# Lighting Continuity Design

> Use for lighting mood design, contrast control, shot-to-shot lighting continuity, and visual tone consistency across sequences.

- Skill: `nolanx-ai/lighting-continuity-design` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add nolanx-ai/lighting-continuity-design`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/nolanx-ai/lighting-continuity-design/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: nolanx-ai (https://skillmd.com/u/nolanx-ai)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/nolanx-ai/lighting-continuity-design

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# Lighting Continuity Design

Use this skill for mood + continuity, not just pretty light adjectives.

## Source Basis
- StudioBinder lighting ratio guide.

## Ratio Heuristics
- 1:1 to 2:1: soft, open, calm, commercial, flattering
- 4:1: dramatic but readable
- 8:1 and above: severe, moody, foreboding, oppressive

## Rules
- Keep lighting ratio logic stable across adjacent shots unless the story beat intentionally changes mood.
- Track key direction, fill behavior, rim presence, and practical light motivation.
- Match material response to the chosen contrast level.
- If the scene is ash-grey and backlit, do not suddenly make it glossy daylight-clean in the next shot.

## Prompting Heuristics
- describe light direction
- describe shadow density
- describe practical motivation
- describe atmospheric medium: haze, smoke, dust, rain, mist

## Continuity Failures To Block
- unexplained switch from hard backlight to flat frontal light
- palette shift without narrative cause
- inconsistent eye-light or silhouette logic for the same sequence