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    How to Create a Consistent AI Mascot and Prepare It for Animation

    The real process behind an animated product mascot: the ideas we threw away, the prompts that worked, how to keep the character consistent, and how to cut it into parts you can animate.

    8 steps · 6 prompts · 5 tools · 1 download

    17 min read
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    How to Make Short Videos With Claude and Free Tools

    Describe your video in plain words and let Claude build it: scenes, voice, captions, music and the final file. What it can do, what it cannot, and the exact prompts we used for a real 45-second reel.

    7 steps · 2 prompts · 4 tools

    7 min read
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