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Insights, tutorials, and stories on AI video creation and virtual influencers.
Choosing 9:16 vs 16:9 vs 1:1 before you lock the storyboard
Pick the primary aspect ratio before you lock the storyboard. Cropping later is how CTAs disappear and hosts lose their foreheads.
Introducing DesignerUp: Mindful UX/UI and Product Design Learning for Working Designers
DesignerUp offers UX/UI and product design courses, resources, and community with a mindful, affordable, bootstrapped approach.
Common mistakes that force AI video regenerations (and how to avoid them)
Most regenerations are brief failures. Lock promise, stills, and words before motion—and change one variable at a time when something is wrong.
Introducing Learn UI Design: Practical UI Craft from Live Demos and Mentor Feedback
Learn UI Design is Erik Kennedy’s practical video course and community for leveling up visual interface design with live demos and mentor feedback.
Batching weekly teach content: one outline to seven short clips
Split one outline into seven standalone viewer intents, approve stills in one batch, then render—skip inventing seven unrelated daily topics.
Introducing Typewolf: Typography Inspiration from Real Websites, Not Dummy Text
Typewolf is an independent typography resource that shows how real fonts perform on real websites—built by a working designer for designers.
Measuring whether an explainer Reel actually taught the concept
Views show attention, not learning. Pair platform metrics with a restate test and one-question quiz after a single watch.
Introducing It's Nice That: Creative Culture and Inspiration for Working Creatives
It's Nice That is a creative culture platform that champions diverse talent, original projects, and industry insights for the global creative community.
How marketers brief an AI storyboard without a designer on staff
Brief an AI storyboard without a designer by filling scene cards with promise, VO, must-show nouns, and must-avoid clutter—then approve stills.
Introducing A List Apart: Web Design, Content, and Standards for People Who Make Websites
A List Apart explores web design, development, and content—with a long focus on standards and best practices for people who make websites.
Consistency tips for character stills across a multi-scene AI video
Lock a character still package before any scene renders, then regenerate only the scene that breaks face, wardrobe, or palette rules.
Introducing Smashing Magazine: Practical Web Design and Development Publishing
Smashing Magazine is an independent web design and development publication known for practical articles, books, and conferences.