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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT for Live Classes!
@Thomas Jennings @Lone Fox @Cathy Ferguson @Ernesto Guerrero @Michael Crist @Arlene Dilworth @Asma Omair @Simona Adelina @Darryl Jones Starting this Friday April 17, Classes will be moved 30 mins later. Instead of the usual 12:30 PM MT, it will start at 1:00 PM. Like this comment if you are aware of this change or comment below.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT for Live Classes!
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@Timothy Masters sure thing! I'll continue to do that, no worries :D
MODULE 4 Lessons Published - Take Back Control When AI Won't Listen
This is one of the most important modules in the entire course because it teaches you how to work with AI the right way, not fight it. You can check the lessons here. Here is what you will learn: What AI Can and Can't Do: You will learn exactly where AI video generation shines and where it still falls short. We break down real examples using Seedance 2.0 and compare them to live action references so you can see the difference clearly. Knowing the limits saves you hours of frustration. Input Control: This is everything you do BEFORE and DURING generation. You will learn how to adjust your generation settings, rewrite your storyboard beats, choose the right shots, build better reference sheets, pose your characters correctly, pick the right AI model for the right task, write stronger prompts, and generate multiple options so you always have something to work with. Output Control: This is everything you do AFTER you generate your video. You will learn how to cut the weirdness, keep your audio consistent using separate SFX, crop and speed up clips, use reverse clips strategically, apply panning to save a shot, and connect your clips so the final scene actually flows. By the end of this module, you will stop blaming the AI and start controlling what you can control. Go watch it now and drop your questions below.
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What do you think of this? New channel with 2.0M views
@Rina Waithera share this short with me. From some quick research with Gemini, apparently they are most likely using AI since they are producing videos Weekly (too fast if they where doing everything manually). Their channel has only - 6 videos And they already have: - 11.2K Subscribers - 2.0 Million total views - The first video was posted on February 2026 I found it super interesting and also very inspiring. Any guesses of why they are most likely getting such traction? Why this channel is getting so many views and why is the YouTube algorithm sharing it like crazy? ---------- (The answers are in the book YouTube Formula by Derral Eves, and I am happy to provide answers here)
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@Richard Duszczak exactly! Age is a demographic, and the one that counts is the Psychographic - the "WHO IS YOUR TARGET AUDIENCE" is the most important.
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@Thomas Jennings exactly, things are not perfect, and yet we understand the story, and the audience following in this channel understands the story so well that they keep watching it and coming back for more and more.
Video 6 to 13?
@Mark Diaz In the latest classroom release (Week 4), the videos jump from #6 to #13. Am I missing something or are they just mislabeled?
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@Timothy Masters posting them today!
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@Timothy Masters Posted! I am finishing the rest up to Lesson 21
Module 3 Is LIVE. This is where your animation stops falling apart
If you have ever generated a great shot, felt excited, moved on to the next panel, and watched your character turn into a completely different person... this module was built for you. Module 3 is all about one word: Consistency. - Character consistency - Background consistency - Prop consistency - Wardrobe (clothes) consistency - Style consistency - Sound, Music, Voice Consistency All of it, shot by shot, the way a real director controls a production. If you are part of the AI Animation Masterclass... Access Module 3 here Here is what you are walking into: - You will build your Director's Reference System. Character reference sheets, prop reference sheets, wardrobe sheets. You will learn the exact prompts to generate them, and then use them as your source of truth across every panel you create. No more guessing. No more hoping the AI remembers what your character looked like three shots ago. - You will learn to work with 3D environments for background consistency. Using Marble, you will scout virtual locations the way a real filmmaker scouts a set. You will find your angles, plan your shots, and create a background that stays consistent across the entire scene. You will even learn how to add elements directly into a 3D space using Nano Banana, and how to connect two separate 3D sets so your story moves seamlessly between locations. - You will get a lesson that most tutorials completely skip. Your audience is smarter than you think. You do not need to show every single detail of the action. You do not need to animate a sword handoff, a transformation, or a complex object pass. You just need to show enough for the story to land. As a director, your job is to choose what people see, not to force the AI to do things it cannot do. This is one of the most freeing ideas in the whole course. - You will learn which platforms let you reference specific images. Freepik, Galaxy, Higgsfield, Dzine, OpenArt. You will know exactly which tools support the kind of image-locked consistency workflow this module teaches.
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@Mark Burrows ok - so the idea is to tell a Short Comedy Skit. To be able to SHOW that Comedy Skit, you need to create THE ILLUSION of a background that is consistent shot by shot. Here is what you need: 1. Define the Script, Dialogue, Action, Events, etc that happen in the story 2. Visualize it with a Storyboard - Create each panel RAW (it can even have the errors from Marble) 3. Create an animatic with the audio - in here, you now start to see if the jokes have the pacing they need, etc. 4. Then you jump in and fix only the panels that you are showing. 5. And that way you will have a perfectly consistent story. The idea is: - Instead of trying to get the perfect background in 3D - Focus only on what the camera actually sees and make sure the background looks great in every shot That is how good directors and producers think. They only think about what the camera actually sees. For example, look at the show Friends. All my life I was under the illusion that they were - In a kitchen - In an apartment - In a cafe But actually, it was only half of that place because it was actually a studio. Just try to put yourself in the mind of the director and producer. What if they had that same limiting belief that 360 degrees of the environment have to be there? That would make for a very insanely expensive show. That is exactly what I'm trying to get you away from, the trap of trying to have every single detail perfect. Instead, I insist on focusing on the story and the emotion and focusing exclusively on what the audience actually sees.
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@Mark Burrows sure thing! Yes - I show how to do that here in lesson "8. Creating or Fixing Elements In The 3D Space" of this Module 3 we have been talking about, "consistency Shot-by-Shot" Originally it was named "8. Creating Elements In The 3D Space" but that same process is used to fixing stuff https://www.skool.com/2danimation101/classroom/889ce2c3?md=80d58308f4d14920a4dc2d8ef22ffd19
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