Grok Imagine generates; Grok 4.6 is the chat brain
Imagine Image, Imagine Video, Extend, TTS are catalog rows. x-ai/grok-4.6 is chat_model. Pin the brain and the renderer separately or the look will drift.
4 min read
Ham radio Field Day: the rig, not a talking operator
Vidu Q3 from the mast still for key clicks. TTS the band plan as a voice file. A photoreal operator is a likeness, not a QSO.
6 min read
Hunyuan Image 3.0 Instruct: edit with an instruction
hunyuan-image-3-0-instruct-edit is a leftover row: edit-image / image-to-image, requires a still, 8 credits. A prompt-only call will not start.
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Hydro-jetting wants Vidu water, not a /for/plumbers tour
Vidu Q3 I2V (5s/10s/15s, 16cr discounted) puts diegetic jet sound on the cleanout still; /for/plumbers is a leak story, this is the nozzle SKU.
5 min read
Indoor skydiving: empty tunnel to airflow
Two stills of the same chamber. Flux 3 interpolates fan. generate_sound_effect for the roar. Do not seat a generated body in the column.
6 min read
Interdental brushes: overlay the ISO size vs /for/dentists
I2V the blister you photographed. Size 0 through 8 is burned type. /for/dentists is the chair; this leftover SKU is the colored handle.
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JPEG conversion fills transparency with white, not black
The browser converter paints transparent pixels white before writing JPEG because JPEG has no alpha; keep PNG or WebP to keep a hole.
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Jump ropes: Vidu the handle click, overlay length
Diegetic bearing click is Vidu. Length marks are overlay. Do not generate a jumper; /for/boutique-fitness-studios is the class.
6 min read
Kettlebells OEM: Ideogram the kg vs /for/gyms
The cast numeral is the listing. Ideogram or overlay, never Veo. Gym /for is programming. Do not generate a swinger.
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Kimi K2.7 Code is the default planner, not a renderer
runpod/kimi-k2.7-code is the documented default on /chat-models. Text-only. Changing it changes the plan, not the MP4, unless you also let generate routing wander.
6 min read
Kinesiology tape: roll still, no clinician demo
Lock the roll. Stretch-percent talk is captions. /for/physical-therapists is the clinic; a taped synthetic limb is a kill.
5 min read
Kling V3 text-to-image is 3-credit stills, not Kling video
kling-v3-text-to-image is a leftover published row: text-to-image, 3 credits, no still required. It is not Kling Video V3 I2V, not Kling 3 Turbo, and not a generate you can prompt into motion. Pin this for the plate; pin a video row for the clip.
6 min read
A Ko-fi shop listing is a tile with price type
The shop SKU is the item tile: name, price, product still. Seedream holds the letters. A Gumroad cover (already a post) is a different marketplace crop. Do not generate a cinematic 'support me' host.
6 min read
Lacrosse balls: massage-ball SKU, not a youth-sports roster
Seedance the ball you sell for myofascial work. Club /for is the roster. Overlay durometer. Do not generate a player or a clinician.
5 min read
Lawn bowling: empty rink stills and session hours
The striped green is today's inventory. Recurring overlays for roll-up times. Classic captions are subtitle chrome, not a generate. Do not invent members on the jack.
6 min read
Lighthouse video: lock the tower, then add water
The named civic tower is the plate. Vidu for water once identity holds. A generated keeper is a likeness. Travel-agency destination films are a different /for.
5 min read
Lipsync price ignores script, voice, and language
A 30-second talking head is rate times seconds; across the lipsync catalogue that rate spans a documented multiple, and trimming audio is the only way the bill falls.
6 min read
A Luma event cover is a poster still, not a recap film
The event SKU is the cover: title, date, venue type that survive the calendar thumbnail. Seedream or Ideogram. /for/event-marketing-teams is the campaign. Do not Veo a fake crowd as the cover.
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LUMÉE GLOW is 28 scenes — the longest public recipe
Of 17 public recipes, Lumee Glow Cat Glow-Up is the 28-scene ceiling at 1092/2156, pinned to Vidu Q3 Image to Video. Lunchwell is 18 scenes at a higher credit ceiling. recreate_public_template clones that graph; it does not Omni a new 28-shot film.
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Lunchwell is the 1800-credit ceiling across 18 scenes
Lunchwell Hospital Visit is the 17-recipe credit ceiling: 1800 preview / 3600 full, 18 scenes, VEO 3.1 Fast I2V. Lumee is longer in scene count and cheaper. It is a cloned scene graph, not a one-tap start_template_run file.
5 min read
MJ Dance and Dark Wings have almost no preview discount
Most one-taps roughly double from preview to full. MJ Dance is 71/78 and Dark Wings is 54/58 — draft-mode savings are a few credits. MJ Dance is motion-controlled from a reference clip, not a restyle. Both still consume one photo via start_template_run.
5 min read
Morning Matcha costs 405 credits at preview and 405 at full
Most two-figure recipes roughly double; this three-scene ritual does not, so draft-mode savings are zero on that row.
6 min read
Most-flexible AI video model means most aspect ratios
The /best query sorts generators by supports_aspect_ratios.length, not by 'does everything well'.
5 min read
Motocross: the bike in the whoops has to be the rider's bike
Lock number and livery. Veo first-last empty jump to a consented bike still. A generated wreck of a machine you do not own is a false ad.
6 min read