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I believe the best tutorial is one where you show your decisions and explain them to your viewers, instead of just presenting a finished result.
I started with a slide that already has the right to exist. And every time I want to fix something, I ask myself, "WHAT IF" and test the result. Each small change isn't random. It's connected to the one before it.
By the end, the slide hasn't just been decorated; it's been rebuilt with intention.
Presentation design isn't about making things look nice. It's a chain of small, deliberate decisions that turns a slide people glance at into one people actually understand.
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I used to think the secret to better AI video was writing longer prompts.
This project changed how I approach prompting.
I took one of my actual Seedance 2.5 prompts and broke it apart. What looked like one detailed prompt was actually several different shots, camera movements, actions, and cinematic directions competing for the model's attention.
So I started treating AI video prompts more like shot direction:
SHOT → SUBJECT → ACTION → ENVIRONMENT → CAMERA → MOTION → LOOK → CONSTRAINTS
In this walkthrough, I show the real process, including how I structure the prompt, generate the scene, identify what isn't working, and refine the instructions.
The lesson is simple:
Don't make the prompt longer. Make the instructions clearer.
Think like a director, not a novelist.
https://share.descript.com/view/iYh2ZNB0bt1
https://web.descript.com/3c176614-948b-4aad-81d8-392fd2c09c2d
This is Great! Can I DM you if I need help pls?
I built a simple workflow for creating consistent AI characters while saving time, money, and generations.
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I start by creating a character in Midjourney, then refine it in Nano Banana and create a character sheet with different poses and angles.
The key step is using that character sheet together with the visual style and environment from my original Midjourney image. Instead of generating each shot individually, I ask Nano Banana to build a 3x3 grid containing nine different shots of the same character within the same environment. With a detailed prompt, I can define the framing, composition, and action for all nine shots in a single generation.
I can then extract the individual frames from the grid simply by asking Nano Banana to separate them. Finally, I use the most suitable frames as starting frames in tools like Kling or Veo to animate the shots and build the final sequence.
The idea is simple: instead of generating 150 images and throwing most of them away, I create a visual system first and generate multiple usable shots at once. It saves generations, reduces costs, and gives me much more consistency and control over the final video.
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Nothing complicated! duplicate the some layers, flip em, add some blur, and fade it with a gradient.
The interesting part is getting the opacity and blur right so it actually feels like a reflection instead of a blurry copy sitting underneath.
Sharing the process as part of the Contra × Descript Challenge.
Hope it’s useful.