How to Make Seamless Transitions with AI — Transcript

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1. 0:00Have you ever tried editing your AI
2. 0:01videos only for the transitions between
3. 0:03your shots to ruin the whole thing?
4. 0:05Well, I just found the best workflow
5. 0:06where you can make every cut completely
6. 0:08seamless and people won't even be able
7. 0:09to tell that it was done with AI. So, in
8. 0:11this video, I'll walk you through the
9. 0:13process step-by-step from the very first
10. 0:15transition to a finished project. This
11. 0:17whole workflow runs inside Higgsfield,
12. 0:19which is an all-in-one tool that gives
13. 0:20me access to image and video generation
14. 0:22and it also allows me to add smooth
15. 0:24transitions between them. If you want to
16. 0:26follow along, I've left a link for
17. 0:27Higgsfield in the description below.
18. 0:29Once you log in, you'll notice that
19. 0:30everything is organized at the top
20. 0:32navigation bar. The first transition I
21. 0:34want to create is a brand logo that
22. 0:35morphs into the product and to do this,
23. 0:37I need the images for both. So, click on
24. 0:39image and that will take you to the
25. 0:41image generation workspace. I'll select
26. 0:43GPT image 2 as my model because it's
27. 0:45currently one of the best models for
28. 0:46photorealism and adding details. I'll
29. 0:48paste in this prompt and generate my
30. 0:50logo. This looks pretty good. It looks
31. 0:52like a logo an actual brand would use
32. 0:54for their product, which was exactly the
33. 0:55point and the text rendering is
34. 0:57accurate. Then for the product shot,
35. 0:58I'll tag that logo as a reference so
36. 1:00that it looks exactly the same and we
37. 1:02don't lose consistency. With the same
38. 1:03settings, I'll now paste in this and
39. 1:05generate. We get this sneaker with the
40. 1:07logo perfectly integrated on it. Both
41. 1:09images match the brand, which will help
42. 1:11make the transition feel a lot more
43. 1:12smooth. Then back in the main page,
44. 1:14click on apps at the top. There you'll
45. 1:16see a collection of all the different
46. 1:17apps Higgsfield has to offer. There are
47. 1:19honestly a lot here, but the one we want
48. 1:21to focus on is called transitions. So,
49. 1:23click on that. Then upload the logo
50. 1:24image as the starting frame and the
51. 1:26sneaker as the end frame. There is a
52. 1:28huge library of different transitions to
53. 1:30choose from. For this one, I'll select
54. 1:32logo transform and generate. The logo
55. 1:34morphs straight into the sneaker.
56. 1:36Honestly, this looks like an ad an
57. 1:37actual company could use to showcase its
58. 1:39brand new sneakers. There are so many
59. 1:41things you can do with the transition
60. 1:42app and this is still just using images
61. 1:44as the start and end frames. So, the
62. 1:46next thing I want to test is if it can
63. 1:47maintain perfect consistency on human
64. 1:49characters as well. So, back in the
65. 1:51image generation workspace with GPT
66. 1:53image 2 selected, I'll paste in this
67. 1:55prompt to make a young woman wearing a
68. 1:56cream outfit. She looks exactly like I
69. 1:58asked for. Now, I want to create a
70. 2:00transition that focuses on the color
71. 2:02change. So, for the next image, I'll
72. 2:03reference the one we just made to keep
73. 2:05her face looking exactly the same, but
74. 2:07in my prompt, I'll ask to put her in a
75. 2:08different outfit and in another
76. 2:10environment. It's still the same woman,
77. 2:11but now she's wearing an all black fit
78. 2:13and she's walking down a street. The two
79. 2:15images have totally different vibes,
80. 2:17which is exactly why I want to connect
81. 2:18them. So, back in the transitions tab,
82. 2:20I'll upload both of them as a start and
83. 2:22end frame. And this time, I'll select
84. 2:24Raven transition from the transition
85. 2:26library. The whole thing feels very
86. 2:27smooth. It's still the same woman, but
87. 2:29now she transforms from one frame to the
88. 2:31next with the Raven effect that I added.
89. 2:33And this fits well because of her black
90. 2:34outfit. It looks like the Ravens
91. 2:36transform her with a totally new style.
92. 2:38But, creating transitions from images is
93. 2:40only the beginning. Images only give you
94. 2:42so much control over what your final
95. 2:44result will look like. So, to push this
96. 2:46tool to its limits, we need to see how
97. 2:47it can hold up against video
98. 2:48transitions, which is what this tab was
99. 2:50built for. And the first [music] problem
100. 2:52you run into with video is that two
101. 2:53separate generations almost never give
102. 2:55you the same person twice, which is a
103. 2:57real problem for a transition because it
104. 2:59only looks smooth if it's obviously the
105. 3:00same person on both sides of the cut.
106. 3:02So, before I generate any video, I'll go
107. 3:04back into the image workspace with GPT
108. 3:07image 2 and build something called a
109. 3:08character sheet. A character sheet is
110. 3:10just one image of the same person from
111. 3:12different angles, which will help the
112. 3:13video model keep them looking exactly
113. 3:15the same when we animate them. I'll
114. 3:17paste in this prompt, which asks for a
115. 3:19woman from three different angles. And
116. 3:20here she is from the front, back,
117. 3:22[music] and up close in one image. Now,
118. 3:24I'll switch over to the video tab, which
119. 3:26takes you to the video generation
120. 3:27workspace, and I'll pick Sea Dance 2.0
121. 3:29as the model because right now, it's one
122. 3:31of the best for realistic movement and
123. 3:33for actually following the prompt. This
124. 3:35first video is the start of my
125. 3:36transition, so I'll use the character
126. 3:38sheet as the reference for maximum
127. 3:39consistency. Paste in my prompt, set the
128. 3:41length to 4 seconds, and generate.
129. 3:44>> This is how beautiful Japan is.
130. 3:47>> In this one, she's standing in a plain
131. 3:49studio. The camera slowly pushes in on
132. 3:51her, and she looks into the lens and
133. 3:52talks about how beautiful Japan is. The
134. 3:54part that matters most is how it ends,
135. 3:56on a calm steady shot of her just
136. 3:58standing there, because the transition
137. 3:59needs a still moment like that to flow
138. 4:01smoothly into whatever comes next. Then
139. 4:03for the second video, I'll keep that
140. 4:04same character sheet uploaded, keep the
141. 4:06same settings, and generate using this
142. 4:08prompt.
143. 4:13This time she's in a traditional
144. 4:14Japanese kimono, and then she walks out
145. 4:16of frame while the camera pushes
146. 4:17forward. You can almost imagine how
147. 4:19these two videos will connect even
148. 4:20though I haven't done anything yet. And
149. 4:22the key here is that this video opens on
150. 4:24the exact same standing position the
151. 4:25first one ended on. So the two will
152. 4:27match perfectly. Now, I'll go back to
153. 4:29the transitions tab and upload the first
154. 4:31video as the start frame and the second
155. 4:32[music] as the end frame like we did
156. 4:34before. I'll run these two videos across
157. 4:36two different effects from the library
158. 4:37because I really want to show you the
159. 4:39variety it has. First, I'll select the
160. 4:41hand transition and generate. This
161. 4:42already looks way better than the
162. 4:44images. The way she extends her hand,
163. 4:46the camera pushes into her palm, and
164. 4:47when it zooms out, she is in a
165. 4:48completely different environment is
166. 4:50something that would normally require a
167. 4:52lot of editing to do. Then I'll run them
168. 4:54through the smoke transition. This one
169. 4:55works, too. But side-by-side, [music]
170. 4:57the hand transition felt smoother and
171. 4:58more natural for these shots. So when
172. 5:00you have your two videos, run them
173. 5:02through a couple of effects first and
174. 5:03keep whichever one actually matches the
175. 5:05movement. Now, both of these videos were
176. 5:075 seconds long because the transition
177. 5:08tab doesn't work for videos longer than
178. 5:10that. But I found a way to bypass this
179. 5:12problem. And to show you how I do it,
180. 5:14I'll use a video of a full property tour
181. 5:16that starts outside the house and then
182. 5:17takes you inside. This time instead of
183. 5:19generating a person, I want to use
184. 5:20myself as a character in those videos.
185. 5:23So just like before, I'll go into the
186. 5:24image workspace with GPT image 2 and
187. 5:27build a character sheet, except this
188. 5:28time it's one of myself. I'll upload a
189. 5:30photo of me as the reference and paste
190. 5:32in a prompt that turns it into that same
191. 5:34three angle sheet, this time dressed in
192. 5:36a navy blazer like a real estate agent
193. 5:38would wear. And there I am from the
194. 5:39front, back, and up close, which gives
195. 5:41Seedance everything it needs to keep me
196. 5:42looking exactly the same across both
197. 5:44videos. Now, I'll head into the video
198. 5:46tab with Seedance
199. 5:47selected. And for the first video, I'll
200. 5:49use my character sheet, set it to 5
201. 5:51seconds, and paste in my prompt for the
202. 5:52outside shot.
203. 5:54>> Welcome. Let me give you a tour of this
204. 5:56place.
205. 5:58>> In this one, I'm standing in front of a
206. 6:00modern glass house introducing the
207. 6:02place. The camera moves around me, and
208. 6:03it ends right on the big glass wall of
209. 6:05the house. That ending is completely on
210. 6:07purpose because the glass wall is the
211. 6:09thing both videos are going to connect
212. 6:10from. Then for the inside tour, I'll
213. 6:12keep my character sheet in, keep the
214. 6:13same settings, and generate a longer
215. 6:15one, 15 seconds this time, walking
216. 6:17through the house. Now, there's one
217. 6:18really important trick built into this
218. 6:20prompt. SeaDance [music] 2 is built for
219. 6:22multi-shot generation, which means that
220. 6:23you can create a lot of different shots
221. 6:25using just one prompt. And in every
222. 6:27single shot, I give myself a line
223. 6:29delivery.
224. 6:30>> Step inside. This is the main living
225. 6:31area, open plan and full of light. Down
226. 6:34here, you've got three bedrooms, each
227. 6:36with its own great natural light. And
228. 6:38this is the kitchen, fully renovated
229. 6:41with all new finishes. Come take a look.
230. 6:43I think you're going to love it.
231. 6:45>> is honestly impressive. It's a full
232. 6:4615-second walk through the house where
233. 6:48the lighting stays consistent room to
234. 6:50room, and it opens on that same glass
235. 6:51wall from the inside. So, you can
236. 6:53already see how these two are going to
237. 6:55meet. There's also a funny moment where
238. 6:56the generation briefly made a second me
239. 6:58with a clean switch between them. I
240. 7:00actually kept it in because it looks
241. 7:02like a deliberate high-end VFX shot that
242. 7:04a real agency would pay a lot of money
243. 7:05to pull off. Now, for the actual fix to
244. 7:07the length problem, because the second
245. 7:09one is too long for the transitions tab,
246. 7:11I can't just drop them in. So, instead,
247. 7:12I'll export only two frames, the [music]
248. 7:14very last frame of the outside video and
249. 7:16the very first frame of the inside
250. 7:17video. In theory, you could upload the
251. 7:19outside video whole since it's just 5
252. 7:21seconds, but to show you the full
253. 7:22process, I'll export frames from both of
254. 7:24them. Both of those frames are the same
255. 7:26glass wall, one from the outside and one
256. 7:28from the inside. So, I'll bring just
257. 7:30those two into the transitions tab as my
258. 7:32start and end frame, pick the seamless
259. 7:33transition, and generate. We get this
260. 7:35smooth transition that connects the two
261. 7:37[music] shots by turning the outside
262. 7:38view into the inside one. So, now we
263. 7:40have the exterior video, the transition
264. 7:42shot, and the interiors video. There's
265. 7:44one last thing to sort out, and that's
266. 7:46the voice. Because the two videos were
267. 7:47generated separately, I come out
268. 7:49sounding like two slightly different
269. 7:50people. So I'll go into the audio tab
270. 7:52inside Higgsfield, upload a few minutes
271. 7:54of my real voice, and train a voice
272. 7:55model on it. Then I'll apply that
273. 7:57trained voice across the whole thing,
274. 7:58and now it's my actual voice narrating
275. 8:00the entire tour from start [music] to
276. 8:02finish. Welcome. Let me give you a tour
277. 8:04of this place.
278. 8:13Step inside. This is the main living
279. 8:15area, open-plan and full of light. Down
280. 8:18here you've got three bedrooms, each
281. 8:19with its own great natural light, and
282. 8:22this is the kitchen, fully renovated
283. 8:24with all new finishes. Come take a look.
284. 8:27I think you're going to love it. And now
285. 8:28the whole property tour plays as one
286. 8:29continuous shot with my face and voice
287. 8:31remaining consistent through all of it.
288. 8:33However, there are a few awkward
289. 8:34moments, and a lot of the movement still
290. 8:36feels a little flat. The motion through
291. 8:38it is just too stiff, and fixing exactly
292. 8:40that is what finally makes a transition
293. 8:42look truly seamless. The transition
294. 8:44straight out of Higgsfield has two
295. 8:45issues. It plays at one flat even speed
296. 8:48the whole way through, and it comes with
297. 8:49no sound at all. And for that, I'll
298. 8:51bring the video into DaVinci Resolve.
299. 8:53I'll turn on retime controls, then add a
300. 8:55speed point at the two spots where the
301. 8:56transition happens, and pull those
302. 8:58points together, and add an ease curve
303. 8:59so it starts slow, speeds up fast
304. 9:01through the middle of the transition,
305. 9:02and slows back down on the way out. That
306. 9:04change in speed is what gives the
307. 9:06transition momentum. So instead of one
308. 9:08even mechanical blend, it actually feels
309. 9:10intentional. While I'm in here, I'll
310. 9:11also drop an adjustment layer on top
311. 9:13with deep glow and a bit of exposure,
312. 9:15which adds a soft bloom to the
313. 9:16highlights, which makes it look like an
314. 9:18actual real estate video. Then I'll move
315. 9:20on to the second fix, the sound. A big
316. 9:22reason the raw transition feels flat is
317. 9:24that it's completely silent, so adding
318. 9:25audio is what actually sells the
319. 9:27movement and covers the seam. [music]
320. 9:28I'll add some music that fits the tour,
321. 9:30and then layer a few sound effects right
322. 9:32around the transition point. Finally,
323. 9:34I'll turn on optical flow, which smooths
324. 9:35the motion out even more, so nothing
325. 9:37falls flat. Let's look at our final
326. 9:39result. Welcome. Let me give you a tour
327. 9:41of this place.
328. 9:44>> [music]
329. 9:45>> Step inside. This is the main living
330. 9:47area, open plan and full of light. Down
331. 9:49here, you've got three bedrooms, each
332. 9:51with its own great natural [music]
333. 9:53light, and this is the kitchen. Fully
334. 9:55renovated with all new finishes. Come
335. 9:58take a look. I think you're going to
336. 9:59love it. These small edits give this
337. 10:00video a completely different feel. Even
338. 10:02though the details are small, if you
339. 10:04compare it to the previous version, you
340. 10:06can immediately notice how professional
341. 10:07this one is. And honestly, almost none
342. 10:09of that was even on me, because
343. 10:11Higgsfield planned the camera moves,
344. 10:12generated the entire location, and did
345. 10:14the hard part of blending the join. So,
346. 10:16all I added at the end was the speed
347. 10:18ramp and the sound, which you'd be doing
348. 10:19in any normal edit anyway. With this
349. 10:21workflow, you can create seamless
350. 10:23transitions in a fraction of the time it
351. 10:24would normally take you, and it all
352. 10:26happens under one platform. So, if you
353. 10:28want to start creating your own seamless
354. 10:29transitions for your videos, use the
355. 10:31link in [music] the description to sign
356. 10:33up to Higgsfield. Thanks for watching,
357. 10:35and I'll see you in the next one.