# Previz (Previsualization) — glossary | AIM Previz

https://aimpreviz.com/glossary/previz

[Previz](https://aimpreviz.com/) / [Glossary](https://aimpreviz.com/glossary) / Film, Creative & Production

# Previz

Previz (previsualization) is planning shots, blocking, and sequences visually before cameras roll — the category this platform defines. In PREVIZ it runs across all six studios rather than inside one. The thing itself is in the product at /learn/what-is-previs. Related terms and the research behind it are listed below.

Definition

Planning shots, blocking, and sequences visually before cameras roll — the category this platform defines.

The thing itself, in the product: [/learn/what-is-previs](https://aimpreviz.com/learn/what-is-previs)

Where it lives in PREVIZ

- [Infinitum](https://aimpreviz.com/product/rooms) The on-ramp: a director agent on an infinite canvas, working across the other five studios from conversation.
- [Script](https://aimpreviz.com/product/rooms) The intent layer — what we are making and for whom.
- [Storyboard](https://aimpreviz.com/product/rooms) The plan — order, beats, coverage, structure.
- [Keyframe](https://aimpreviz.com/product/rooms) The hero still — high-fidelity image with full continuity.
- [CineForge 3D](https://aimpreviz.com/product/rooms) The space — 3D scenes, props, camera blocking.
- [Director](https://aimpreviz.com/product/rooms) The output — animation, video, deliverable.

## Related terms

- **[CineForge](https://aimpreviz.com/glossary/cineforge)** — The 3D studio: staged scenes, physically based materials, and cinematic lighting rigs for spatially accurate previz.
- **[AIM AI Gateway](https://aimpreviz.com/glossary/aim-ai-gateway)** — The vendor-neutral orchestration layer PREVIZ puts on top of 1,400+ engines, reached through its inference partnership: it picks the engine for every capability, and a production can be limited to the engine makers and jurisdictions its contract allows.
- **[21:9 · 16:9 · 9:16 · 4:3](https://aimpreviz.com/glossary#term-21-9-16-9-9-16-4-3)** — Aspect ratios — image width-to-height proportions.
- **[4K / 12K](https://aimpreviz.com/glossary#term-4k-12k)** — Image resolution in thousands of horizontal pixels — the upscale pipeline's range (12K Master is the engine maximum).
- **[CGI](https://aimpreviz.com/glossary#term-cgi)

Computer-Generated Imagery** — Fully synthetic visuals.
- **[DP](https://aimpreviz.com/glossary#term-dp)

Director of Photography** — The cinematographer role in team collaboration.
- **[OOH](https://aimpreviz.com/glossary#term-ooh)

Out-Of-Home** — Billboards and transit advertising — "key art, OOH" in the ads vertical.
- **[PBR](https://aimpreviz.com/glossary#term-pbr)

Physically Based Rendering** — Realistic material rendering in CineForge 3D.
- **[PSD](https://aimpreviz.com/glossary#term-psd)

Photoshop Document** — Layered export format.
- **[VFX](https://aimpreviz.com/glossary#term-vfx)

Visual Effects** — Digitally created or enhanced imagery.
- **[Continuity Lock™](https://aimpreviz.com/glossary/continuity-lock)** — The platform's core continuity system: locked character and location identities are auto-attached to every generation in every studio, so the same face, wardrobe, and place persist frame to frame.
- **[Universal Lock™](https://aimpreviz.com/glossary/universal-lock)** — The turnaround analysis that creates a lock from a single reference image and propagates that identity across all six studios.
- **[Drift check](https://aimpreviz.com/glossary/drift-check)** — The automatic grading pass behind every locked render: identity, styling, and palette scored 0–100 against the locked reference, with pass / warn / fail verdicts — continuity that measures itself.
- **[Infinitum](https://aimpreviz.com/glossary/infinitum)** — The autonomous director agent on an infinite canvas — the conversational on-ramp that writes scripts, locks identities, generates frames, and cuts sequences across the other five studios.
- **[Cortex](https://aimpreviz.com/glossary/cortex)** — The 17-agent AI workforce that continuously scans the platform, proposes improvements, and ships through a human-gated queue — the autonomous R&D layer.
- **[Lineage](https://aimpreviz.com/glossary/lineage)** — Per-asset provenance: every generated frame records its references, source frames, edit parents, and the engine that produced it — visible on the canvas.
- **[Production Package](https://aimpreviz.com/glossary/production-package)** — The one-click export of an entire production — scene index, cast and continuity sheet with drift pass-rates, breakdowns, shot list, boards, sequence, schedule — as a crew-ready PDF or shareable link.
- **[Continuity Index](https://aimpreviz.com/glossary/continuity-index)** — The aggregate pass-rate of drift checks across a project or the platform — the single number that says how well continuity is holding.

[All terms](https://aimpreviz.com/glossary) [See it in the product](https://aimpreviz.com/learn/what-is-previs) [Try the platform](https://aimpreviz.com/signup)