Sometimes the vibe is easier to show than to describe. The composer's Image and YouTube tabs let a reference do the talking, with your notes on top.
Switch to the Image tab, hit Start, and give it a JPEG, PNG or WebP up to 20 MB (dragging it onto the composer works too). The scene gets built around your image, and its mood carries into the music.
Here's the catch: a still is silent. Chillframe won't guess a tempo or a genre from pixels, so tell it what you hear in the notes box: "slow melancholic piano, soft rain ambience".
On Plus and Ultra you can also set an End frame. With both frames in place, a toggle appears to mark it Not a seamless loop, for when you want the scene to travel from one to the other instead of circling back.
Paste a link on the YouTube tab and that video becomes your style reference. Unlike a still, a video carries sound, so its genre, tempo feel and instruments flow into your album along with the look. The notes box steers the remix from there: "warmer pads, slower tempo, heavier rain".
YouTube references work with every video type, Lite to Ultra, and cost the same as any other video of that type and length. The one gate: they unlock when your plan starts, so they're not available during the trial.
Type something that contradicts the reference and your version wins. A calm image plus "upbeat jazz" in the notes gets you upbeat jazz. The clash is treated as intentional, because it usually is.
For what to actually write in those notes, see Write a brief that gets the video you want, or email [email protected] and a human will read it.
