Contact Sheet Prompting
A prompting technique I pioneered for image-to-video workflows. Prompt a reasoning image model like Nano Banana Pro to generate a 6–9 frame contact sheet that tells a cohesive story, then feed those frames as keyframes into an animator like Kling 2.6. The original write-up is on the blog, and the technique has since been built into Glif, Weavy, Leonardo AI, ComfyUI, and more.
Reasoning-driven grids
Nano Banana Pro generates a 6–9 frame contact sheet from a single prompt, leaning into its reasoning to keep characters, lighting, and continuity consistent across every frame.
Kinetic type animation
The same technique adapts beyond character work. Here the contact sheet drives a kinetic type sequence, with each frame setting up the next pose for the animator.
Industry adoption
Glif, Weavy, Leonardo AI, ComfyUI, and others have built the technique into their products and workflows since the original write-up went live.
Contact Sheet Prompting