Tonpit · Field notes
The new craftof video.
Honest field notes on making video with AI: the models, the costs, the workflows, and what no model has taken from the maker.
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Lip-sync to a real recording in Seedance 2.5: the audio reference is not a track
Six runs with the song as an audio reference came back re-composed. The seventh carried it inside a black-screen video and synced. Why, and the six steps.
itay rose ari·Builder & creative directorSeedance 2.5 - 029 min read
Generative video in 2026: a field guide
The models change weekly, so this is not a ranking. It is a map: how to think about generative video right now, which models are worth testing, and what still belongs to the human maker.
itay rose ari·Builder & creative directorAI video - 036 min read
AI video’s limits: the rise of the editor
What the models still get wrong, the simple craft that fixes most of it, and why the human steering just moved up a layer instead of disappearing.
itay rose ari·Builder & creative directorAI video