A text overlay burns one authored line; it does not listen
add_video_captions stamps one hook, headline, or CTA on the whole file. Transcription is a different job, and overlaying a miss wastes credits.
4 min read
Newsletter thumbnails wait until the cut locks
Do not thumbnail drafts.
4 min read
Video Enhancer Pro: pick the row, not the brand (21cr)
Video Enhancer Pro is one catalog generate. Use it because this job matches this row.
4 min read
Cover a song for the locked mix, not a first pass
cover_music reinterprets a track you already have, then you attach it. Covering a maybe, or covering before picture lock, spends a generate on a bed the cut will not keep.
3 min read
Front a hook pack after the body of the reel is locked
list_hooks, get_hook, and create_hook_pack are openers. Sticking one on a miss, or generating a branded pack before picture lock, pays for first seconds of a video that will not ship.
3 min read
Burn a title card after the opening shot is the opening shot
A title card is add_video_captions used as a centered headline with a background block. Printing it on a miss, or before picture lock, typesets an intro you will recut.
3 min read
Lay B-roll on locked A-roll, not on a draft
get_available_broll and search_broll surface stock UGC; compose_video_with_overlay inserts it. Covering a miss with B-roll, or inserting before picture lock, spends a composite on a narration you will recut.
2 min read
VEED burn-in waits until the spoken take is the keeper
add_veed_captions transcribes and burns styled subtitles. Run it on a miss, or before picture lock, and you pay for type on audio you will throw away.
4 min read
Cast a multi-voice track against a locked cut, not a draft
generate_multi_speaker_speech builds a conversation in one call. Attaching it before picture lock orphans a timed dialogue on a recut.
3 min read
Mix a generated bed under the cut, not under candidate takes
generate_music plus attach_audio_to_video in mix mode scores a file. Scoring a miss, or scoring before picture lock, is a bed you will mute.
3 min read
Corner-mount a talking head after both plates are keepers
create_ugc_video_overlay puts a required-position PiP on a single base video. Overlaying two maybes, or PiP before picture lock, composites a reaction to a take you will replace.
3 min read
Add a reaction clip after the reveal is locked
get_available_broll (emotion filter) and list_hooks surface reaction shots. Timing them onto a miss, or before picture lock, punctuates a beat that will move.
3 min read
Auto-timed subtitles belong on the soundtrack you will ship
add_veed_captions times speech into burned-in subtitles. Doing that on a miss, or before picture lock, pays for a track you will recut.
4 min read
A fixed hook line is wasted on a clip you will regen
add_video_captions burns one authored line for the whole file. Overlay it before picture lock and you typeset a miss.
3 min read
Stamp carousel copy after the slides themselves are keepers
add_text_overlay stamps lines onto slideshow images. Doing it on slides you will replace, or before the set is locked, double-renders copy you will delete.
3 min read
Timestamped overlays die when you recut the clock
add_timestamped_captions burns lines you wrote at start_sec and end_sec you set. Recut the video and every timestamp is a lie.
3 min read
Narration is a finishing track, not a way to hide a miss
generate_speech plus attach_audio_to_video lays a script on a clip. Narrating a take you will regen, or narrating before picture lock, pays for a read you will orphan.
3 min read
Change the voice on a take you are keeping
change_voice keeps timing and delivery, swaps the Cartesia speaker. Re-voicing a miss, or re-voicing before picture lock, pays for a performance on frames you will replace.
3 min read
Reframe the keeper, not every candidate in the bin
edit_video's aspect_ratio crops or letterboxes a file. Reformatting misses, or reframing before picture lock, spends editor_export on pixels you will regenerate.
3 min read
Speed-ramp a locked beat, not a clip still in flux
edit_video can slow, speed, or ramp a described section. Ramping a miss, or ramping before picture lock, rewrites a clock you will throw away — and every later caption with it.
3 min read
Review a video last, after you pick the take
analyze_video and review_generation cost credits and time. The tools themselves say not to run them on every generate. They grade a file that is about to ship.
3 min read
Clone once, then speak over keepers — not over every sample
clone_voice_from_audio mints a Cartesia voice_id. Using that id on every experimental take, or cloning from a noisy scratch, wastes the clone and every generate_speech that follows.
3 min read
Colorize the old photo you will actually use
colorize_photo infers plausible color on a grayscale still. Running it on photos you will not animate or post, or colorizing before the board is picked, is a batch of interpretations you will not ship.
3 min read
Combine photos and clips only after each one is final
compose_video_with_overlay concatenates images and clips with optional per-item trims. Assembling a mixed bin of maybes, or composing before picture lock, builds a timeline you will restitch.
3 min read
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