461 visual styles in 26 categories
Find the look for your next story
Give your story a visual direction. Compare lighting, palette and framing across real still previews, then use the preset notes to plan your storyboard and video shots.
461 catalog presets. Still previews, not video samples; Storyboard style selection is a separate step.
Read the look before you plan the motion
- The Creation of Adam
- Studio fresco style of Michelangelo Buonarroti's 1512 Sistine Chapel ceiling: the divine moment of creation, two hands reaching toward each other across a cosmic void, fingertips nearly touching with electric anticipation. Soft flesh tones against ethereal clouds in warm ivory and flowing crimson drapery, classical anatomy with idealized muscular definition rendered in the sfumato technique. Warm golden light emanating from above, rich earth pigments of ochre, sienna, and terra verde. The profound intimacy of this primordial connection frozen in timeless fresco technique with subtle plaster crackling texture, natural diffused overhead lighting capturing Renaissance oil and fresco medium.
- Cold Case
- A dimly lit archives room in 2000s obsessive-procedural style with clinical desaturated cinematography. Dusty case files and yellowed photographs in aged cream. Evidence boxes marked with dates from decades past sit untouched on institutional grey metal shelving. Overhead fluorescent lighting creates clinical shadows over time-worn documents and faded instant photos.
- Interview-Room Profiling
- FBI interview room in cold 2010s procedural style. Stark institutional lighting with clinical color palette in muted olive and government grey. Static composed 2.35:1 anamorphic framing captures psychological tension between investigator and subject across institutional furniture.
Browse by category
Iconic Scenes
Legendary moments from art, cinema, TV & world landmarks
103 styles
Genre
What type of crime story?
10 styles
Style
What visual style?
12 styles
Technique
How is it captured?
12 styles
Modern Cinema
Contemporary cinematic looks
15 styles
Classic Cinema
Golden-age and auteur cinema looks
12 styles
Epic Saga
Large-scale saga looks
15 styles
Series
TV drama visual looks
20 styles
Movie
Iconic film style
19 styles
K-Cinema
Korean cinema style
15 styles
Asian Cinema
Pan-Asian cinema style
15 styles
Blockbuster
Epic blockbuster style
12 styles
Art Style
Painting/art movement style
16 styles
Color Palette
Color grading style
10 styles
Mood
Atmospheric tone
10 styles
Typography
Title/text styling
10 styles
Manga & Comics
Global comic art styles
18 styles
Anime Style
Animation visual aesthetics
24 styles
Sci-Fi Visual
Science fiction aesthetics
18 styles
VFX/SFX
Visual effects styles
12 styles
Nature & Landscape
Natural environment styles
15 styles
World Landmarks
Famous locations worldwide
15 styles
Game Art
Video game visual styles
12 styles
Historical Era
Time periods and eras
17 styles
Drama Genre
Dramatic storytelling styles
12 styles
Commercial/Ad
Advertising visual styles
12 styles
A selection of looks to compare
Mona Lisa
Da Vinci, enigmatic smile
Iconic Scenes
Serial Killer
Psychological hunt for predators
Genre
Bayou Gothic Crime
Atmospheric Southern crime drama
Style
Body Cam
Police bodycam footage
Technique
Cold Precision Thriller
Meticulous dark perfectionism
Modern Cinema
Samurai Weather Epic
Rain, wind, telephoto battles
Classic Cinema
Superhero Team Spectacle
Superhero spectacle
Epic Saga
Southern Gothic Mystery
Bayou haze, occult investigation
Series
Monochrome Wartime Testimony
B&W Holocaust testimony
Movie
Fairy-Tale Vengeance
Female vengeance
K-Cinema
Color-Coded Wuxia
Silk banners, arrow storms
Asian Cinema
Fighter-Jet Cockpit Action
Real G-force, carrier decks
Blockbuster
Turn your visual brief into a storyboard
Start a new Storyboard with your script and character references. Choose its style in the wizard; browsing this library does not preselect a Studio preset.