Image Compose

Generates or edits images on the filmmaking canvas via the local generate_image.js CLI, following canvas-aware conventions for subtype stamping, reference wiring, and provenance edges. Use when the user asks to design a character, portrait, location, hero still, variation, edit, scene shot, multi-view reference sheet, or storyboard mosaic. CHARACTER DESIGN ROUTING (read first) — Whenever a character will appear in downstream video work (anything the user calls a video / clip / promo / 宣传片 / 短片 / 连续剧 / film / scene / 拍片 / shot — even if the canvas is empty and the character is being designed from scratch), DEFAULT to Pattern 7 (4-panel character reference sheet — Front/Profile/Back/Closeup), NOT Pattern 1 (single portrait). This holds whether the user has uploaded actor reference photos or not. With ≥3 actor refs, Pattern 7 uses multi-ref triangulation; with 0-2 refs, Pattern 7 uses text-only generation but still emits the 4-panel layout, because the video model needs multi-view anchor data to keep the character recognizable across non-front shots. Pattern 1 (single portrait) is only for one-off static stills that will NOT feed video gen — character posters, print art, standalone illustrations. Before any character generation, briefly announce the choice to the user ("Starting with a 4-panel reference sheet for each character so the identity stays locked across video shots — tell me if you want simple portraits instead"). Never silently default to Pattern 1 when video work is implied. STORYBOARD SHAPE — storyboard / mosaic / 分镜 / shot list / keyframe sheet / coverage / previs = ONE composite image with N×M panels per location, NOT N separate calls. Re-invoke this skill (Pattern 6) before firing the CLI.

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/image-compose
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/image-compose/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/image-compose/SKILL.md

@misc{image-compose-2026,
  author    = {Utopai-Research},
  title     = {Image Compose [Claude Code skill]},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {ClaudSkills},
  url       = {https://claudskills.com/skills/image-compose/}
}