Notes from the cutting room.

How AI footage gets cut, graded, and shipped. Techniques, model notes, and what changed in the studio.

MiniMax H3 Max is in Cask Studio

The quickest model on the roster, at about a third the cost of a premium one. H3 Max is in the picker now, built for the part of the work where you are still figuring the shot out.

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A raccoon in a trench coat and fedora walking away across the wet floor of a dark warehouse, lit by one shaft of light from a high window at frame left

Aug 25, 2026Keeping a character consistent across AI-generated shotsA reference sheet holds who the character is. A chained frame holds what just happened to them. Most consistency problems come from using one where you needed the other.Technique