Question 1

What is a reference image?

Accepted Answer

A reference is a single locked image of a character, prop or place. Every keyframe and every clip that features that character is generated from the reference, which is what stops the face, hair, wardrobe and colour palette drifting between shots.

Question 2

Do I have to upload a photo?

Accepted Answer

No. You can describe a character in plain language and let Sheeeit design them for you, or upload a photo you own the rights to. Both routes end in the same place: one saved reference image for that character.

Question 3

What does locking a character do?

Accepted Answer

Locking freezes the reference so later edits, retakes and regenerations reuse it instead of reinventing the character. Uploading or generating a reference locks the character automatically; you can unlock deliberately from the Lock button if you want a fresh look.

Question 4

My video looks wildly inconsistent — why?

Accepted Answer

Almost always because no characters were defined, or a character was described but never locked with a reference image. Add each recurring character in the Cast step, generate or upload a reference, confirm it is locked, then regenerate the keyframes.

Question 5

Can I change a reference after some shots are rendered?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Unlock the character, set the new reference, lock it again, then regenerate the keyframes for the shots they appear in. Already rendered clips keep the old look until you re-render them.

Question 6

How do I create a character on the platform?

Accepted Answer

In the Cast step, add the character with a name and a short description, then press Cast this character. Sheeeit generates three character design sheets in your project's style, you pick one, and it is saved as the reference and locked.

Question 7

What if I don't like any of the options?

Accepted Answer

Press Recast to generate a fresh set. Tightening the description — age, build, wardrobe, distinguishing details — makes a much bigger difference than regenerating repeatedly.

Question 8

When should a character be locked?

Accepted Answer

Before their first appearance. If a character is still unlocked when keyframes are drafted, that shot has nothing to anchor to and the look will drift.

Question 9

How many characters can a video have?

Accepted Answer

As many as the story needs, but lock every character who appears more than once. One-off background figures can be left to the model.

Question 10

Where does dialogue come from?

Accepted Answer

The shot plan holds a dialogue line and a voice-over line per shot. The AI drafts them from your story, and every line is editable — rewrite anything before you render.

Question 11

How do I keep a character's voice consistent?

Accepted Answer

Assign a voice to each character once. That voice is reused for every line they speak in the video, so the performance stays consistent across shots and across retakes.

Question 12

Why did I hear the line twice, in two different voices?

Accepted Answer

The video model sometimes bakes its own speech into a clip. Sheeeit now suppresses speech in the animation prompt and drops the clip's built-in audio whenever a recorded voice-over exists for that shot, so only your chosen voice is heard.

Question 13

My voice-over gets cut off at the end of a shot.

Accepted Answer

The shot is shorter than the line. Drag the shot box on the timeline to lengthen it in one-second steps, or shorten the line. Shot durations can also be snapped to the measured length of the recorded speech.

Question 14

A name is pronounced wrong.

Accepted Answer

Add it to the pronunciation dictionary with a phonetic spelling, then re-record that line.

Question 15

How are sound effects handled?

Accepted Answer

Each shot carries its own SFX description in the plan. Those cues are generated as short effects and placed against the shot, alongside an optional ambience bed that runs underneath for room tone or exterior atmosphere.

Question 16

Can I add music?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The Score step at the end drafts a music brief from your images, story and running time and generates a track — or you can upload your own songs and use those instead. Music is optional.

Question 17

Will music drown out the dialogue?

Accepted Answer

No. The mix ducks the music and ambience under spoken lines automatically, and the final cut fades to black and out at the end.

Question 18

Can I re-do the audio for one shot only?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Select the shot on the timeline, adjust its dialogue, SFX or retake notes, and re-render just that shot. The rest of the cut is left untouched.

Question 19

Will a refresh lose my work?

Accepted Answer

No. A hard refresh only reloads the app files. Your story, cast, shot plan, keyframes and rendered clips all survive it. Clearing site data or using a private window is what removes browser-held media.

Question 20

Can I pick up on another device?

Accepted Answer

Your plan is saved to your account and follows you anywhere. Keyframes and rendered clips are held in the browser you rendered them in.

Question 21

What is a Sheeeit?

Accepted Answer

The printable storyboard PDF: every shot with its keyframe, description, camera, dialogue and SFX on one document, exported from the shot plan.

Question 22

How do I share a finished video?

Accepted Answer

The Share step gives you a link, platform-specific share actions and an embeddable player. Videos only appear in the public gallery if you opt in.

How to Sheeeit out your video:

References and consistency

Casting

Dialogue and voices

SFX, ambience and music

Workflow, saving and sharing

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