WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:14.320 Most AI tricks you see online look amazing in the demo, but then you go try it out and everything falls apart. Welcome back to the closet studio. Today, we are gonna be talking about seven AI tricks that not only I use on real productions with real 00:00:14.400 --> 00:00:20.995 clients, but they all have three things in common. One, they're easy to do. Two, they don't feel 00:00:21.075 --> 00:00:26.995 like AI. And three, they are tricks and tools that you need to stand out as a creator. 00:00:30.515 --> 00:00:31.715 Up first, we have 00:00:32.510 --> 00:00:36.270 trick number one, and that is text change. 00:00:36.990 --> 00:00:49.815 Now this is a very simple trick, but it is very valuable. I've used it in many different productions. So here's what you're gonna do. You're gonna take a screenshot of the clip you wanna change. You're gonna take it into nano banana two, and you're going to type into the prompt change 00:00:49.895 --> 00:00:52.135 the text so that it says 00:00:52.935 --> 00:01:06.270 fill in the blank. And then from there, what you're gonna do is you're gonna take that exported image, and you're gonna bring it into Sea Dance two point o. And here's what you're gonna say. Change the text in at video one to the text in at image one. And from there, 00:01:06.830 --> 00:01:13.790 the AI is going to be able to understand that we need to change the text to the ideal text. Up next, we have trick number two, 00:01:14.335 --> 00:01:16.415 and this is subtle environment 00:01:16.415 --> 00:01:17.135 enhancements. 00:01:18.495 --> 00:01:29.640 The subtle environment enhancement is exactly what it sounds like. It is subtle additions to your shot that just makes it more dynamic, and it's things that people don't even think of. Did you know that directors actually put 00:01:30.040 --> 00:01:34.360 extras in the scene walking in a specific direction for the sole purpose 00:01:34.440 --> 00:01:40.600 of it helps guide the eye of the viewer? There are scenarios where you just want to add subtle enhancements 00:01:40.600 --> 00:01:48.775 to increase or add dynamic. So for this shot right here, I actually added birds. Those birds are not real folks. They're fake birds. 00:01:49.815 --> 00:01:50.775 Fake birds. 00:01:51.095 --> 00:02:29.900 We're gonna use the same exact technique. Take a screenshot from your video, upload it to Nano Banana two, make the changes you want via prompt. From there, you are going to change your environment and add video one to the environment and add image one. Ensure that you keep the same camera movement, lighting, color palette, everything that you wanna keep the same. And then if the generation is nice enough and it's close enough to the original, you can go in and composite it so that you have real aspects as well as AI aspects combined into one. Now not guaranteeing this is gonna work every time. That's something that is still not great with AI just yet. You can get good at it and get close and have workarounds, 00:02:29.900 --> 00:02:36.060 but because AI is regenerating the shot, it's never going to be a 100% identical right now 00:02:36.460 --> 00:02:37.180 because 00:02:37.420 --> 00:02:43.825 it has to regenerate it. That's why I believe heavily in pairing the two so that you can keep real 00:02:44.225 --> 00:02:50.465 aspects to your content. If hey. Remember to check out the link in the description to sign up for Hicksfield, 00:02:50.625 --> 00:02:55.505 and become a member if you wanna see more educational content, exclusive content, and discounts. 00:02:55.990 --> 00:03:00.550 And good shout outs. Shout out to Alexander, Kevin, and Silva. Yeah. 00:03:04.150 --> 00:03:05.750 Check the link in the description. 00:03:05.830 --> 00:03:23.835 Trick number three, and this one's actually very valuable. One two three four. Four. Say you have a wide shot. Like, this could be considered a wide shot, and I don't wanna be able to see this light or this mic. Well, this trick makes it so that I can get rid of that, and I can still have my original 00:03:23.995 --> 00:03:32.050 scene using AI as a catalyst. So what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna take a screenshot of this shot right here, take it into Photoshop actually, 00:03:32.290 --> 00:03:37.810 and I'm just going to select around the areas that I wanna remove. Now I'm going to bring it back 00:03:37.890 --> 00:03:38.690 into 00:03:38.770 --> 00:03:40.290 my editing software, 00:03:40.765 --> 00:03:46.765 mask it so that we can make it look real and we can still keep the human subject there. Trick 00:03:47.245 --> 00:03:48.685 trick number four. 00:03:50.125 --> 00:04:06.900 Now instead of just simply removing the aspects that we want, we're gonna go with a different route. We are going to upload a screenshot of our frame. We are going to take it into nano banana two, and now we're just going to adjust our environment. So what I'm gonna do is I'm actually going to catch the forest around this subject on fire. 00:04:07.875 --> 00:04:18.755 Cool. Right? And then we're gonna go back into Sea Dance two point o. Export your clip. Change the environment in at video one to match the environment in at image one. Ensure the 00:04:19.075 --> 00:04:22.115 all the stuff stays the same. Same exact 00:04:23.280 --> 00:04:24.640 same exact process. 00:04:28.480 --> 00:04:29.680 Trick number five. 00:04:31.120 --> 00:04:32.800 You say Way River. 00:04:32.960 --> 00:04:37.440 I generate this AI content, but it still looks like bullcrap. 00:04:37.440 --> 00:04:52.355 Well, it's where post production comes in, baby. So what we're gonna do, we're gonna go into DaVinci Resolve. There are few effects that I use when in color grading, when I color grade AI footage to make it look just a little more real. Alright? And from past videos, you understand that AI tries to be perfect. 00:04:53.280 --> 00:04:59.520 Realism is authentic. The rule of inclusion states that a diamond is more valuable the more impurities 00:04:59.520 --> 00:05:02.160 it has because it proves its authenticity. 00:05:02.320 --> 00:05:03.440 Authenticity. 00:05:03.520 --> 00:05:06.960 There it is. So what we're gonna do is we are going to go in 00:05:07.345 --> 00:05:12.625 to DaVinci Resolve. You can find edge detect, which is going to detect the edges of your 00:05:12.785 --> 00:05:25.920 subject. Add a Gaussian blur, and that is going to blur the outside just a little bit, so it's going to take away little bits of sharpness. We also have, everyone knows it, halation. It starts to bloom those highlights, little imperfections. 00:05:26.080 --> 00:05:28.640 From there, we also have grain. 00:05:28.720 --> 00:05:39.535 Everyone and their mother knows exactly what grain is. Alright? Speaking of your mother's essentials, if you are looking for them, you can check the link in the description, your mom's essentials 00:05:40.015 --> 00:05:41.215 power green pack. 00:05:42.095 --> 00:05:44.015 Jordan came up with that title. 00:05:44.975 --> 00:05:54.550 And another one that a lot of people don't think about, cameras and lenses, they naturally produce, like, this chromatic aberration. There's very small amounts of a red green pull that happens 00:05:54.710 --> 00:06:00.790 in your videos. So if you add that to the AI clips, it helps it look a little more real. 00:06:08.675 --> 00:06:11.315 Trick number six is more of a tool. 00:06:12.195 --> 00:06:13.955 It's called Higgs Field Canvas. 00:06:13.955 --> 00:06:26.180 Canvas, basically, you can take all of these tricks I'm telling you about and put it in a pipeline. So what I mean by that is you can create a custom pipeline for a specific trick, effect, or generation that you'd want. Listen, people. 00:06:26.820 --> 00:06:27.540 People 00:06:28.660 --> 00:06:29.380 create 00:06:29.860 --> 00:06:30.900 the pipeline. 00:06:31.060 --> 00:06:32.340 There's your system. 00:06:32.900 --> 00:06:37.380 Now you have a repeatable system that you no longer have to waste time 00:06:37.505 --> 00:06:39.985 doing an effect or a it's a preset. 00:06:40.625 --> 00:06:43.745 It's a preset, hotkey, whatever you want. Saves you time. 00:06:44.865 --> 00:06:47.985 Oh, that's the wrong way. There we go. Now 00:06:48.305 --> 00:06:53.105 trick number seven, I've talked about it in the prior video, and this is my favorite trick. 00:06:53.620 --> 00:06:56.580 Oh, buddy. Oh, buddy. 00:06:57.860 --> 00:07:02.580 The animated character. Now hear me out. We can create a full brand 00:07:02.820 --> 00:07:04.340 with our animated character. 00:07:04.660 --> 00:07:23.550 We are Walt Disney, and we are creating Mickey Mouse. So here's what we're gonna do. If you want it to be resembling you, which is what I wanted to do, take a few pictures of yourself, upload them to Nano Banana two, type in the prompt, create an animated version of this character. Now from there, you can also talk about the outfit. What do you want to be wearing? Because colors matter. 00:07:23.630 --> 00:07:34.695 After you determine what your animated character is gonna look like, your single shot. Now we're gonna put that back into Nano Banana two and start generating more angles. Generate a close-up of this character's face. 00:07:34.935 --> 00:07:49.660 Generate a close-up of this character's shirt. We are getting close ups and different angles of our character. Now you literally have the capability to create whatever content, to deliver whatever message you need to, all with an animated character. 00:07:49.820 --> 00:07:54.460 And we know animated characters work. I'm 26. I still watch SpongeBob. 00:07:58.220 --> 00:08:00.700 They work. When we use AI creatively, 00:08:00.700 --> 00:08:06.035 we use it as a catalyst or we should because it sheds light on who we are as a creative. 00:08:06.755 --> 00:08:08.835 If we are lazy creatives, 00:08:08.915 --> 00:08:20.630 AI is going to shed the light on it. If we are intelligent creatives, AI is going to shed the light on it. When we use AI as a catalyst and not to become lazy, well, one, we know that being lazy is very expensive. 00:08:21.190 --> 00:08:33.725 But, two, one of the main objectives of standing out as a creative is not being better than your competition, but it's being different than your competition, having no competition. So if you use AI from the jump, from the source, from the foundation, 00:08:34.125 --> 00:08:40.845 AI runs on the knowledge of your competition. So it's literally keeping you inside of a box. 00:08:41.085 --> 00:08:43.645 But when we use our creativity to go outside 00:08:44.440 --> 00:08:45.720 of that box, 00:08:45.880 --> 00:08:49.560 creating our own lane, AI is going to be a catalyst 00:08:49.560 --> 00:08:54.520 to help us get the creative work done. The Bible literally tells us how the creator 00:08:55.320 --> 00:09:00.785 shows his characteristics through his creation. He had the idea, and through his creation, 00:09:01.185 --> 00:09:03.265 he shows himself. This is the same for us. 00:09:03.665 --> 00:09:07.505 We have an idea. We have a divine 00:09:07.505 --> 00:09:08.225 vision 00:09:08.545 --> 00:09:21.300 that AI cannot give us because AI is keeping us in a box. We have a divine vision that we then use our tools to display our creation, and we are displayed through our creation just like our creator. Play that back if you need to because 00:09:21.700 --> 00:09:23.060 that was good. 00:09:23.940 --> 00:09:26.980 That was good. Okay. Remember, it only takes one 00:09:27.875 --> 00:09:29.075 to start creating. 00:09:29.395 --> 00:09:32.995 It only takes one to use your god given 00:09:32.995 --> 00:09:34.435 creative intelligence 00:09:34.435 --> 00:09:41.955 and let AI be the catalyst. It only takes one to make a change, and it only takes one to change the world, and that could be you. See you next time.