# Universal Lock™ — glossary | AIM Previz

https://aimpreviz.com/glossary/universal-lock

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# 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](https://aimpreviz.com/product/continuity-lock)

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

- **[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.
- **[CineForge](https://aimpreviz.com/glossary/cineforge)** — The 3D studio: staged scenes, physically based materials, and cinematic lighting rigs for spatially accurate previz.
- **[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.
- **[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.
- **[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.
- **[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.
- **[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.

[All terms](https://aimpreviz.com/glossary) [See it in the product](https://aimpreviz.com/product/continuity-lock) [Try the platform](https://aimpreviz.com/signup)