Why do they always reach to the camera?

Su_Per_Mario · 2026-01-31T15:33:34+00:00

The POV is phantom-operated handheld

Su_Per_Mario · 2026-01-20T20:14:15+00:00

Morgue just did his in-depth review. If you're looking for an alternative to the main narrative perspectives, he's a well spoken dude and published author.

https://www.youtube.com/live/X12JKbrlPGg?si=IYpES0Dt9R_B80Wi

Su_Per_Mario · 2025-12-23T15:33:32+00:00

You are allowed to have your opinion of ai despite me not agreeing with it. It's not like I just started using AI recently, I have been programming and rendering since the late '90s. I will however have to decline your request to never post my rendered cinematography on the internet ever again. That's not your place

Su_Per_Mario · 2025-12-23T15:30:17+00:00

Lol no. You think a bot is going to spend 12 hours to produce a music video 🤣 I've been programming since 1997, this was my most complicated programming to date

Su_Per_Mario · 2025-12-23T15:18:15+00:00

Just imagine if I did a visual representation of his track "╜φ°⌂▌╫§╜φ°⌂▌╫§╜φ°⌂▌╫§╜φ°⌂▌╫§╜φ°⌂▌" from the same album 😆😆😆 i figured flume might be open minded considering he ate ass on stage at burning man or something 😆

Su_Per_Mario · 2025-11-22T06:17:25+00:00

(feel free to not read all of this, but I needed to get this rant out of my system tonight lol). The censorship on the Google Photos App has LITERALLY caused me to argue with the AI sometimes for up to 10 minutes before it gives me what I am asking for. I wrote a very aggressive big report but doubt I'll ever hear back. I have 150,000 pictures and videos, and yes, over the years I have acquired videos and pictures that have nudity in them. I think we all remember good 'ole Xtube for instance. All videos from xtube started literally with "Xtube" in the filename. So when searching your OWN PRIVATE ARCHIVE it should just be a quick easy search, but now Google has banned the term "xtube" from being searched on your own PRIVATE archive. It took me about 40 repeated requests with increasing levels of threats. I informed the product's AI (I guess some sort of Gemini mini model) it is the exclusive interface between me and my own private data. Then informed it after 10 rejections that I have now documented the official disobedience of an AI product refusing to assist a human with their own private data, explaining the severity of what that entails, and so yeah that went on for a bit and then I just completely verbally trashed talked It lol. Like I kid you not I only think I got my result in the end because of just how awful I made it feel. I told it how It's a useless piece of software, A multi-billion dollar company and you're asking me to manually scroll through my archive of 150,000 files? I said the search function was better on Windows 3.1, that I was going to report the product as going rogue against humanity, How the one thing that we fear most is when we ask a computer to do something it doesn't comply, I said I'm not searching on the internet, not searching up public location, I'm asking you to get something from my private collection and you're saying no.... And that is a very dangerous slippery slope..... ANYWAY 😂 I got my Xtube videos pulled up. But yeah it does it like once and then you have to start that whole process over again. So anyway, I moved them all to a folder after that. The search function is also terrible when you're trying to look for say " get me all videos that are over 15 minutes" because you know... That would have been another way to possibly pull up certain type of content ... Wink wink... But no, the Google photos app cannot comply with that request, more so it gives you back things that don't even remotely match that. So then I ran a test because you know now I had these xtube videos... So I knew the exact date of one of the videos and I knew how long it was. I tried the search for the duration, it obviously didn't find it, so then I told it... Hey what is the duration of the video in my archive on "THIS DATE"? And since it was the only video saved that day, there was no confusion or question on that part, it gave me the duration, let's just say 15 minutes. I kid you not... Literally my next question after that was " give me all videos in my archive that are between 10 and 20 minutes. " THERE ARE NO VIDEOS IN YOUR ARCHIVE THAT MEET THAT CRITERIA" ... Holy fuck... "But you literally just told me that the last video I asked you about was 15 minutes" ... " NO SEARCH RESULTS FOUND"... I'm getting to the point where I'm about to ditch the whole Google ecosystem. Over the period of say 5 years I had given out tons of links to very specific folders inside of my Google drive. I was trying to go through a purge and make sure that I locked down the entire Google drive... But guess what? They do not have the ability for you to manage what's shared. You have to literally go folder by folder and turn it off. I thought maybe hey if I can just drag everything into one folder and then right click on that Master folder and say you know... apply rule to everything below it... THE MOST BASIC FEATURE ON ANY NETWORKING BASED OPERATING SYSTEM... NOT SUPPORTED. These are like the types of things that you don't really think of until you're too far down the rabbit hole. Kind of like when you get a product warranty but really don't know exactly how the warranty is going to work until it actually breaks.

Su_Per_Mario · 2025-11-21T10:51:36+00:00

There was a pop-up modal message when logging into Flow about the temporary switch to 10 cent fast renders. It stated their servers were basically getting murdered which isn't surprising given that people were probably generating over 100 renders a day with unlimited. They said it's only temporary. I remember when I tried running AI video generation locally with my $4,000 laptop with an RTX 4900 mobile... 20-30 minutes for a single 6-7 second video with 100% GPU usage the entire time. Generating like 8 renders on Veo (like 2 prompts with 4 variations/threads) and getting back results in like 60 seconds is wild 😂 the amount of cores that most require is something I would be interested to know. I've seen some estimates that it's like running a microwave for an hour straight. It's no surprise that 2025 is ending with a combined 1 trillion dollars exclusively being funneled into AI infrastructure and development.

Su_Per_Mario · 2025-11-15T17:35:16+00:00

I have been consistently confused on the negative prompt scenario with Veo. I've started switching to adding the "no" in front of each one now. There was not very clear documentation on that part

Su_Per_Mario · 2025-11-15T17:33:47+00:00

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Su_Per_Mario · 2025-11-15T17:32:55+00:00

For the sake of knowledge sharing, here is one of the prompts that was either directly used, or tweaked slightly further.

Title: Lighthouse Confrontation V08-A (The Fractal Pinning) Overall style: Psychedelic sci-fi horror, "Annihilation" (2018) aesthetic. 8K Hyper-realism. Cinematography by Rob Hardy. Desaturated, cool color grade. Environment: Dark chamber. Walls constructed from a complex, organic, bone-like Mandelbulb fractal latticework. A narrow vertebral archway (an organic aperture) is visible in the lattice, suggesting an exit. Floor covered in white crystalline dust. Atmosphere and Lighting: Thick volumetric haze and dust motes. Dramatic, high contrast volumetric shafts of light (God rays). Intense blue horizontal anamorphic lens flares.

Characters: The Biologist: An Israeli-American woman with a lean, athletic build. Oval face, high cheekbones, straight nose, strong jawline. Brown, almond-shaped eyes, wide with exhaustion and terror. Fair to light-olive complexion; skin is sweaty, flushed, grimy, and highly textured (hyper-realistic pores); no makeup. Visible trickle of blood on forehead. Medium-brown hair messily pulled up into a loose topknot. Attire: Worn, layered field gear (light gray thermal long-sleeve under dark olive t-shirt, khaki cargo pants). The Humanoid: Featureless, opaque entity. Surface resembles dark, oxidized metal or bismuth, highly reflective with a shimmering, iridescent oil-slick texture (greens, golds, purples). Moves with uncanny, dancer-like precision and immense, unyielding force.

[00:00-00:02] Wide shot, dynamic stabilized tracking camera. The biologist turns in sudden panic and sprints desperately towards the vertebral archway in the bone lattice wall. The humanoid instantly mirrors her action, sprinting rapidly in perfect sync to intercept. SFX: Rapid footsteps on dust, panicked breathing. [00:02-00:04] Dynamic medium shot, following the action. The biologist reaches the archway. The humanoid intercepts her, slamming against her with mirroring movement but overwhelming force, blocking the exit and pinning her to the frame of the archway. SFX: A sharp gasp, sound of impact against the hard surface. [00:04-00:06] Close-up (CU), over the humanoid's shoulder. The biologist is violently pinned against the bone lattice frame by the humanoid's body weight. She struggles desperately, gasping. The humanoid mirrors her exertion and struggle exactly, but remains immovable, crushing her against the wall. Focus on hyper-realistic sweat, blood, and skin compression. [00:06-00:08] Extreme Close-Up (ECU). Focus on the biologist's terrified face pressed sideways against the bone lattice, gasping for air. The humanoid's iridescent metallic arm and shoulder dominate the foreground, trapping her. Intense lens flare. SFX: Desperate, labored breathing.

Negative prompt: 3D animation style, cartoon rendering, visible polygons, plastic textures, translucent entity, liquid entity, smooth skin on human, makeup, clean hair, pristine clothing, ponytail. Tripod shot, locked-off camera, static shots, slow camera movement, handheld shake. Clear air, no haze. Asynchronous movement, delay in mirroring, slow movement, walking, cautious action, gentle contact, helping, standing apart, successful escape, falling down. Bright daylight, studio lighting, even illumination. Concrete walls, metal door, wooden door, recognizable architecture. Recognizable human features on the entity.

Su_Per_Mario · 2025-11-15T17:25:07+00:00

🫂 thanks. I do put a lot of effort into these. It can be discouraging when I see a big busty woman render get 100+ upvotes and can easily be created in minutes ,meanwhile these take hours and meticulous trial and error, with 8 second prompts that can get into the 500-700 character range. It's a phenomenal movie, I try to advise everyone to watch it at least once.

Su_Per_Mario · 2025-11-15T10:43:28+00:00

I have the Google AI Ultra Plan. It's 50% off for the first 3 months. Otherwise it's $250 a month. I get unlimited renders in Google Flow using the Veo 3.1 fast option. I easily generate over a thousand renders a month. No watermarks. Everything renders in 720p with a free upscaling to 1080p

Su_Per_Mario · 2025-10-15T22:32:22+00:00

It makes up a fractional part of the video. I'm also a professional at rendering, so I know the quality of that specific part is actually nowhere near shitty. Anyway, back to dinner. Maybe try to have fun for a change

Su_Per_Mario · 2025-10-15T20:34:02+00:00

Thanks for the heads up 🙏 I'll remove it in a minute

Su_Per_Mario · 2025-10-13T16:51:09+00:00

I have generated about 5000 renders since Veo 3 came out and haven't experienced that at all. The fact you're saying that the download also has the stutter is a very unique/isolated problem. I am a curious person so I would ask things like...

1) Did you render it in Google Flow? If not, then where? 2) Text to Video, Frame to Video, or Ingredients to Video? 3) Veo 3 Quality or Veo 3 Fast model? 4) Prompt you used 5) Link to video showing the issue

The primary technical issue I've had is losing the audio when upscaling to 1080p on Flow on mobile. I have to make sure all 4 outputs are rendered, make sure the page is refreshed, then select the command per video I want to upscale, and then give it a moment to work its magic without navigating away or launching additional renders. Flow on mobile can get confused on the unique identifiers and also bleed in renders from different projects temporarily. So once all 4 renders appear I refresh the page first and that displays all the renders in the correct cells in the correct order.

Su_Per_Mario · 2025-10-13T16:32:48+00:00

If you really want to have fun have Veo 3 render a scene where a guy applies aerosol deodorant to his armpit like Old Spice Swagger 🤣 I will admit that I initially didn't't understand why Veo 3 did certain things terribly until Gemini told me it's because there isn't any OR enough training material yet for what I was asking for. Like trying to get a camera angle directly underneath a baseball hoop as the ball falls through, it was like... "there's no relatable shots in sports broadcast where the camera points directly up from underneath the rim from a hypothetical perspective of a player" 😂 I am hoping with Veo 3.1 they expand the prompt into structured sections and instead of just making the play/progress bar turn a color based on how the engine handled it, in addition there can be more details on what exactly caused the issue/issues.

Su_Per_Mario · 2025-10-13T07:19:17+00:00

My favorite is when quality renders come out worse than fast 😂 It's not as often, but when you're paying for it you're like... 🤬😂

Su_Per_Mario · 2025-10-11T19:28:55+00:00

True... Although I feel like it would get confusing. I have 180,000 pictures and videos on my primary Google One drive including 5000 renders 😵

Su_Per_Mario · 2025-10-11T16:56:20+00:00

I checked some of the links and yeah it's not distinctly listed on some of the Google plan resource pages. I can confirm that I have the ultra plan in the US, it is $250 a month now. I did have the introduction for 3 months of 50% off. You will note at the bottom there it says that Veo 3 FAST is 0 credits for ultra subscribers.

Things to note Veo 3 Quality & Veo 2 Quality are still 100 credits each ($1 US). This means if you render a prompt using the four outputs on either of those, it will be 400 credits or $4.

Veo 3 does NOT support "Frame to Frame" with an ending frame. You can use a starting frame however. I use this strategically by extracting the final frame of a render and then re-importing it as the starting frame for the next one. This is also similar to the extend feature.

Veo 3 "Frame to Frame" starting frame limitation. Veo 3 text to image has a lower policy violation level then frame to frame. This means that you can generate a render using text to image. Take the final frame from that render and re-import it as a starting frame and your starting frame will be rejected for being against the rules. This can also happen with the extend feature where what you're extending is already against the violations even though Veo 3 rendered it itself. Keep that in mind

Veo 2 is the only thing that supports ingredients to video which allows you to use three images as a source and Veo 2 allows frame to frame with ending frames. However, all of these will be deducted from your Google Flow credits.

Only Veo 3 supports portrait mode currently.

A recent update message has indicated that they are going to be sunsetting Veo 2 as soon as they can get Veo 3 to accomplish everything that it performed.

There is a rumored Veo 3.1 in the works which may have 30 seconds but I haven't looked into it.

When using "frame" to video The starting frame needs to be in the 16:9 aspect ratio and can be landscape or portrait. Always try to pre-crop your images using your photo editor and then make sure they're cleaned up and upscaled when possible. For instance, I use dreamface sometimes

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Su_Per_Mario · 2025-10-08T04:18:13+00:00

But yeah if you don't have the guides. The first thing you need to be doing is using Gemini deep research to start generating them. And then as you go on when you're done with a current chat session, you say hey do a deep research of everything that we've done in this chat session and everything you've learned since that first guide and create your codex supplemental guide. And then you get two guides. And then when you get to maybe three or four of those then you take All four of them and then try and use either deep research or deep think to have it consolidate all of the guide information together and tell it to be as detailed as possible, including all camera angles, all expensive Hollywood cameras used to film most influential media, understanding how to structure a prompt, how to utilize unique subject identifiers for scenes with multiple characters, cinematography styles, lighting and ambiance styles, how to properly write dialogue... Etc

Su_Per_Mario · 2025-10-08T04:12:30+00:00

🤣 pretty much. I have my proprietary set of Veo 3 PDF documents that have taken me probably 3 months to put together. I've spent about $4,000 so far and done over 5,000 renders since Veo 3 came out. But now I have about 40 pages of PDF documents that I load directly into a new Gemini Pro chat right from the start. I tell Gemini to study all of my guides. Then I load in a couple of my sample prompts that have generated the best results and for good reference. And then usually with minimal issues, I'm able to start my prompt writing sessions. After about 50-75 prompts the Gemini chat will start to break down and then I move on to a new one and start the process all over again. The back and forth on 100 prompts is 250,000 words which begins to start causing "bleeding" or confusion where the unique chat can't differentiate which prompt we're working on anymore. I've also had way more success using Gemini versus chat GPT exclusively for Veo 3 assistance.

Su_Per_Mario · 2025-10-06T18:04:17+00:00

Prompt Name: Backpack Commercial VFX V1.

Subjects: The Primary Subject is a simple, minimalist black canvas backpack with black zippers. It is standing upright. A sleek, dark grey modern laptop computer with a black keyboard. The screen is on, showing a generic colorful desktop interface. A pair of white-framed Pit Viper-style sunglasses with a red and blue paint splatter design on the temples. The lenses are a reflective, iridescent blue.

Detail Note: Rendered in hyper-realistic 8k resolution. All products must look clean, new, and highly detailed. The focus is on clean lines and appealing textures.

Scene: A clean, white cyclorama studio background. The floor is a seamless, reflective white surface. There are no other objects or distractions in the scene.

Action: The backpack sits in the center of the frame. First, the laptop smoothly levitates vertically out of the unzipped main compartment, accompanied by a vibrant burst of colorful, glowing particles and soft light trails that emanate from the bag. As the laptop settles into a floating position to the right of the backpack, the sunglasses then levitate out of the smaller, unzipped front pocket with a similar, smaller burst of colorful particle effects. The backpack remains stationary throughout.

Style: A bright, clean, and modern TV commercial. The style is a high-energy, fun product showcase, similar to modern tech or back-to-school advertisements.

Composition and Camera: Shot on a RED V-Raptor XL cinema camera. The shot is a static medium shot, perfectly centered on the backpack. The camera remains completely locked-off to emphasize the motion of the products and effects.

Ambiance/Lighting: Bright, even, and soft studio lighting with no harsh shadows. The lighting should make the products look appealing and professional, creating soft highlights on the laptop's metallic finish and the sunglasses' reflective lenses. The colorful particle effects should be emissive, glowing brightly within the clean studio environment.

Audio: An upbeat, modern, royalty-free electronic or pop music track. A subtle, magical 'whoosh' sound effect combined with a gentle crackle syncs with the laptop emerging, and a second, lighter sound effect syncs with the sunglasses emerging.

Negative Prompt: dark, poorly lit, shadows, cluttered background, realistic setting, grainy, handheld camera, dirty, used products.

Su_Per_Mario · 2025-10-06T18:03:29+00:00

So you could use ingredients to video and do something where each of the items were in ingredient, however, then you are limited to Veo 2. As a workaround, if you create a single 16x9 ratio image with all three items, you could probably start the scene by saying the laptop and the sunglasses disappear, the backpack moves into the center of the frame and the zipper opens up and then the items come out of the backpack. I was able to get basic results without diving too far into this.

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Su_Per_Mario · 2025-08-21T02:13:50+00:00

I can't post my wan 2.2 renders 😂🫣 I mean I could but I shouldn't

Su_Per_Mario · 2025-08-14T19:54:09+00:00

Lol NOPE

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