Universal Lock™
Universal Lock is the turnaround analysis that creates a lock from a single reference image and propagates that identity across all six studios. In PREVIZ it runs across all six studios rather than inside one. The thing itself is in the product at /product/continuity-lock.
Definition
The turnaround analysis that creates a lock from a single reference image and propagates that identity across all six studios.
The thing itself, in the product: /product/continuity-lock
Where it lives in PREVIZ
- InfinitumThe on-ramp: a director agent on an infinite canvas, working across the other five studios from conversation.
- ScriptThe intent layer — what we are making and for whom.
- StoryboardThe plan — order, beats, coverage, structure.
- KeyframeThe hero still — high-fidelity image with full continuity.
- CineForge 3DThe space — 3D scenes, props, camera blocking.
- DirectorThe output — animation, video, deliverable.
Related terms
- AIM AI Gateway
- The vendor-neutral orchestration layer that routes every generation across the full engine registry (99 engines as of 21 August 2026), with per-tenant engine exclusions and drift-telemetry-informed routing.
- CineForge
- The 3D studio: staged scenes, physically based materials, and cinematic lighting rigs for spatially accurate previz.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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.