FrameThrower vs ShotBook
Different medium, and largely complementary. ShotBook is tagged video for technique and pacing; FrameThrower is a frame-level still library where every frame carries its own lighting, lens, framing and colour data, searchable in plain language or by image. Use ShotBook for how a shot moves, FrameThrower for how it is lit and framed.
What ShotBook is good at
Video, not stills — which matters for anything about movement, pacing or cutting. A still cannot show you a whip pan or how long a shot is held, and ShotBook can.
“A tagged video reference catalog for filmmakers and editors, built to find references by technique, style, pacing, category and tutorial.”— ShotBook, in their own words. shotbook.art · read 2026-08-12
Which to pick
Pick ShotBook if
the question is about movement, pacing or editing — things a still image cannot answer.
Pick FrameThrower if
the question is about light, lens, framing or colour, or you need a still to put in a lookbook.
What FrameThrower does
- —5,489 films, indexed per frame. Lighting key and quality, lens character, shot size, camera angle, colour palette in hex, mood, era and time of day — on every frame, not per film.
- —Three ways to ask. Plain language, a reference image, or a colour.
- —Callable by machine. A REST API with 11 endpoints and no rate limits, an MCP server with four tools, and an npm SDK.
- —Moodboards, shot boards and lookbooks. Reference to deliverable without leaving the app or re-importing anything.
- —Free to start. $2 of credits on signup, no card. Then $1 = 500 searches, and credits never expire.
See it before you decide
$2 of credits free on signup, no card. Search 5,489 films by lighting, lens, colour and mood.
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