diff --git a/crates/oak-render/src/eval.rs b/crates/oak-render/src/eval.rs
index 4af770bef..e368f376f 100644
--- a/crates/oak-render/src/eval.rs
+++ b/crates/oak-render/src/eval.rs
@@ -164,6 +164,14 @@ pub struct RenderEvalHooks {
     /// texture at the output resolution). The graph-sequence driver sets
     /// this to the sequence frame size.
     pub frame_size: Option<(i32, i32)>,
+    /// The sequence's square-pixel resolution (C++ the `NodeGlobals`
+    /// square resolution the shape/polygon generators insert as
+    /// `resolution_in` at job-build time). Generator jobs anchor their
+    /// pixel-size params to this — NOT to the render-target size — so a
+    /// proxy-resolution playback render draws them at the same relative
+    /// size as a paused full-res frame. `None` (non-sequence renders)
+    /// falls back to the render-target size.
+    pub sequence_size: Option<(i32, i32)>,
 
 }
 
@@ -274,6 +282,7 @@ impl RenderEvalHooks {
             use_cache: false,
             ticket: None,
             frame_size: None,
+            sequence_size: None,
         }
     }
 
@@ -794,6 +803,36 @@ impl RenderEvalHooks {
         // nobody knows better.
         let size = size.or(self.frame_size).unwrap_or((1, 1));
 
+        // `resolution_in` anchors to the sequence square resolution, not
+        // the render target (C++ inserts the NodeGlobals square
+        // resolution into the job at build time): the node params it
+        // denormalizes (shape size/pos, transform offsets, corner pin
+        // points, drop shadow distance) are all sequence-pixel values,
+        // so a proxy-size playback render must resolve them against the
+        // same resolution as a paused full-res frame, or the effect
+        // visibly changes size whenever the transport stops. Pre-filling
+        // the row wins over `run_effect`'s frame-size auto-fill; a node
+        // that inserted its own `resolution_in` keeps it.
+        let mut sequence_row;
+        let params = if self.sequence_size.is_some()
+            && !payload.params.contains_key("resolution_in")
+            && compiled
+                .translated
+                .uniforms
+                .iter()
+                .any(|u| u.name == "resolution_in")
+        {
+            let (w, h) = self.sequence_size.unwrap();
+            sequence_row = payload.params.clone();
+            sequence_row.insert(
+                "resolution_in".to_string(),
+                NodeValue::Vec2([w as f64, h as f64]),
+            );
+            &sequence_row
+        } else {
+            &payload.params
+        };
+
         let dst = match ctx.create_texture(size.0.max(1), size.1.max(1)) {
             Ok(t) => t,
             Err(err) => {
@@ -808,7 +847,7 @@ impl RenderEvalHooks {
         let result = run_effect(
             &ctx,
             &compiled,
-            &payload.params,
+            params,
             &inputs,
             dst,
             size,
@@ -1441,6 +1480,13 @@ pub fn render_graph_frame(
     let mut traverser = oak_node::traverser::Traverser::new();
     let mut hooks = RenderEvalHooks::new();
     hooks.frame_size = Some(size);
+    // The generators' `resolution_in` anchor (C++ NodeGlobals square
+    // resolution): the sequence's native size, so proxy-size playback and
+    // full-res paused frames draw generated layers identically.
+    hooks.sequence_size = sequence
+        .video_params
+        .first()
+        .map(|p| (p.width.max(1), p.height.max(1)));
     let perf = std::env::var_os("OAK_PERF").is_some();
     let mut perf_collect = perf.then(std::time::Instant::now);
     let mut perf_collect_ms = 0.0f64;
diff --git a/crates/oak-render/tests/graph_render.rs b/crates/oak-render/tests/graph_render.rs
index 149d3222c..31a701e4c 100644
--- a/crates/oak-render/tests/graph_render.rs
+++ b/crates/oak-render/tests/graph_render.rs
@@ -639,3 +639,88 @@ fn chromakey_job_keys_green_with_ociobased_stub() {
 
     let _ = std::fs::remove_file(&path);
 }
+
+/// Generator sizing is anchored to the SEQUENCE resolution (C++ inserts
+/// the NodeGlobals square resolution as `resolution_in` at job-build
+/// time), not the render target: a proxy-size playback render and a
+/// full-res paused frame must draw the shape at the same relative size,
+/// or the generated layer visibly changes size whenever the transport
+/// stops. A 96px rectangle on the default 1920x1080 sequence spans 5%
+/// of the width at BOTH 192x108 and 768x432 (the pre-fix
+/// target-anchored behavior drew 50% vs 12.5%).
+#[test]
+fn shape_generator_size_is_sequence_relative() {
+    if oak_core::backend::GpuContext::shared().is_none() {
+        eprintln!("skipping shape_generator_size_is_sequence_relative: no GPU adapter");
+        return;
+    }
+    let path = clip_path("shape_seqrel");
+    oak_codec::testmedia::write_test_clip_solid(&path, 64, 64, 10, 10, [0.0, 0.0, 1.0, 1.0])
+        .expect("blue clip generation");
+
+    let (project, seq) = build_effect_project(
+        (&path.to_string_lossy(), Rational::new(0, 1), Rational::new(1, 1)),
+        |p, footage, clip| {
+            let (ecore, ebehavior) = oak_node::factory::Factory::global()
+                .create_any("org.olivevideoeditor.Olive.shape")
+                .expect("shape factory entry");
+            let effect = p.graph.add_node(ecore, ebehavior);
+            p.graph.disconnect(footage, clip, oak_node::block::clip_input::TEXTURE_INPUT, -1);
+            // The shape module is crate-private; the input ids are the C++
+            // kBaseInput/kSizeInput strings.
+            p.graph
+                .connect(footage, effect, "base_in", -1)
+                .expect("connect footage to shape base");
+            p.graph
+                .connect(effect, clip, oak_node::block::clip_input::TEXTURE_INPUT, -1)
+                .expect("connect shape to clip");
+            p.graph.get_mut(effect).unwrap().core.set_standard_value(
+                "size_in",
+                -1,
+                oak_node::value::NodeValue::Vec2([96.0, 96.0]),
+            );
+            effect
+        },
+    );
+
+    // The fraction of the middle row covered by the opaque red square.
+    let red_fraction = |width: i32, height: i32| -> f32 {
+        let tex = oak_render::eval::render_graph_frame(
+            &project,
+            seq,
+            Rational::new(0, 1),
+            (width, height),
+            PixelFormat::F32,
+        )
+        .expect("shape render");
+        let Texture::Cpu(frame) = &tex else {
+            panic!("graph render produced a non-CPU texture");
+        };
+        let stride = frame.linesize_bytes() as usize;
+        let y = (height / 2) as usize;
+        let mut red = 0usize;
+        for x in 0..width as usize {
+            let off = y * stride + x * 16;
+            let r = f32::from_le_bytes(frame.data[off..off + 4].try_into().unwrap());
+            let g = f32::from_le_bytes(frame.data[off + 4..off + 8].try_into().unwrap());
+            let a = f32::from_le_bytes(frame.data[off + 12..off + 16].try_into().unwrap());
+            if r > 0.9 && g < 0.1 && a > 0.9 {
+                red += 1;
+            }
+        }
+        red as f32 / width as f32
+    };
+
+    let small = red_fraction(192, 108);
+    let large = red_fraction(768, 432);
+    assert!(
+        (small - large).abs() < 0.02,
+        "the shape's relative size must not depend on the render target: {small} at 192px vs {large} at 768px"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        (small - 0.05).abs() < 0.02,
+        "96px on the 1920px sequence is 5%%, got {small}"
+    );
+
+    let _ = std::fs::remove_file(&path);
+}