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14 notes · updated 31 Oct 2026
Living craft · Public guide
AI in the edit bay

Premiere, Resolve, Media Composer, and Final Cut: what the in-bay AI does, what it does not, and the official doors. Last checked 2 Oct 2026.

Eight close-up portraits of the same young woman in strips, beside the title Claudia: an open character
Pipeline · 24 Sept 2026
anabology

Claudia: production folder and agent kit

Open kit from @anabology at claudia.gallery: character Claudia plus Escape Velocity, CLODYSSEY and BLISS, 1,562 Midjourney images with prompts, a maker wiki, a downloadable agent skill, and a public read-only MCP. Original Escape Velocity Drive pack kept as a secondary link. Credit the maker.

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Cartoon title card reading “I’m upping my P(doom)” with a smiling box character and a thermometer near its top
Community · 2 Oct 2026
John Heibel (source) / OtherReality (film)

I'm Upping My P(doom): film + Claude Opus source

OtherReality's YouTube cut, plus John Heibel's open source for the same code-rendered film (p5.js, storyboard, Chrome and ffmpeg). Not a generative video dump, and no licence, so Field Notes links and credits only.

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A figure in a long coat standing on a wet rooftop at dusk, looking out over a city of spires and lit windows
Craft · 18 Sept 2026
Melies

Cinematic techniques

Visual bible of cinematography and film technique: 400+ shots with grammar, examples, and prompts.

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A woman in a yellow beanie playing a drum against splashes of colour, under the title The Beat in large white letters
Craft · 15 Oct 2026
Kling AI

The Beat: a 30-second single take, broken down

Kling's own production, so read it as a maker's note from the vendor. Shot-by-shot notes on The Beat: a continuous 30-second opening shot with a 35mm look, Omni Reference to hold the drummer and world steady through a style shift, up to 10 keyframes to place the emotional beats, fast camera moves, colour as the story, and stereo audio with lip sync.

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An old television set standing in long grass under a rainbow and a blue sky
Craft · 1 Oct 2026
Color Institute

Color psychology in film and television

How colour shapes mood, character and story on screen. Practical cues for look-dev and AI grading. Credit Color Institute.

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A woman in a white blouse sitting in a row of red cinema seats
Craft · 1 Oct 2026
Shahnaz Dulaimy / Avid

Film editing: rhythm and pace

Shahnaz Dulaimy on rhythm and pace in the cut: when to hold, when to move. Avid resource centre.

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A blurred orange streak of light curving across a black background
Craft · 1 Oct 2026
StudioBinder

How many scenes in a movie

Averages, exceptions and why scene count shapes structure. StudioBinder guide for planning a feature before you generate.

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The book cover of In the Blink of an Eye beside a close-up of Walter Murch, with a play button and the word Explained
Craft · 1 Oct 2026
StudioBinder

Walter Murch Rule of Six

Walter Murch's Rule of Six explained with cuts and eye-trace. StudioBinder walkthrough of the editor's priorities.

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A bearded director in a pale shirt standing behind film cameras on an outdoor set
Craft · 1 Oct 2026
No Film School

Film mood board guide

Building a film mood board that locks look, tone and references before you generate. No Film School guide.

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A storyboard app showing six colourful comic-style panels in a grid, labelled Scene 1, Shot 1 to 6
Craft · 1 Oct 2026
StudioBinder

How to make a storyboard

Step-by-step storyboarding: frames, staging and how to brief a shot plan. StudioBinder.

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Two figures and a dog sled crossing snow, seen from above, beside the title Anerneq in carved-looking letters
Pipeline · 30 Sept 2026
higgsfield.studio

Anerneq: open Arctic project

Full project, assets, brief, pipeline and prompts on Higgsfield. Open Arctic process pack. Credit the maker.

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Avid Media Composer screens behind the headline “Avid just made its pro editor free”
Community · 30 Sept 2026
NICK N

Media Composer First uncapped

Community roundup: Avid 2026.8 turns free Media Composer First into a real pro entry point (unlimited tracks/bins, 8K+). Avid release note linked in the post.

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A parrot perched on a pot of cactus beside a cut watermelon, under the text “Introducing Runway Gen 4.5”
Pipeline · 30 Sept 2026
Runway

Runway Workflows: chain generations into a pipeline

Official Runway Workflows page: node-based pipelines that chain prompting, generation and refinement without copy-paste between tools. Check live nodes and models on runway.com.

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A pale living room with a curved green sofa, covered in handwritten design notes and arrows
Pipeline · 30 Sept 2026
Dreamina / CapCut

How to make original AI videos: a creator workflow

Official Dreamina guide: idea to rights-cleared kit to visual anchor to shot plan; generate one variable at a time; diagnose keep/repair/regenerate; master then format cuts.

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