Fix It In Prompt

AI can save you hours and somehow leave you busier than ever.This week on Fix It In Prompt, Alex Villabon and Doug Hogan talk about building agent teams, choosing models without counting every token, and making AI tools fit the way you actually work. Alex also shows Nebula Canvas, his custom space for reviewing generations, comparing models, and giving a production agent visual feedback.We get into GPT-6.1 Terra, DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash, MatAnyone-E, Ideogram Vector, CorridorKey 2.0, Hi3D v1.0, Open-H3-Regenerate-2K, RGB mocap, Dessa, Genie 4, Hy-Nomas, and the #OpenSourceHiggsfield community projects. Plus: why a great demo still needs testing, when storyboards communicate better than animatics, and why your next VFX toolbox might be one you build yourself.💬 What is the biggest friction point in your AI VFX workflow, and what tool would you build to fix it?📬 CONTACTEmail us: [email protected] Doug:ComfyUI & VFX website: https://www.doughogan.comComfyUI Workflows: https://comfyui.sjv.io/OYydOGLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doughoganFind Alex:VFX + AI newsletter: https://alexvillabon.substack.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/avillabon/🔗 LINKS MENTIONED IN THE EPISODEOpenAI — GPT-6.1 Terra:https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-6-1-terra/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash:https://www.deepseek.com/en/news/deepseek-v4-1-flash/MatAnyone-E — efficient high-resolution video matting:https://shuyun-wang.github.io/projects/MatAnyone-E/Ideogram Vector:https://ideogram.ai/models/vector/CorridorKey 2.0 — code and model information:https://github.com/nikopueringer/CorridorKey2.0Hi3D — v1.0 open-release announcement:https://x.com/Hi3D_AI/status/2113456796715319591NVIDIA — Open-H3-Regenerate-2K:https://nvlabs.github.io/Sana/Open-H3-Regenerate-2K/toyxyz_RGBMocap:https://github.com/toyxyz/toyxyz_RGBMocapBlock — Dessa voice demos:https://block.xyz/dessaGoogle DeepMind — Genie 4:https://deepmind.google/blog/genie-4-a-new-generation-of-world-simulation/Tencent — Hy-Nomas:https://huggingface.co/tencent/Hy-NomasPJ Ace — Blender and Claude workflow:https://x.com/PJaccetturo/status/2113616438954996141Freefield — related OpenSourceHiggsfield project:https://github.com/neuregex/freefieldOpenJutsu — community alternative to Higgsfield Genjutsu:https://github.com/D3voz/openjutsuFreefield — community demo and discussion:https://www.reddit.com/r/comfyui/comments/1xh73t4/freefield_higgsfield_rebuilt_on_comfyui_117_apps/⏱️ TIMECODES00:00 Back after the break02:01 GPT-6.1 Terra, model routing, and counting tokens05:46 Building agent teams around your day11:36 DeepSeek and the permissions slippery slope18:30 MatAnyone-E and Ideogram Vector20:54 CorridorKey 2.0 and extracting more than green screens23:37 Hi3D v1.0 and opening up older models26:26 Regenerate-2K, detail drift, and RGB mocap31:31 Dessa, natural voices, and cherry-picked demos38:25 Genie 4, Hy-Nomas, and interactive worlds44:15 AI saves time, so why are we busier?53:25 PJ Ace: storyboards instead of rigid animatics57:15 Nebula Canvas and reviewing your agent's work1:07:00 OpenSourceHiggsfield and tools from the community#DellProPrecision #DellProMax #DellTech #NVIDIA #AI #VFX #ComfyUI #OpenSourceAI #AIAgents #WorldModels #deepseek #chatgpt

AI VFX hardware is expensive enough without buying a workstation before you know what you want to make.This week on Fix It In Prompt, Alex Villabon and Doug Hogan talk about what you actually need to start learning AI VFX, what their Dell Pro Max workstations make easier, and where cloud compute fits. They also get into choosing an AI agent and building tools around the way you work. Both hosts are part of Dell’s program.We cover MOSS-Image, FLUX 3 Image Klein, Krea 3, Magnific One, REA, Comfy’s Open Source Higgsfield competition, and Doug’s AlphaGenSAM OFX plug-in for Nuke. Plus Karpathy’s AI adoption discussion, Hitchcock and the screenplay, Epic’s AI plans, and making documentaries for an audience of one.💬 What’s your current AI VFX setup, and which workflow are you trying to learn or build with it?📬 CONTACTEmail us: [email protected] Doug:ComfyUI & VFX website: https://www.doughogan.comComfyUI Workflows: https://comfyui.sjv.io/OYydOGLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doughoganFind Alex:VFX + AI newsletter: https://alexvillabon.substack.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/avillabon/🔗 LINKS MENTIONED IN THE EPISODEOur workstations: Dell Pro Max Tower T2:https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/desktop-computers/spd/dellpromaxtowert2fct2250MOSS-Image: OpenMOSS image models:https://openmoss.ai/MOSS-Image/Black Forest Labs: FLUX 3 Image:https://bfl.ai/models/flux-3-imageFLUX 3 Image Klein: the model discussed in the episode:https://bfl.ai/models/flux-3-image-kleinKrea 3: image editing:https://www.krea.ai/krea-3Magnific One: image generation and Brand Kits:https://www.magnific.com/oneREA: Reverse Engineer Anything:https://github.com/morluto/reaComfy: Open Source Higgsfield competition:https://comfy.org/open-source-higgsfield/Doug’s DUGco AlphaGenSAM OFX plug-in for Nuke (beta):https://github.com/dughogan/nuke-alphagen-ofxAndrej Karpathy: AI capability, adoption, and access:https://x.com/karpathy/status/2109361546505966046The Hitchcock quote discussed in the episode:https://x.com/iwwon_official/status/2108553686855061919/photo/1Tim Sweeney: Epic’s AI pivot:https://x.com/TimSweeneyEpic/status/2109705826688549304⏱️ TIMECODES00:00 Keeping up with AI and listening to the community06:36 Choosing an AI agent without chasing every release15:30 MOSS-Image and accessible local models17:44 FLUX 3 Klein and why release testing matters23:00 Comfy’s Open Source Higgsfield competition24:08 REA and software built around the artist31:21 AlphaGenSAM: ComfyUI-powered mattes inside Nuke37:18 Krea 3 editing and Magnific One brand kits42:28 Karpathy and the gap in AI experience48:22 Hitchcock, screenplays, and why story still matters50:09 Epic’s AI pivot and giving artists more capacity52:12 Our Dell workstations and the GPU question59:03 Learning AI VFX with cloud compute1:04:51 Bespoke films and documentaries for yourself#DellProPrecision #DellProMax #DellTech #NVIDIA #AI #VFX #ComfyUI #Nuke #AIAgents #OpenSourceAI

This week on Fix It In Prompt, Alex Villabon and Doug Hogan hit double digits with LTX VFX Week, Alpha Gen mattes, ACES/HDR workflows, and their latest MiniMax character-replacement and acting experiments. We talk about using agents to test, review, and refine those workflows—and why a quick test can miss what a model is capable of.We also get into ArtCraft, Reverse Engineer Anything, video game mashups, personal agent toolboxes, Banodoco, Hivemind, Blender MCP with Seedance, Gods Don’t Give Gifts, and Ben Affleck’s InterPositive interview. Plus: Doug builds an LTX workflow library during the episode, and we talk about why sharing your experiments matters.💬 What AI VFX workflow have you improved by testing past the first result? Share what worked—and where it still breaks.📬 CONTACTEmail us: [email protected] Doug:ComfyUI & VFX website: https://www.doughogan.comComfyUI Workflows: https://comfyui.sjv.io/OYydOGLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doughoganFind Alex:VFX + AI newsletter: https://alexvillabon.substack.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/avillabon/🔗 LINKS MENTIONED IN THE EPISODEDoug’s LTX VFX Week workflow library:https://fix-it-in-prompt-ltx-vfx-week.vercel.app/Alex Villabon — LTX 2.5 Alpha Gen is Amazing!:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKbT0x9Se-sArtCraft — open-source creative apps:https://getartcraft.com/appsREA — Reverse Engineer Anything:https://github.com/morluto/reaX search — video game mashups:https://x.com/search?q=video%20game%20mashups&src=typed_queryFuturism — Gods Don’t Give Gifts, its MPA rating and Oscars push:https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/first-fully-ai-movie-mpa-academy-awardScott — DHH’s speech on becoming a professional maker:https://x.com/scottstts/status/2103401938058723765BNDC’s Brain — Banodoco community knowledge bot:https://github.com/banodoco/brain-of-bndcHivemind — shared agent memory and reusable skills:https://github.com/activeloopai/hivemindA.I. Warper — retro anime with Opus 5.5, Blender MCP, Seedance 2.5 and DaVinci Resolve:https://x.com/AIWarper/status/2106466745661980904Rohan Paul — Ben Affleck on open video models and InterPositive:https://x.com/rohanpaul_ai/status/2105786881111896126⏱️ TIMECODES00:00 Double digits, LTX VFX Week and Alpha Gen mattes10:19 Upscaling and finding the actual workflows13:02 New models, image drift and production tradeoffs22:45 ArtCraft and building your own creative tools27:12 Reverse Engineer Anything and video game mashups32:46 Gods Don’t Give Gifts and the AI film awards push38:12 Professional makers and personal agent toolboxes47:40 Banodoco, BNDC’s Brain and Hivemind49:31 MiniMax character swaps and performance transfer58:05 Directing emotion with tests and feedback1:06:24 Doug builds an LTX workflow library1:10:04 Blender MCP, Seedance and guided generation1:11:18 Ben Affleck, InterPositive and model provenance1:18:56 Sharing your work and finding your community#DellProPrecision #DellProMax #DellTech #NVIDIA #AI #VFX #ComfyUI #LTX #MiniMax #OpenSourceAI #Filmmaking

AI agents can build the workflow, critique the result, and keep iterating, but when the service goes down, suddenly reaching for the mouse feels strangely primitive.This week on Fix It In Prompt, Alex Villabon and Doug Hogan talk about becoming dependent on agentic tools, keeping strong local models as production insurance, and finding the human checkpoints that should stay in the loop as AI moves deeper into VFX.We get into Qwen3.8-Flash-Next, a locally generated MiniMax H3 hotel-lobby meme, Seedance 2.5 Draft Mode, Seed Audio 1.5, Qwen-Image 2.1, LTX-2.5, Claude Opus 5.5, Jev’s fast decision model, pop-up VFX teams, Comfy Agent, Comfy MCP, Comfy Router, and the slightly uncomfortable realization that sometimes the artist is the bottleneck.💬 Where do you draw the line between letting an agent run and staying close enough to understand and improve the work? 📬 CONTACTEmail us: [email protected] Doug:ComfyUI & VFX website: https://www.doughogan.comComfyUI Workflows: https://comfyui.sjv.io/OYydOGLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doughoganFind Alex:VFX + AI newsletter: https://alexvillabon.substack.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/avillabon/🔗 LINKS MENTIONED IN THE EPISODEQwen3.8-Flash-Next — the local mixture-of-experts model Doug recommends:https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.8-Flash-NextMiniMax H3 commercial licensing for local production work:https://blog.comfy.org/p/comfy-is-now-the-only-official-resellerQwen-Image 2.1 in ComfyUI:https://blog.comfy.org/p/qwen-image-21-in-comfyui-open-weightSeedance 2.5 — official model overview:https://seed.bytedance.com/en/blog/one-take-creation-flexible-referencing-introducing-seedance-2-5Claude Opus 5.5:https://www.anthropic.com/claude-opus-5-5Dario Amodei — “We Must Pace the Frontier”:https://darioamodei.com/post/we-must-pace-the-frontierTypeSafe — Introducing System One Models and Jev:https://typesafe.ai/blog/introducing-system-one-models-and-jevOstris AI Toolkit — open-source LoRA and model fine-tuning:https://github.com/ostris/ai-toolkitComfy MCP — local agent control for ComfyUI:https://blog.comfy.org/p/open-sourcing-comfy-mcp-on-localComfy Router — one API for frontier media models:https://blog.comfy.org/p/introducing-comfy-router-one-api⏱️ TIMECODES00:00 When the agent goes down and the mouse feels strange02:50 Local LLMs as production insurance05:53 Rebuilding the hotel-lobby meme with MiniMax H310:25 Learning prompt structure from agent feedback loops13:00 ByteDance, Seedance 2.5 Draft Mode, and Seed Audio 1.516:20 Pop-up VFX teams and the changing studio model21:39 Astra, Opus 5.5, and agents unlocking old software26:35 Pacing the frontier and protecting human checkpoints35:35 Open source, trust, and who benefits from slowing down38:44 Jev: fast decisions instead of generated text43:43 Learning through play and pushing past model assumptions47:42 Full access, autocomplete habits, and AI hygiene50:39 Junior artists, agent dependence, and the future of work59:29 Reverse-engineering agents, Comfy Agent, and Comfy Router#DellProPrecision #DellProMax #DellTech #NVIDIA #AI #VFX #ComfyUI #AIAgents #OpenSourceAI #MiniMaxH3 #Seedance #Jev #FutureOfWork

AI VFX is getting more capable by the week, but Victor Perez makes the case that the real job is still curiosity, taste, and knowing what decision to make next.This week on Fix It In Prompt, Alex Villabon and Doug Hogan are joined by VFX supervisor, director, and educator Victor Perez. They talk through Astra’s growing Blender capabilities, why artists should treat new tools as a creative paradigm shift rather than a magic button, and how the same playful experimentation that built a career in Nuke still matters now.We get into Victor’s new AI for Film and VFX book, open versus closed models, workstation realities, DiffHDR’s LDR-to-HDR workflow, GPT Images 2.5’s more surgical edits, and the wonderfully janky Astra-in-Blender Rickroll. Along the way: pixels, proxies, heat, community, and why “Will Smith eating spaghetti” may have a new 3D benchmark.💬 Where are you drawing the line between a stable production workflow and the newest AI experiment? Let us know in the comments.📬 CONTACTEmail us: [email protected] Doug:ComfyUI & VFX website: https://www.doughogan.comComfyUI Workflows: https://comfyui.sjv.io/OYydOGLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doughoganFind Alex:VFX + AI newsletter: https://alexvillabon.substack.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/avillabon/🔗 LINKS MENTIONED IN THE EPISODEOpenAI — Introducing ChatGPT Images 2.5:https://openai.com/index/introducing-chatgpt-images-2-5/Eyeline Labs, Netflix, and Texas A&M — DiffHDR: Re-Exposing LDR Videos with Video Diffusion Models:https://eyeline-labs.github.io/DiffHDR/Victor Perez — Generative AI for Film and VFX: From Creative Concepts to Studio-Ready Workflows:https://www.routledge.com/Generative-AI-for-Film-and-VFX-From-Creative-Concepts-to-Studio-Ready-Workflows/Perez/p/book/9781041235927GPT-6 Astra Rickroll recreated in Blender:https://www.reddit.com/r/singularity/comments/1w9aeyk/gpt6_astra_rickroll_in_blender/Will Smith eating spaghetti, made with Astra in Blender:https://www.instagram.com/reels/DdABYePTpgK/⏱️ TIMECODES00:00 Welcome Victor Perez02:47 Astra changes the conversation07:00 Curiosity beats fear10:01 Directing the tool instead of pressing a magic button13:20 The Shake-to-Nuke transition—and learning the next tool19:13 Artist first, technician second22:02 Astra makes a ’90s sitcom starring Doug’s dog27:03 Open weights, trust, and stable workflows32:01 Victor’s production-minded AI VFX book39:14 Future-proof ideas and AI-assisted editing48:12 DiffHDR and inventing HDR data from LDR footage57:15 GPT Images 2.5, precise edits, and Astra demand01:05:04 Breaking realism to find new stories01:10:33 Astra, Blender, Rickroll, and the next spaghetti benchmark#DellProPrecision #DellProMax #DellTech #NVIDIA #AI #VFX #ComfyUI #Blender #Nuke #ChatGPTImages #DiffHDR #GenerativeAI #Filmmaking #VisualEffects

GPT-6 Astra is not a one-click VFX solution, but it may be the first tool that makes a lot of specialists ask what else they could build.This week on Fix It In Prompt, Alex Villabon and Doug Hogan hit the bat signal for an emergency episode about GPT-6 Astra and what its computer-use abilities mean for VFX, 3D, and creative work. We talk about NVIDIA’s acquisition of Hugging Face, World Labs’ Atlas world model, and the difference between watching a demo and actually handing a model a task.Then we get into Astra building and revising Blender scenes, Godot, guiding ComfyUI workflows, blocking shots for Seedance, matching a DaVinci grade, and turning a vague submarine-game idea into something Doug could play with his son. The useful part is not that the first pass is perfect. It is that artists can bring taste, notes, context, and production judgment to tools that can now do much more of the execution.💬 What have you actually handed to a computer-use model—and where did you still need to provide taste, notes, or production judgment?📬 CONTACTEmail us: [email protected] Doug:ComfyUI & VFX website: https://www.doughogan.comComfyUI Workflows: https://comfyui.sjv.io/OYydOGLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doughoganFind Alex:VFX + AI newsletter: https://alexvillabon.substack.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/avillabon/🔗 LINKS MENTIONED IN THE EPISODEWorld Labs — Atlas: A World Model for Spatial Intelligence:https://www.worldlabs.ai/blog/atlasOpenAI — GPT-6 Astra: A New Generation of Intelligence:https://openai.com/index/gpt-6-astra/Reddit — Fable 5.1 vs GPT-6 Astra in Blender:https://www.reddit.com/r/OpenAI/comments/1w7ppcj/fable_51_vs_gpt_6_astra_3d_blender_mind_blowing/Reddit — GPT-6 Astra building a 3D game with Blender MCP:https://www.reddit.com/r/accelerate/comments/1w7nzal/dude_gpt6_astra_is_some_kind_of_turboagi_machine/@TopviewAIhq — GPT-6 Astra / creative workflow post:https://x.com/TopviewAIhq/status/2096140020340191251@petergostev — GPT-6 Astra / 3D workflow post:https://x.com/petergostev/status/2096264296099459079@AiBattle_ — GPT-6 Astra / creative AI post:https://x.com/AiBattle_/status/2095994051354919049@luccacerf — GPT-6 Astra / 3D workflow post:https://x.com/luccacerf/status/2096308567863079420@higgsfield_ai — Astra, Seedance, and VFX workflow post:https://x.com/higgsfield_ai/status/2095622423324590308@wizardbrainz — GPT-6 Astra / creative coding post:https://x.com/wizardbrainz/status/2096151812973732312@sharifshameem — GPT-6 Astra / software-building post:https://x.com/sharifshameem/status/2095653641164329143@annalea_l — GPT-6 Astra / creative workflow post:https://x.com/annalea_l/status/2096009976103801082@Dimillian — GPT-6 Astra / app-building post:https://x.com/Dimillian/status/2095596700815516004@badxstudio — GPT-6 Astra / 3D workflow post:https://x.com/badxstudio/status/2095982983379653113@higgsfield_ai — Astra / VFX workflow post:https://x.com/higgsfield_ai/status/2096334648016253339⏱️ TIMECODES00:00 Emergency episode: Astra changes the conversation02:02 LTX-2.5, open source, and the VFX mind06:41 NVIDIA acquires Hugging Face15:55 World Labs Atlas and controllable 3D worlds21:24 What does AGI mean for VFX artists?30:33 From computer use to Blender, Godot, and 3D39:21 Astra, ComfyUI, and workflows as building blocks42:35 Grayboxing and guiding Seedance generations45:34 DaVinci Resolve, 3D assets, and a train-yard test53:30 AI as leverage for artists and small teams57:55 Building a submarine game with a son and a vague idea1:00:48 Don’t wait six months to start learning1:09:50 Taste, skills, and the artist’s judgment1:14:05 Getting time back—and staying curious#DellProPrecision #DellProMax #DellTech #NVIDIA #AI #VFX #GPT6 #Astra #HuggingFace #WorldLabs #Atlas #Blender #ComfyUI #Seedance #GameDevelopment #GenerativeAI

This week on Fix It In Prompt, Alex Villabon and Doug Hogan are joined by LTX VP Applied Research Ofir Bibi and Technical Director Mohamed Oumoumad to unpack LTX-2.5: how better data and Gemma 4 improve prompt understanding, why older LoRAs can survive model upgrades, and how Diffusion Fidelity Rendering spends compute where the final pixels actually matter.We get into open weights, LTX Trainer, IC-LoRAs, world models, real-time and 360 generation, alpha and depth outputs, multi-pass EXRs, physical AI, and why production teams need repeatable controls instead of a one-prompt movie button.💬 If you could pull one production pass or control out of an AI video model today—alpha, depth, motion, normals, clean plate, or pose—which would change your pipeline most?📬 CONTACTEmail us: [email protected] Doug:ComfyUI & VFX website: https://www.doughogan.comComfyUI Workflows: https://comfyui.sjv.io/OYydOGLinkedIn: / doughogan Find Alex:VFX + AI newsletter: https://alexvillabon.substack.com/LinkedIn: / avillabon 🔗 LINKS MENTIONED IN THE EPISODELTX-2.5 open-source overview:https://docs.ltx.io/open-source-model...Run LTX-2.5 with ComfyUI or Python:https://docs.ltx.io/open-source-model...LTX Trainer overview:https://docs.ltx.io/open-source-model...LTX LoRA and IC-LoRA guide:https://docs.ltx.io/open-source-model...ComfyUI-LTXVideo nodes and workflows:https://github.com/Lightricks/ComfyUI...⏱️ TIMECODES00:00 Meet the LTX team: Ofir Bibi and Mohamed Oumoumad01:39 LTX-2.5 closes the speed-versus-quality gap04:49 Data is king: captions, filtering, and reinforcement learning09:15 Better prompting can mean saying less13:07 LoRA compatibility across LTX generations16:33 What makes LTX a world model?20:42 Diffusion Fidelity Rendering: spend compute where it matters32:21 Mohamed’s journey from VFX artist to model trainer41:00 Open weights, community, and the LTX ethos44:43 One base model cannot fit every production49:02 Real-time diffusion, 360 video, and the road to LTX 5.054:44 Can a world model output VFX passes?01:04:44 Open models versus building production on moving sand01:07:17 Why VFX studios should fine-tune their own models#DellProPrecision #DellProMax #DellTech #NVIDIA #AI #VFX #LTX #LTX25 #ComfyUI #OpenSourceAI #LoRA #AIVideo #Filmmaking

There are too many good AI models to test, and that may be the best problem VFX artists have had in a while.This week on Fix It In Prompt, Alex Villabon and Doug Hogan try to keep up with FLUX 3, Seedance 2.5, MiniMax H3, LTX 2.5, MiniMax Music 3, and Qwen3.8 27B while asking what agents actually change in a production workflow. They get into MCP, ComfyUI, Blender, Hermes, Unsloth Desktop, local speech-to-text with Handy, and why an agent is more useful as a collaborator with tools than as a vending machine.Then Doug shows MiniMax H3 video-to-video, face-replacement, character-placement, and background-restyling experiments using masks, audio-driven performance, reference images, and LLM-built prompts. Alex shows how to let an agent generate overnight tests from a prompt guide. The through-line is simple: use open weights to mix models, make failures visible, and let artists curate more iterations.💬 What would you hand to an agent first: troubleshooting ComfyUI, building prompts, or generating overnight tests?📬 CONTACTEmail us: [email protected] Doug:ComfyUI & VFX website: https://www.doughogan.comComfyUI Workflows: https://comfyui.sjv.io/OYydOGLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doughoganFind Alex:VFX + AI newsletter: https://alexvillabon.substack.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/avillabon/🔗 LINKS MENTIONED IN THE EPISODEMiniMax Music 3 — open-weights music model:https://www.minimax.io/blog/minimax-music-3-0-next-generation-open-weights-production-ready-versatile-music-modelQwen3.8 27B:https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.8-27BUnsloth Desktop — local AI workspace for models, tools, and training:https://unsloth.ai/docs/desktopHiggsfield AI Film Production Pipeline — production guide:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MRQoNq7dJD3s1OGWi94BKxoTIac4w_33/viewHiggsfield Zephyr: Special — project and production assets:https://higgsfield.ai/@higgsfield.studio/projects/zephyr-specialHandy — open-source, offline speech-to-text:https://handy.computer/MiniMax Physics Test:https://www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/1vjxn9l/minimax_h3_physics_test_seedvr2_rtx_vsr/Alex's Random TV Prompter for MiniMax H3:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHmmsGG1dg4LTX 2.5:https://ltx.io/model/ltx-2-5⏱️ TIMECODES00:00 Too many releases, too little sleep02:08 Why FLUX 3 and MiniMax are fun07:13 The model-release firehose09:52 Agents, Comfy MCP, and a one-minute generation12:01 What an agent actually is14:54 Unsloth Desktop as a local AI workstation17:15 Turning apps agent-centric with MCP19:03 Finding repetitive work worth automating24:42 The Higgsfield production guide and open-source project assets30:08 Handy, WhisperFlow, and local speech-to-text32:24 MiniMax H3 and the 32B text encoder37:04 Face replacement, audio-driven performance, and masking40:59 Open weights, model combinations, and community-built workflows44:17 Video restyling with LLM-built prompts48:08 Overnight experiments and what models can do50:07 From RFPs to overnight concept exploration52:14 LTX 2.5 and choosing the right model for the shot55:38 Experiment, share, and stay curious#DellProPrecision #DellProMax #DellTech #NVIDIA #AI #VFX #ComfyUI #MiniMaxH3 #LTX #FLUX3 #Qwen #OpenWeights #Agents #MCP #Filmmaking #VisualEffects

The models keep changing, but the production advantage still belongs to artists who know what breaks—and how to fix it.This week on Fix It In Prompt, Alex Villabon and Doug Hogan catch up after a summer break and look at FLUX 3, MiniMax H3, the gap between closed APIs and local open-weight models, and why a production pipeline cannot be built on impressive demos alone.We get into The Odyssey's practical IMAX mirror rig, Lucy 2.5, Eyeline Labs' ID-V2V, Neill Blomkamp's Nightborne, ComfyUI training and workflow version control, hybrid AI/VFX skills, SmartRoto, and why final pixels still need artists who can finish the work.💬 What AI or VFX workflow are you testing right now—and where does it still fall apart before the shot is production-ready? Let us know in the comments.📬 CONTACTEmail us: [email protected] Doug:ComfyUI & VFX website: https://www.doughogan.comComfyUI Workflows: https://comfyui.sjv.io/OYydOGLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doughoganFind Alex:VFX + AI newsletter: https://alexvillabon.substack.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/avillabon/🔗 LINKS MENTIONED IN THE EPISODEBlack Forest Labs — FLUX 3:https://bfl.ai/models/flux-3MiniMax H3 — official open weights:https://huggingface.co/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3ComfyUI — MiniMax H3 guide and workflows:https://docs.comfy.org/tutorials/video/minimax/minimax-h3Decart — Lucy 2.5 real-time video editing:https://platform.decart.ai/models/lucy-edit-liveEyeline Labs — ID-V2V identity-preserving video restylization:https://github.com/Eyeline-Labs/ID-V2VThe Allan McKay Podcast — ComfyUI in VFX Production with Doug Hoganhttps://allanmckay.libsyn.com/468-comfyui-in-vfx-production-with-doug-hoganNIGHTBORNE, a Neill Blomkamp AI short film:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wbtt2JxP7gThe Odyssey's IMAX mirror system:https://www.motionpictures.org/2026/07/how-mirrors-became-the-key-to-filming-the-odyssey-entirely-with-imax-cameras/Alex's Workflow Vaulthttps://github.com/avillabon/ComfyUI_Workflow_VaultOfficial ComfyUI Tutorial for Beginners: Full Node Graph Basics (2026):https://youtu.be/TQhIYT1ZYGQ?si=7gDEODLDhhm826ORDoug Hogan — official Comfy workflow templates:https://comfy.org/workflows/doughogan/Victor Perez — Generative AI for VFX, ComfyUI × Nuke course:https://victorperez.co.uk/Foundry — SmartRoto:https://www.foundry.com/products/nuke-family/smartrotoCompositing Academy — How SMART is State of the Art A.I Rotoscoping?:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AinQkgdR6b8⏱️ TIMECODES00:00 Coming back to an impossible release cycle02:04 FLUX 3 and MiniMax H3 raise the ceiling07:21 Will local weights match the API demos?11:49 Seedance 2.5 pricing and the cost of pressing Run13:43 The Odyssey's practical IMAX mirror trick17:13 Comments, Hermes agents, and future guests21:28 Lucy 2.5 and real-time diffusion25:22 Eyeline Labs, ID-V2V, and Paul Debevec27:56 Neil Blomkamp's Nightborne and letting artists experiment36:16 Artist-led AI studios and hybrid VFX skills39:25 Comfy 101 and where artists should start45:20 Learning from other artists' node graphs51:44 Alex's Workflow Vault, version control, and hardware58:41 SmartRoto, subscriptions, and pricing artists out#DellProPrecision #DellProMax #DellTech #NVIDIA #AI #VFX #ComfyUI #OpenWeights #FLUX3 #MiniMaxH3 #LucyAI #Nuke #SmartRoto #Filmmaking

If you keep waiting six months for AI VFX to get easier, six months from now you may decide to wait another six months.This week on Fix It In Prompt, Alex Villabon and Doug Hogan talk about why artists need to jump in now, why open-source models and workhorse workflows matter for repeatable production, and why finishing one AI shot does not give you the same economies of scale as building a reusable CG asset.We get into Seedance 2.5, LTX-2.3, Krea 2 Raw, Blender MCP, model provenance, client restrictions, Google and A24, diffusion rendering, artist-owned micro-studios, and the value of finding the wins, saving them, and sharing them.💬 What are the workhorse AI workflows you keep coming back to? Let us know in the comments.📬 CONTACTEmail us: [email protected] Doug:ComfyUI & VFX website: https://www.doughogan.comComfyUI Workflows: https://comfyui.sjv.io/OYydOGLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doughoganFind Alex:VFX + AI newsletter: https://alexvillabon.substack.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/avillabon/🔗 LINKS MENTIONED IN THE EPISODEPJ Ace — Nexus workflow and film-financing update:https://x.com/PJaccetturo/status/2066582725553996059PJ Ace — Nexus hybrid feature-film announcement and teaser:https://x.com/PJaccetturo/status/2062887190326304986A.I. Warper — Blender MCP and Seedance reference-video workflow:https://x.com/AIWarper/status/2070162937181065547Bilawal Sidhu — Seedance turning greyboxed 3D references into final pixels:https://x.com/bilawalsidhu/status/2069825605994963047Reid Hannaford — Blender previs and character-animation workflow:https://x.com/reidhannaford/status/2070507963429671062fal — Open-source 3DREAL render-to-real IC-LoRA for LTX-2.3:https://x.com/fal/status/2070523006770630813ShiveringCactus: VFX — VFX History: The Origin of After Effects:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LQyhSI56gU⏱️ TIMECODES00:00 Community feedback and figuring it out together01:45 Don’t wait six months to start06:44 Open source as production insurance10:10 Why AI doesn’t inherit CG’s economies of scale13:36 Hybrid workflows and the final two percent18:09 VFX history and workhorse workflows22:58 LTX-2.3, Comfy Hub, and learning through play27:46 Seedance 2.5 raises the ceiling29:13 Model provenance, clients, and commercially safe AI36:04 Krea 2 Raw and models without baked-in taste44:11 Google, A24, and AI tools—not AI movies48:54 4K costs, proxy generations, and smarter testing50:27 Nexus, Blender MCP, and diffusion rendering58:39 Artist-owned micro-studios and the collective “we”#DellProPrecision #DellProMax #DellTech #NVIDIA #AI #VFX #ComfyUI #OpenSourceAI #Seedance #LTX #Krea #Blender #Filmmaking #VisualEffects