# Cameo Library > Build a consistent character from one Character Sheet, then try it on with poses, outfits and places, or make turnarounds and pose sheets. Source: https://flashboards.yaroflasher.com/docs/media/cameo Last verified: 2026-10-25 (checked against FlashBoards app build 1710ec2f754c) The **Cameo Library** is a character builder. Create a character once, and Cameo makes a **Character Sheet**: one image with the face and full body side by side. Every later image uses that Sheet, so the character stays the same person: in new views, or "trying on" a pose, emotion, location, hairstyle or outfit. Browsing is free. Image actions are paid image runs. Every paid button shows its price (a maximum, "up to") before you click. > **Note: Who can use it.** Every signed-in account on the web app. Runs are charged like any other generation. See [Generation billing](https://flashboards.yaroflasher.com/docs/generation/billing.md). ## Open the Cameo Library * Click **Cameo Library** (the person icon) in the top right of the board, next to **Reference Search**. * Or click **Files** in the bottom toolbar, then **Cameo Library** in the sidebar. Choose a character from **Characters** on the left, or from the selector at the top on a phone. The tabs are **Character**, **Libraries** and **Wardrobe**. **More** holds **Views and layouts**, **State timeline**, **Readiness**, **Learn**, **Import** and **Export**. Use the **Simple**, **Advanced** or **Pro** switch to show fewer or more controls. Your choice is remembered in this browser. ![Cameo Library, Character tab for the character Mara Vale: the Simple, Advanced and Pro switch, the Create your character card with its Generate button, and the Character Sheet under Face and full body with Previous and Next, next to the character overview](https://media.yaroflasher.com/docs/media/cameo-overview.w2706.3296b868.webp) *A finished character: the Character Sheet shows the face and full body side by side.* > **Warning: Characters stay on this device.** Characters, photos, favorites and results are saved in this browser only. They don't sync, and clearing site data removes them. To save a character as a file, use **More → Export**. Use **More → Import** to load one. ## Create a character ### Step 1: Add a character Click **New** next to **Characters**. On a phone, use the **+** button beside the character selector. ### Step 2: Add photos (optional) Under **Character photo**, click **Upload photo** to use a real face. You can add up to four photos. In **Pro**, **Photo settings → Keep from source** sets what carries over: **Face**, **Face and build** or **Entire look**. ### Step 3: Describe the character In **Create your character**, pick **Male** or **Female**, and type a **Name** if you like (empty means a random name). In **Advanced** you can also set **Individuality**, a story role (**Archetype**), a **Description** and an **Age**. **Pro** has **Individuality**, **Archetype** and **Description** here; set **Age** in the character's profile instead. ### Step 4: Click Generate Cameo writes the character's profile for free on your device, then makes one paid image: the Character Sheet. The button shows that image's price. The panel shows each step, then saves the character, the Sheet and matching references. Hold `Shift` and click **Generate** to have AI write the profile instead. That adds a paid text step before the Sheet; the tooltip shows the total. In **Simple** mode, each new **Generate** picks a fresh personality, role and age, but keeps the name and gender. The dice next to **Name** and **Description** give a free random idea. `Shift`+click the description dice for an AI-written description, which is a paid text step. If the image fails, your profile is kept and **Generate** retries only the image. While a character is being created, a **Discover references** carousel shows references that might fit. Click **Assign** on one to save it to the character's **Wardrobe**. Nothing is generated. ## The Character Sheet After **Generate**, the Sheet appears under **Face and full body**. Click it to enlarge it. * Use **Previous** and **Next** to look through earlier Sheets, each with the profile it was made from. Browsing doesn't change the character. * Cameo cuts the Sheet into a portrait and a full-body view for free. * Next to it, **Character overview** sums up the name, role, personality and motivation. **Dive in** shows the details. * In **Pro**, the full profile (**Identity and appearance**, **Personality**, **Voice and music**) is below and can be edited. **Regenerate Sheet** makes a new Sheet from the current profile without rewriting it. Everything else in Cameo needs a Sheet. Without one, you see **Generate the Character Sheet first to use it for further images.** ## Views and turnarounds Open **More → Views and layouts** for more angles. * Pick a **Sheet level**: **Basic · 6 views**, **Full · 13 views** or **Advanced · 19 views**. * Click **Generate** under a view, or select views and click **Generate selected**, or click **Generate all**. Each view is one paid image; the button shows the total. * **Options** under a view has **Replace** (upload your own image) and **Edit prompt and model**. * **Turnaround · 8 views** and **Head angles · 3×3** each make one paid image with all the angles in a grid. Clicking one opens **Prompt and model settings** with its **Generate** button and price. ## Browse and search references Open **Libraries**. Pick a **Category**, such as **Poses**, **Emotions**, **Locations**, **Hairstyles**, **Makeup**, **Camera angles and shots**, **Lighting**, **Props** or **Styles · Fashion / Editorial**, or click **★ Favorites**. * Each category shows a random page. Use **Previous** and **Next** to browse. * To search the open category, type in **Search by meaning: lying down, neutral, wild…**. **Clear** returns to browsing. * Hover a reference and click the star to add it to **Favorites**. * **Styles · Fashion / Editorial** has its own style search. A style changes the outfit, accessories and look but keeps the face and build. ## Try a character on ### Step 1: Pick the character Choose it from the **Characters** list, or the character selector on a phone. It needs a Character Sheet. In **Pro**, you can pick a later state of the character in the menu next to its name. ### Step 2: Select references In **Libraries**, click one or more references. They appear under **Selected**. Click **Remove from try-on** (the X) to drop one. ### Step 3: Check the model and prompt Open **Try-on model settings** to change the model or edit the prompt. The default model takes up to three references plus your Sheet; for more, pick another model. ### Step 4: Click Try on The button shows the price and starts the paid run straight away. It reads **Trying on…** until **Saved to Cameo**. [Video: In Libraries → Poses, select a pose, check Try-on model settings and click Try on. The result is saved to the character; click it to see it full size.](https://media.yaroflasher.com/docs/media/cameo-try-on.h264.63a62fed.mp4) ## Pose and emotion sheets In **Poses** or **Emotions**, select two or more references. Two more buttons appear: * **Sheet · N panels** makes one paid image with your character in each selected pose or emotion, up to nine panels. * **Build chart** joins the selected references into one grid image on your device, for free. Then **Chart edit · N panels** puts your character into every panel and keeps the poses (one paid image). If you change the selection, build the chart again. The default model takes only a few references, so larger sheets need another model in the settings. [Video: Select four poses, click Build chart · 2×2 (free, on your device), then Chart edit · 4 panels. The character takes every pose in one image.](https://media.yaroflasher.com/docs/media/cameo-pose-sheet.h264.6552659d.mp4) ## While a run is going **Cancel** appears while you can still stop the run. Once it has started, the panel says **This run can't be cancelled once started. Waiting for the result…** From then on the run is charged if it succeeds. You can switch tabs or characters, close Cameo or reload the page. The result is saved to the character it was started for. If you reload before it arrives, click the same **Generate** or **Try on** button again: Cameo picks up the same run and doesn't charge you twice. If you started something else for that slot in the meantime, the result goes to **Generation history** instead of replacing your choice. ## Where results go Results are saved in the Cameo Library. To use one on your board, click **Add to board** under it. It's offered under the portrait, the displayed **Sheet**, each Sheet slot, results and try-ons. The image is added to the open board; on a read-only board you'll see **This board is read-only.** * The newest result is under **Saved result**. Click a thumbnail to open it full size. * **Wardrobe** lists results and references by category. Tick **canon** to keep a result as part of the character. **Upload** (or drop images on a section) adds your own references. * After a character is created, Cameo saves four or five matching references per category to **Wardrobe** for free. **Refresh references** picks a new set. * **Try-on history and prompts** keeps each request with its prompt, **Copy** and **Retry** (a new paid run). * **Generation history** (the clock icon in the header) lists every image Cameo made, newest first, with its model, date, prompt and inputs. To put a reference on your board, open **Save reference** on a card under **Selected**, then click **Add to board**. **Assign** saves it to the character's **Wardrobe** without generating. ## Delete and restore a character Click **Delete character** (the trash icon) in the header, then **Delete**. Saved images and any running generation stay in **Generation history**. To bring the character back, open **Generation history**, pick it (marked **Deleted**) and click **Restore character**. ## Messages you may see | Message | What to do | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Generate the Character Sheet first to use it for further images.** | On the **Character** tab, click **Generate** first. | | **The profile is saved. Generate will retry only the image.** | Click **Generate** again. Only the image is charged. | | A message that the model supports only a few references | Select fewer references, or pick another model in the settings. | | **No enabled image model accepts the current number of references.** | Select fewer references, or pick another model. | | **Pricing is unavailable. Generation remains disabled until a current price can be shown.** | Wait, or pick another model in the settings. | | **Accepted generation pending** or a note that an earlier submission is still being resolved | Wait. Your earlier run is still finishing, and you won't be charged twice. | | **Price is not available yet. Wait for the current catalog before generating.** | Wait a moment. | | **The model catalog is unavailable. Reload the board before generating.** | Reload the page. | | **Semantic search is temporarily unavailable.** or **Search is busy. Try again in a few seconds.** | Browse with **Previous** and **Next**, or try again later. | | **A Cameo source image is unreadable. Generation was not submitted.** | Upload the photo or view again. Nothing was charged. | | **Generation failed** | Read the message under it and try again. | ## Related - [References](https://flashboards.yaroflasher.com/docs/media/references.md) - [Generate images and video](https://flashboards.yaroflasher.com/docs/generation/generate.md) - [Models and workflows](https://flashboards.yaroflasher.com/docs/generation/models-and-workflows.md) - [Generation billing](https://flashboards.yaroflasher.com/docs/generation/billing.md)