Clean the handoff frame before you chain clips
The last frame of a clip is the dirtiest in it, and chaining hands it forward. The re-mint step that stops artifacts compounding, and how to spot a clean frame.
Every guide, comparison and workflow we’ve published on AI Video Artifacts.
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The last frame of a clip is the dirtiest in it, and chaining hands it forward. The re-mint step that stops artifacts compounding, and how to spot a clean frame.
Hair and fabric are where temporal coherence breaks first. Prompt cues for weight and stiffness, shot choices that hide it, and when to mask and regenerate.
Feet skate because ground contact is never specified. Prompt phrasing for footfall, weight and surface, plus the shot sizes where walking actually holds up.
Mirrors, windows and puddles rarely agree with the room in front of them. How to compose around reflections, prompt them when they matter, and repair them.
Why hands, teeth, and signage remain the hardest surfaces for AI video and image models — and the shot design that routes around each failure.
Why AI video artifacts happen — morphing hands, flicker, identity drift, garbled text — traced to their causes, with the fixes that actually work today.