Most of what goes wrong in a render can be seen in a still of the same shot, for a small fraction of the price. Frame the shots as stills, render a 480p draft to judge motion, finish that same take at 1080p, and upscale only what you deliver.
The order
- Frame every shot as a low-quality 1K still. Fix the writing until the stills read as a sequence.
- Render the sequence as a 480p draft. Judge motion, performance and pace.
- If the take works, make it final at 1080p. The final is that same take, not a new one. It is billed at the 1080p price, on top of the draft.
- Upscale the takes you will deliver. Upscaling renders nothing again, so nothing in the shot changes.
Why this order
A still shows you how the model read the prompt.
WhyFraming, wardrobe, who is in the shot and where they stand were wrong in the render in the same way they were wrong in a still of that shot.
What we doWe do not render a sequence until its stills are right. A still costs cents; a 30-second 1080p render costs dollars.
A draft keeps its take.
WhyA 480p render and a 1080p render of the same prompt are two different takes. The one you liked is not the one you get.
What we doDraft mode makes a 480p version first, billed as 480p. Making it final at 1080p keeps the same take and is billed at the 1080p price. A draft can be made final once, within seven days. A plain 480p render is not a draft and cannot be made final.
The price of a second of video is small. What costs money is the takes that are not kept. Settle the writing on stills and drafts, where a take is cheap, and render finals only of what has already worked.