Props

Importing Props from Another Story

Reuse props you've already created — vehicles, weapons, signature objects — across multiple stories without spending credits again. The same prop sheet image is shared, so the object looks identical in every story it appears in.

Why import instead of recreate?

Props are how YarnSaga keeps a specific object looking consistent across panels. A spaceship, a glowing sword, a vintage car — once generated, that prop's reference sheet is what the AI uses to redraw it on demand. Generating that sheet costs credits, and like characters, the AI never produces the same object twice from a written description.

If your prop already exists in another story with the same art style, importing it gives you a free, exact copy. No new generation. No drift in appearance. The object looks pixel-identical wherever it shows up.

How to import

  1. Open the destination story.
  2. Go to the Props tab.
  3. In the toolbar, click the copy icon (next to the manual-description and image-upload buttons).
  4. A modal lists your other stories with the same art style. Click one to expand its ready props.
  5. Check the props you want, or click Select all available.
  6. Hit Import N props. They show up in the current story immediately.

Importing is free

You already paid to generate the prop in its original story. Importing reuses that same generated sheet — no new fal.ai call, no new credit deduction, no AI variance.

Same-style restriction

Like characters, props are rendered in the art style of the story they were created in. A prop sheet drawn in retro halftone comic won't slot cleanly into a story using Studio Ghibli watercolor. To prevent the mismatch, YarnSaga hides any source story whose style doesn't exactly match the destination.

If the modal is empty, you don't yet have other stories in this style with ready props. Create or finish one first, then come back.

Only ready props can be imported

Props still generating, or whose generation failed, aren't shown in the import list. There's no usable sheet to copy. Wait for the original to reach Ready status, then import.

Duplicate protection

YarnSaga remembers which props you've already imported into the current story. Re-opening the import modal shows previously imported props as Already imported — checked and locked. You can't import the same prop twice into the same story.

What you get

  • The imported prop is a fully independent copy in the destination story. Renaming, editing, or deleting it does not affect the original.
  • Scene generations in the destination story can reference the imported prop by name and will use the same reference sheet — guaranteeing visual consistency across stories.
  • The prop's description and name are copied verbatim, so any nuance you wrote into the original carries over.

Build a "prop library" across a series

If you're producing a series in the same art style, set up your shared world's signature objects (the protagonist's ship, the recurring weapon, the iconic vehicle) once and import them into each new episode. Free reuse, perfect visual continuity.

What's next

Using in ScenesEditing & Deleting