Journal · #2026

AI Generated Image Detector: What Really Works Now

Detectors catch clean generations and miss re-saved ones. Here is what they can tell you, what they can't, and the routine to run before you trust a score.

AI Video Repurposing: What Actually Survives the Crop

AI video repurposing for creative teams: which tools hold your crop and color grade across formats, and where auto-reframe quietly wrecks your art direction.

AI Oil Painting Prompts That Actually Look Painted

Five AI oil painting prompts that hold up across Midjourney, Flux, Nano Banana Pro and SD3.5, plus the three things that make AI paint look like paint, not a filter.

AI Video Ideas for Art Directors: 12 Formats That Work

12 AI video ideas with the model brief, the image setup, and one format to skip, for art directors who think in shots, not YouTube thumbnails.