Selling AI Stock Footage: The Contributor Playbook
How stock actually pays, what buyers want from AI clips, navigating acceptance policies, and metadata that sells. My contributor playbook from inside the stock game.
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J And L Cuts For AI Footage: Making Generated Scenes Feel Edited
Straight cuts between generated clips often feel like a slideshow, even when every clip looks good. The picture changes and the sound changes at exactly the
Foley For AI Footage: Adding The Sounds The Model Forgot
Watch a generated clip on mute and it looks alive. Turn the sound on and something is off — a character crosses a kitchen and makes no sound at all, sets a mug
Captions That Don’t Fight The Footage: Styling And Placement For AI Shorts
Most people meet your video muted. On a train, in a queue, half-watching with the sound down, the caption is not an accessory to the footage — for a large
Brand Safety: Generating Ad Footage A Client’s Legal Team Will Approve
There is a moment in AI ad work that separates hobbyists from vendors: the clip you love goes to the client’s legal review, and it comes back with questions
Denoise And Grain: Making Clean AI Footage Look Shot, Not Rendered
Clean is not the same as convincing. AI footage often arrives spotless — skin like polished plastic, skies like gradients in a presentation — and that
AI B-Roll: Generating Filler Footage That Doesn’t Look Fake
AI B-roll works when it stays ordinary. How to prompt filler footage that matches your main shots — and where to never use it.
Advanced Color Grading for AI Video: Grade Footage Like a Pro
Ask a colorist what makes AI-generated footage hard to grade and you won’t hear about style. You’ll hear about the […]
AI Video Compositing: AI Footage + Live Action VFX Workflow
The most convincing AI video work being published right now isn’t pure AI. It’s hybrid: real footage shot on a […]