choosing styles

Next Steps