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Video Tutorials·3 min
AI talking head avatar in 2 minutes
Follow the full talking-head flow: write a portrait prompt, generate and save the still in AI Studio, then use VEED Fabric to turn it into a lip-synced clip from your audio.
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Video Tutorials·3 min
How to edit videos using Prompt Edit
Follow the full Prompt Edit flow: upload a source video, select the timeline range, describe what should change, generate a new version, and stitch it back over the original.
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Video Tutorials·3 min
Make a song in Ekly in 2 minutes
Follow the full music flow: open Music Studio, copy a style prompt and lyrics from Claude, set custom duration, generate a track, then edit sections for a second version.
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Language·18 min
The Complete Guide to Multilingual AI Dialogue
A diagnostic ladder for non-English AI dialogue: pick the right voice engine, fix Hindi/Arabic/Mandarin/German pronunciation, compare video-model language support, and force exact pronunciation when a word has to land.
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Video Tutorials·2 min
Make a product video ad in under a minute
Follow the full product-ad flow: create and save a hero still, build a multi-angle reference sheet, switch to Video Studio, set 15 seconds on Seedance 2.0, and generate a multi-shot commercial.
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Video Tutorials·5 min
Make a video in Director Mode
Follow the full Director Mode flow: start a project, add a character sheet as a reference, write @-tagged scene prompts, generate multiple rolls, open the timeline editor, and export.
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Platforms·18 min
AI Video by Platform
Setup tax, hard-exit adaptations, vertical composition, master+cutdowns, sound-off design, and per-platform proof/CTA patterns for TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, and more.
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Genres·14 min
AI Video by Genre
The genre dial board, hybrid briefs, the turn, and twelve genre extracts — comedy through product explainer — each with the judgment a table can't hold.
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Craft·10 min
The AI Filmmaking Rulebook: 14 Rules for Directing Generative Video
Fourteen hard rules for generative video, the default production pipeline, persuasion versus continuity, review order, and the anti-patterns that keep films safe and dead.
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Craft·12 min
AI Video for Marketing & Sales
Name the asset type, write claim → proof → CTA before generating, put proof in the picture, choose brand presence deliberately, answer one objection visibly, and review for persuasion — not just craft.
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Craft·12 min
The Complete Guide to AI Video Continuity
Master plates, adding or removing objects without drift, the three kinds of reference image, and when more retries won't fix continuity.
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Video models·14 min
The Complete Guide to Prompting Veo 3.1
Veo 3.1's prompt formula, camera and reference-image control, native-audio dialogue syntax, non-English limits, and the common mistakes that waste a generation.
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Integrations·10 min
Connect Ekly's MCP Server to Claude, Cursor, VS Code, and More
Step-by-step setup for Ekly's remote MCP server (mcp.ekly.ai/mcp) in Claude.ai, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, ChatGPT, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, and Cline — the sign-in flow, the exact config for each client, and what to expect once you're connected.
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Image·12 min
AI Image Generation Prompting
The universal still-image prompt formula, choosing a model by job, a real reference-conditioning failure mode, and family chapters for Gemini Nano Banana, Seedream, GPT Image, FLUX, Ideogram, and Recraft.
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Craft·16 min
Directing Performance in AI Video
Shot grammar and rhythm, comedy timing, emotional structure, and body-language / face direction for generative video — verbs and targets, not emotion adjectives.
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Craft·14 min
Writing Story & Dialogue for AI Video
Premise vs idea vs story, short-form shapes, the four movements, creator-native spoken language, and the line-writing craft that keeps AI dialogue from sounding explanatory.
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Craft·12 min
The Beat-by-Beat AI Video Production Loop
LOCATION PLATE → SHOT FRAME → ANIMATE: one variable per regeneration, keyframe chains for multi-stage gestures, the standing reference, a shot-list ledger treated as a dependency graph, and outcome-based review once the cut is stable.
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Craft·11 min
How to Brief an AI Video Project
Discovery questions, three generic storyline frameworks, a fill-in creative brief, a pre-generate prompt rubric, and how to help someone who doesn't know their storyline yet.
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Music·8 min
AI Music Generation Prompting
Two prompting styles for generative music, vocals-vs-instrumental, per-section scoring for film, and how music should sit under narration.
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Voice·13 min
The Complete Guide to ElevenLabs Voice & Audio
Grounded in ElevenLabs' docs: voice settings (stability / similarity / style), v3 stability modes & audio tags, formatting & pronunciation, model selection, Text to Dialogue, sound-effects and music prompting, and best practices.
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Video models·11 min
The Complete Guide to Prompting Kling
Kling's official playbook: the cinematic prompt formula, text-vs-image-to-video, the 6-axis camera system and Motion Brush, modes & settings, Kling 3.0 multi-shot + audio, troubleshooting, and example prompts.
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Video models·18 min
The Complete Guide to Prompting Seedance 2.0
Everything from the official BytePlus guide: the basic (reference-based) and advanced formulas, @-asset subject binding, shot-by-shot storyboards, action & emotion detailing, the symbols table, asset strategy, worked examples, the complete troubleshooting FAQ, and a copy-ready template library.
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Craft·12 min
The AI Video Shot Template Library
Nine shot templates (SPEAK through EDIT), the universal slot skeleton, per-model-family rendering notes, and the anti-patterns that break every template.
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Craft·8 min
Mixing AI-Generated Shots with Real Footage
The professional hybrid pattern, three diagnosable seams (motion blur, handheld DNA, grain), and a pre-shoot checklist so the AI/real cut holds.
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Video models·11 min
The Complete Guide to Prompting LTX-2
From Lightricks' official LTX-2 docs and fal.ai: why LTX wants long descriptive prompts (~200 words), the 7-step formula, conditioning modes, camera & motion vocabulary, audio/dialogue, parameters, common mistakes, and example prompts.
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Creative AI Training Playbook

Browse by the craft you need right now.

AI talking head avatar in 2 minutes

How to edit videos using Prompt Edit

Make a song in Ekly in 2 minutes

The Complete Guide to Multilingual AI Dialogue

Make a product video ad in under a minute

Make a video in Director Mode

AI Video by Platform

AI Video by Genre

The AI Filmmaking Rulebook: 14 Rules for Directing Generative Video

AI Video for Marketing & Sales

The Complete Guide to AI Video Continuity

The Complete Guide to Prompting Veo 3.1

Connect Ekly's MCP Server to Claude, Cursor, VS Code, and More

AI Image Generation Prompting

Directing Performance in AI Video

Writing Story & Dialogue for AI Video

The Beat-by-Beat AI Video Production Loop

How to Brief an AI Video Project

AI Music Generation Prompting

The Complete Guide to ElevenLabs Voice & Audio

The Complete Guide to Prompting Kling

The Complete Guide to Prompting Seedance 2.0

The AI Video Shot Template Library

Mixing AI-Generated Shots with Real Footage

The Complete Guide to Prompting LTX-2

Try a prompt from these guides.Open the studio and ship one shot.