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Add AI VFX to Real Footage: Add a creature with a reference image

2026-08-10 · Academy lesson · Adil · recording, 1:04 · original

Topic: Post-production & finishing (also: Audio, voice & music) · mode: Tutorial · tags: course chapter, series, one creator's experience

In this lesson of Add AI VFX to Real Footage, Adil keeps the background of his raw footage and adds big lizards climbing the building, feeding a GPT Image 2.0 lizard reference with the clip and asking for a zoom-out reveal.

Part of another source

This recording is almost entirely part of I Added Insane AI VFX to Real Footage in 4K(Seedance 2.0) (2026-06-29); what is said in it is covered on that page.

What is said

  • 00:00:00 — Adding lizards to raw footage: a GPT Image 2.0 reference, the clip and a zoom-out reveal
  • 00:00:45 — The result, and the bridge to level three: full cinematic CGI

Threads in this video

  • refine · How do you add AI VFX to your own footage? — To make an added creature look real, Adil gives the video model a reference image of it made in GPT Image 2.0: when you already know exactly what you want, it is better to show the AI than to describe it. (00:00:00)
  • refine · How do you prompt a sequence of camera moves in one shot? — To get a reveal instead of lizards just stuck behind him, Adil asked for a zoom-out: tight on the lizards climbing first, then pulling back to show him fully with the right lip sync. (00:00:00)

Mentioned

Central: Seedance 2.0

Also: GPT Image 2 · lip sync

Only in the description or credits: Add AI VFX to Real Footage · Higgsfield Academy

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