# Framing first

Frame / Composition / Rules. Checked 2026-10-13.

The model keeps the frame you asked for instead of cropping to its favourite portrait.

- Use when: Every prompt where the framing matters.
- Phrase: open the prompt with the framing and a test: full figure, if her shoes are not visible it is wrong
- Page: https://directorchair.ai/composition/framing-first
- JSON: https://directorchair.ai/api/composition/framing-first.json

## Watch out

- Without the framing as the opening block, a full figure is cropped to a portrait. (measured; Director Chair field notes on image prompting)

## Prompts

### Nano Banana Pro

```
[your subject] in [your setting]. Open the prompt with the framing and a test: full figure, if her shoes are not visible it is wrong.
```

### Nano Banana 2

```
[your subject] in [your setting]. Open the prompt with the framing and a test: full figure, if her shoes are not visible it is wrong.
```

### GPT Image 2.5

```
A photograph of [your subject] in [your setting].
People and framing: open the prompt with the framing and a test: full figure, if her shoes are not visible it is wrong
Exclusions: no extra text, no watermark, no logo.
```

### Seedream 5

```
[your subject] in [your setting]. Open the prompt with the framing and a test: full figure, if her shoes are not visible it is wrong.
```

### Seedance 2.5

```
Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].
First frame: open the prompt with the framing and a test: full figure, if her shoes are not visible it is wrong
Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot
```

### Seedance 2.0

```
Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].
First frame: open the prompt with the framing and a test: full figure, if her shoes are not visible it is wrong
Shot 1: one continuous shot
```

### Kling 3.0

```
[your subject]. The scene is [your setting]. Open the prompt with the framing and a test: full figure, if her shoes are not visible it is wrong.
```

### Veo 3.1

```
Open the prompt with the framing and a test: full figure, if her shoes are not visible it is wrong. [your subject] in [your setting]. Framing and subject stay as in the start image.
```

## Look further

- https://aicameracontrol.com/ : a free 3D stage to place the person and set the lens before you generate
- https://shotdeck.com/ : real film frames tagged by colour, lighting, time of day and composition (paid, link only)
- https://flim.ai/ : film, ad and music-video stills to search by text or image (free tier, link only)

## Goes well with

- Full shot: https://directorchair.ai/shot/full-shot
- Grid position: https://directorchair.ai/composition/grid-position

## Source

Director Chair field notes on image prompting

Text CC BY 4.0, Director Chair (directorchair.ai). Reference clips and their card texts belong to their makers.