# ArtofTomworks Scene DNA 0.7.0 — Plan the scene. Follow every shot.
A good sequence needs more than a good individual prompt. Scene DNA keeps your location, subject, appearance, lighting and visual direction together while you plan the moments around them.
This standalone, local creative companion brings together a shared scene recipe, 3–6 editable shots, reference images, composition planning, separate image/video prompts and a director’s overview. Lock the details that should stay consistent, vary the ones that should change, and keep the project for your next session.
Optional local AI can suggest an editable scene from your reference image, offer three alternatives and translate prompts beside the copy buttons. Choose your own installed Ollama model; AI and model downloads are not bundled. Attaching an image alone does not send an AI request.
New in 0.7: visible shot execution. With your installed, supported H3 Simple/Pro ComfyUI workflow, prepare individual shots or run selected shots one after another. The live monitor shows the actual shot, start image, dimensions, frame-derived duration, current node/steps and elapsed time. Existing ComfyUI/KJ previews appear here in a large view; completed videos, saved locations and downloads stay close to the work. Pause, explicit retry and missing-shot resume are included.
You can still export a separate ComfyUI workflow JSON for each shot instead. Preparing a project never starts generation by itself. Source model/LoRA/sampler/seed settings are retained in execution copies; imported source settings are snapshots. Important: unchanged completed shots are reused from their original folders. They are not regenerated or copied into the new run folder. Fewer files in that newest folder do not necessarily mean a missing shot. The UI flags reused results/multiple folders, and every result card shows its actual saved path and individual download.
Choose your package:
- Standard — recommended for creators already comfortable with local creative tools and ComfyUI workflows. Includes the complete application, examples and reference guides.
- Beginners — recommended if this is your first storyboard or Scene DNA project, you are new to ComfyUI workflow handoff, or you simply prefer a guided first session. Includes the same features, plus START_HERE and a step-by-step first-project walkthrough. It is not a reduced edition and does not install the required generation models for you.
Extract the full ZIP. Offline planning needs a modern desktop browser (START_OFFLINE.cmd). Local AI/server and the shot runner require separately installed Node.js 22+ (START.cmd). Optional image analysis also needs running Ollama plus an installed vision-capable model. The optional included ComfyUI bridge adds source capture/scoped stop; its installer asks for the actual backend folder containing main.py. Restart the backend after installing that bridge.
Not limited to H3 for prompt planning: use the scene recipes and copied prompts with your preferred generator. The built-in execution runner currently supports recognized H3 Simple/Pro branches only. LTX/arbitrary workflows are not supported by this runner. Any H3 base-model label on this listing refers to that execution support, not an exclusive requirement for the planner.
Eight interface languages. Windows/Brave tested; other platforms are not certified. Some newest monitor/diagnostic labels fall back to English outside HU/EN. No models, personal media, private projects or credentials are included. The cover is promotional artwork, not a screenshot.
This is a public beta. Composition previews and natural-language direction are planning aids, not guaranteed camera/motion/identity control. There is no automatic shot joining, transition editor or lip-sync. Heavy local AI and video generation should not compete for a memory-limited GPU. Save project files for backup, and restart Scene DNA’s own server after an update; browser refresh alone cannot update server code.
Planning, companion bridge and monitoring: ArtofTomworks. ComfyUI, Ollama, Node.js, generation-model authors and third-party workflow/node creators retain their own credits and terms; see THIRD_PARTY.md. Free personal/commercial creative use; free sharing/modification with license retained; no resale or paid bundling of this software or modified versions. Full terms: LICENSE.txt.
GitHub, source, guides and downloads: https://github.com/artoftomworks-debug/artoftomworks-scene-dna
Try one modest-resolution short shot first. If you report an issue, include the version, workflow type and exact error without private material. Feedback about confusing buttons or missing explanations is especially welcome.
pls read this guide: https://civitai.red/articles/38739/scene-dna