Marketplace UGC must match the listing photo
Marketplace UGC must match the listing photo. Animate the gallery still; a prettier pack is a different listing.
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Mortgage UGC cannot invent a borrower
Mortgage UGC cannot invent a borrower. Film a licensed LO and process screens; a generated closing is a fabricated file.
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Optometry UGC is the frame on a real face
Optometry UGC is the frame on a real face. Film inventory on consented adults; do not generate a patient or an exam.
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Photographer UGC cannot fake the shoot
Photographer UGC cannot fake the shoot. Recut the session you were hired for; a generated wedding is a licence problem, not a portfolio.
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Plumber UGC is the job you finished
Plumber UGC is the job you finished. Film the fixture that now runs; a generated flood before is a lie about the call.
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Podcast UGC is the clip, not a fake guest
Podcast UGC is the clip, not a fake guest. Cut from the episode on the RSS; do not generate a co-host who never sat the mic.
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Salon UGC is hair you actually cut
Salon UGC is hair you actually cut. Film the station and a consented client; do not generate a transformation or a colour you did not mix.
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Tutor UGC cannot generate a child student
Tutor UGC cannot generate a child student. Film the adult tutor and the worksheet; never mint a minor as proof.
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Vet UGC cannot invent an animal patient
Vet UGC cannot invent an animal patient. Film consented owners and empty bays; do not generate a diagnosis or a pet you did not treat.
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Captions on LinkedIn native video
LinkedIn autoplays muted. Burn-in still wins in the feed. 1:1 and 4:5 sit in a different chrome than 9:16.
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YouTube long-form wants a sidecar
Watch-page YouTube wants a closed-caption track. Ads still want burn-in. Do not ship one object for both rooms.
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End screens steal the caption zone
YouTube end screens cover the last seconds. Captions in that band get stolen. Yield the type or raise it.
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Brand-kit type vs a caption preset
Kit hex and font bind on captions; 45 CSS presets are the drawing. Map the kit onto one family. Override for contrast, not for taste.
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Top captions vs bottom captions
Bottom hits TikTok and Reels chrome; top can hit the username. Test both on a phone. Default bottom is a collision, not a spec.
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A caption preview is not the burn
Studio CSS preview is not the VEED burn. You still export the MP4. Pixels in the file are what the feed shows.
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Caption after lipsync, not before
A mouth pass rewrites timing. Burn captions last, on the lipsynced file, or the words will lead or trail the mouth.
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Captions are not the CTA card
Speech type is a transcript. A CTA card is an ask. An end screen is a last-seconds overlay. Do not make the caption do all three.
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Captions on faceless product demos
No face; type is the presenter. BASIC for the demo body, DYNAMIC only if a spoken hook still reads on mute.
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Captions on motion-control takes
The driving clip may already have speech. Caption the output once. Do not burn the driver and the generate as two transcripts.
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Caption native-audio generates too
Diegetic speech is still silent in a muted feed. Burn-in the native-audio take. Sound-on is a bonus, not the delivery.
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Captions should not cover the SKU
Move the type, do not crop the label. Safe area plus pack-shot: the carton is the product. Captions sit somewhere else.
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Glass captions fail on busy plates
Glass is a transparent DYNAMIC look. On product I2V it disappears. Use outline or a backdrop, then check the worst frame.
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Karaoke vs static on paid social
Paid social wants a static BASIC block you can freeze-frame. Organic can keep karaoke. Same transcript, two burns.
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A new language is a new burn
165 codes transcribe; they do not translate. Dub first or caption-translate, then burn again. One English file will not serve Spanish.
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