FrameThrower
Film stills and AI search for faster filmmaking, lookbooks, and creative workflows.
Overview
FrameThrower is the world’s largest library of film stills for inspiration, learning, and making movies faster. Find movie screenshots and cinematography references with AI-powered visual search. Explore lighting, composition, colour and shot size, then organise references into lookbooks and export PDF boards or ZIP files. Built for filmmakers and advertising creatives, with a REST API, MCP server, npm SDK and ComfyUI node for creative workflows.
Key features
- AI visual search for film stills, movie screenshots and cinematography references.
- Visual research across lighting, composition, colour and shot size.
- Lookbooks and moodboards for film and advertising workflows.
- Reference-board exports as PDFs or ZIP files.
- REST API, MCP server, npm SDK and ComfyUI integration.
Pricing
Freemium web application. API usage is billed separately with USD2 introductory credits and usage-based top-ups; web Pro does not include API credits.
View full pricing on framethrower.ai
Pros & cons
Pros
- Film-reference discovery and organisation
- Creative workflow integrations
- Suitable for inspiration and learning
- Ideal for visual planning
Cons
- Reference stills are not stock-footage licences
- Rights remain with their respective owners
- API usage has separate billing
- Some features require an account or paid plan
Frequently asked questions
Filmmakers, cinematographers and advertising creatives.
Film stills, movie screenshots and cinematography references using AI visual search.
Yes, into lookbooks and moodboards with PDF or ZIP exports.
Yes. See https://framethrower.ai/developers and https://framethrower.ai/mcp.
API credits and billing are separate from the web subscription.
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