Temporal
Multi-dim picker for temporal-speed + freeze + direction + shutter (18 catalog options across 4 fields). Emits a temporal-effect prompt fragment.
Overview
The Temporal parameter node controls time-based effects in generated video — slow-motion, time-freeze, time-lapse, reverse, shutter-blur signature. Video-only: automatically suppressed for still-image consumers (Generate Image, Edit Image, Image-to-Image, Location). Wired to an AI video node’s cinematography handle.
Configuration (4 sub-fields)
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| temporalSpeed | string | Playback speed — normal, slow-motion, super-slow-motion, fast-motion, time-lapse, hyperlapse. |
| temporalFreeze | string | Freeze treatment — none, freeze-frame, bullet-time, time-stop. |
| temporalDirection | string | Direction of time — forward, reverse, oscillating, loop. |
| temporalShutter | string | Shutter signature — natural, high-shutter-crisp, low-shutter-blur, strobe, rolling-shutter. |
| Pre Text | text | Free-form text prepended to the composed hint. |
| Post Text | text | Free-form text appended to the composed hint. |
Catalog (18 catalog options across 4 fields)
The picker UI groups choices by dimension. Each dimension is optional.
Inputs & Outputs
Inputs: in — optional upstream parameter input.
Outputs: out — composed prompt-hint clause, consumed by downstream AI video nodes via their cinematography handle.
Composition
Output joins the set sub-field descriptors. Example with temporalSpeed: "slow-motion", temporalDirection: "reverse":
“slow motion, reverse playback”
Common Use Cases
- Sports / action cinematography (slow-motion at peak action).
- Time-lapse city/nature scenes.
- Music-video stylistic beats (bullet-time at the drop).
- Reverse-direction storytelling moments.