How do you add AI VFX to your own footage?
On Higgsfield: Upload the shot and prop images to Seedance 2.5 on Higgsfield with a ready-made prompt and generate; for agent-driven work, TouchDesigner Effects and Shot-Composer prompt patterns ask for an editable project with a preview.
Without Higgsfield: Shoot each clip already knowing the effect you want, then use a video-to-video model with a prompt that locks everything that must stay as shot (face, performance, wardrobe, the exact camera move, timing) and changes only the named element or world. Keeping the original shot intact takes much more specific direction, and an added element looks more real when you show the model a reference image of it; ChatGPT can turn prop images and a screenshot of the shot into a ready-to-use prompt.
Axis: shoot the move and swap the world … keyframe effects on stills
Answers by date: 21 records in 18 sources, newest first; the answers above are the current ones. The advice was refined (2026), never reversed, in these records.
| date | who | answer | source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-08 | a guest | To add props to a simple shot: find interesting prop images online, send them and a screenshot of the shot to ChatGPT for a ready-to-use prompt, then upload the prop images and the shot to Seedance 2.5 on Higgsfield and generate. | You Need to Try This AI Depth Hack #ai #shorts 00:00:00 |
| 2026-10-05 | Adil | Adil concludes that making him fly gave GPT-6 Astra a lot of freedom, while keeping the original shot intact took much more specific direction. | Can AI Beat VFX? (feat. ErikDoesVFX) 00:07:10 |
| 2026-09-26 | a guest | To rework footage in Higgsfield Genjutsu: upload the original footage, describe the result in one prompt, and let it rebuild the shot, replacing one element or transforming the whole scene. · also said: 2026-09-26 Hybrid Production With Higgsfield Genjutsu · From Studio to Any Scene | Hybrid Production With Higgsfield Genjutsu · From Studio to Any Scene 00:00:39 |
| 2026-09-25 | Higgsfield | After filming, Levector transformed selected performances into crocodile characters and integrated the results with compositing, VFX, motion graphics and color. | Nestle’s Tango Campaign by Levector brings Cinema Studio into Hybrid Production |
| 2026-09-19 | Higgsfield | Double Shots planned AI into the original shot list, designating certain scenes as AI-generated from the start, and on the shoot photographed the artist and key props as source material so the generated shots carry the same faces, wardrobe and objects as the live footage around them. | Double Shots Produces Music Videos for Pop Idol, Ivy, with Cinema Studio |
| 2026-08-25 | Higgsfield | In BITT's hybrid VFX shot the original plate goes into Seedance and is changed directly (an animated character, a replaced car, a new background, a swapped product, an added element); what comes back is a generated pass. | How BITT Animation Runs Hybrid AI Production on Higgsfield with Cinema Studio and Supercomputer |
| 2026-08-14 | Sasha Kasiuha | Kasiuha found Soul 2.0 useful for imagery that stayed visually coherent with the live-action footage, and Cinema Studio for shaping the movement and cinematic quality of the generated elements. | From Madonna to Dolce & Gabbana: Sasha Kasiuha on Why the Image Still Needs an Author |
| 2026-08-07 | Higgsfield | To recreate Erik's footage Higgsfield uses video-to-video in Seedance 2.5: upload the original and make the edits with a prompt. | AI vs VFX: Can Seedance 2.5 Beat VFX? |
More answers (8)
| date | who | answer | source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-07 | Adil | For shot one Adil gives Claude Erik's clip and his character sheet and asks for a prompt that replaces the person in the video with the person in the image, keeping the video one to one. | I Challenged a Pro VFX Artist to Beat AI 00:05:49 |
| 2026-08-04 | a guest | Everything behind the real spectators of the Nesine film was generated on Higgsfield: the hippodromes, the crowds, the eras and the world aging across a century. | How Sinecera, the Studio Behind Films for Lacoste, SuperStep and Nesine, Runs Hybrid Production on Higgsfield |
| 2026-07-21 | Higgsfield | For an AI background plate behind live-action footage, Higgsfield advises generating it in the plugin panel with a lighting description that matches the footage and regenerating there if the lighting is off. | Higgsfield Inside Adobe After Effects: AI Footage Straight to Your Timeline |
| 2026-07-13 | Higgsfield | For an add-element VFX pass on real footage, Higgsfield's prompt opens with a "SOURCE LOCK": not a new generation, keep the plate, hand, camera path and edit 1:1, only add the element. | How to Use Gemini Omni Flash for VFX and Video Editing (2026 Guide) |
| 2026-07-02 | Higgsfield | For VFX over real footage, Higgsfield advises explicitly locking down everything that should not change (the character's face, the camera move, the timing), which it says is when Gemini Omni Flash works best. | How to Edit Real Footage with Gemini Omni Flash |
| 2026-06-26 | Higgsfield | Higgsfield's workflow for VFX over its own footage with Seedance 2.0 4K is the same every time: shoot the move, let Claude read it, lock it and swap the world. | How to Turn Your Own Footage Into Cinematic VFX with Seedance 4K: Guide with Ready-To-Use Prompts |
| 2026-10-22 | Higgsfield | Shot-Composer prompt pattern for an agent in After Effects: ask for the target look, identify the keying, tracking and cleanup needed, "match lighting, atmosphere, depth of field, motion blur, and grain", generate missing layers only when needed, and deliver a preview and an editable project. | Create VFX composites in After Effects |
| 2026-10-22 | Higgsfield | TouchDesigner Effects prompt pattern for an agent: ask for a style reference, output format and duration, "build an editable network with clear controls for the main effect", preview it with the source media, refine the look before export, keep the original input and save the TouchDesigner project. | Create visual effects in TouchDesigner |