AI filmmaking glossary
Frame chaining
Last updated: September 24, 2026
Definition
Frame chaining is a transition technique where the final frame of one AI video shot is handed to the next shot as its first frame. The model then generates continuous motion between them, so the shots share a frame and flow into each other with no cut, no crossfade, and no still-image jump.
How it works in FXI Studio
In FXI Studio, frame chaining is a built-in capability of the node pipelines rather than something you stitch together by hand. You chain shot A into B into C, and each handoff reuses a real frame so the camera appears to keep moving through the scene.
Because the motion is authored by the model rather than blended in an editor, a chained sequence reads as one continuous take, which is the look a crossfade can never reach.
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