Merge clips into one UGC file
Generate hook, demo, and CTA as three keepers, then merge. Do not prompt one take for all three.
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Replace the take's audio after TTS
Generate silent, speak with Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS (4cr), then replace the plate's audio. Do not mix.
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Trim dead air without a bad jump
Cut the breath on locked A-roll. Cover with B-roll if the face would pop on a blink.
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How to upscale a video to 4K
Lock the keeper, then run ByteDance (from 3 credits, up to 4K), Topaz (from 4) or Runway (from 8). Do not upscale a miss.
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Reading speed on a six-second ad
Count characters against six seconds. Cut words. Do not shrink type to fit a paragraph on a 6s spot.
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Speaker IDs on two-person UGC
When both people talk, label who is speaking. Auto captions will not invent SDH speaker IDs.
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A transcript is not an SRT
Plain text has no timestamps. An SRT is cues. Burn-in is pixels. Transcribe, then caption — different jobs.
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C2PA often dies on scheduler uploads
ImgKey, mid-2026: X strips C2PA; Graph API and cross-post paths are inconsistent; LinkedIn often preserves. Do not assume the manifest survived.
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Facebook Reels is not a second master
Use the same 9:16 file on Facebook Reels and Instagram. Meta AI info still applies. Do not re-generate a cousin clip for Facebook.
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Hiding Flow’s mark is not unmarked
Turning off Gemini/Flow’s visible watermark leaves SynthID and C2PA in the file. Article 50 still wants a perceivable deployer label.
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Check a video before you publish it
Before you upload: confirm ratio, safe-area, captions, AI label, and SKU spelling on the finished file. The generate is not the check.
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Instagram AI-generated profile label
Instagram renamed AI creator to AI-generated profile on 31 Aug 2026. Reach drops only if the featured person is AI and unlabeled.
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AI profile label is not a post label
Instagram’s AI-generated profile badge is account-level. Per-Reel AI info is a different switch. Photoreal files can still need both.
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Ad AI labels vs organic post labels
Meta ads AI info is not the organic Made with AI toggle. One file, two surfaces. Ads Manager can auto-label; organic still needs its own disclosure.
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LinkedIn vs X: Which Keeps Content Credentials?
LinkedIn is the one major network that often keeps and shows C2PA Content Credentials; X strips them. Why photoreal B2B UGC still needs a visible label.
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Ads Manager can auto-apply AI info
Coinis, 16 Jul 2026: Background Generation, Image Generation, and Add Animation auto-label ads. From 1 Jun 2026 Meta also detects third-party AI.
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Pinterest video is not Reels chrome
Idea Pin safe-area is not TikTok’s caption zone. Recrop the type. A 9:16 Reel master is not a Pinterest-native video pin.
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SynthID stays when the visible mark is off
Gemini and Flow’s 14 Aug 2026 toggle hides chrome only. SynthID stays in the pixels. Optional sparkle is not optional provenance.
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X strips C2PA on upload
ImgKey, mid-2026: X strips C2PA, re-encodes, and shows no credentials UI. Provenance does not travel. Disclose in the post anyway.
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LTX 2.3 lipsync is a 20-credit mouth
LTX 2.3 lipsync is 20 credits at 1080p. Use it when the LTX picture already exists and you only need the mouth to follow a track.
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Lucy Restyle is not a generate
Lucy Restyle changes the look of footage you already have at up to 720p, from 4 credits (1 per second). It is an edit, not a generate or a new shot.
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Pruna P-Video: 2 credits per second, 1–20s
PrunaAI P-Video is 2 credits per second of output for 1–20 second clips at 1080p. Audio is unset. A draft row, not a native-audio hero.
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SAM 3 segment before background remove
SAM 3 Video Segment is 1 credit to cut a matte. Bria background remove is 1 credit. VEED is 3. Segment first when you need the key.
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VEED Lipsync is 4 credits on a video
VEED Lipsync is 4 credits on footage you already have. Fabric is 40 to animate a still. You are replacing the mouth, not building the take.
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