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Add AI VFX to Real Footage: The handheld showcase: wing-walker

2026-08-10 · Academy lesson · Adil · recording, 1:03 · original

Topic: Post-production & finishing · mode: Tutorial · tags: course chapter, series, one creator's experience

Adil calls handheld shots the hardest case of VFX over real footage and shows his trick, shooting each clip already knowing the effect, with a wing walker on a biplane over floating mountains made from a shot on the ground.

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 — Why handheld is the hardest case, and the trick: shoot knowing what you want to see
  • 00:00:29 — Wing walker on a flying biplane over floating mountains

Threads in this video

  • restate · How do you add AI VFX to your own footage? — Adil's trick for VFX over handheld footage: shoot each clip already knowing what you want to see in it, then one simple prompt rebuilds the world around you. (00:00:00)

Mentioned

Central: Seedance 2.0

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

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