Used / core
Python + ffmpeg
Assembly, audio/video inspection, vertical exports, and repeatable local automation. Boring tools are often the most dependable tools in the room.
Studio resource / v1
The stack behind the spectacle.
This is not a “best AI tools” ranking. It is a working inventory: what a tool is asked to do, whether we have actually used it, and what problem it solves in the pipeline.
Commercial status: this local draft contains no affiliate links, sponsorships, or paid placements. A recommendation must earn its place through real use and an honest limitations section.
Current production stack
Used / creative
AI-assisted image generation
Used to explore cinematic frames and original visual worlds. Outputs can fail on continuity, text, hands, and exact historical detail.
Used / delivery
Text-to-speech experiments
Useful for drafts and placeholder narration. Final pacing still needs human editorial judgment, especially when a joke depends on silence.
How a tool gets reviewed here
- It must solve a real problem in one of our existing workflows.
- We record the actual use case, not a generic feature list.
- We note setup friction, limitations, cost context, and who should skip it.
- We distinguish “used,” “tested,” “considering,” and “sponsored.”
- We never turn a vendor claim into a studio claim without checking it.
What comes next
Once the production archive is larger, this hub can grow into focused pages such as our vertical export checklist, how we keep a character readable on a phone, and what we changed after a failed generation. Those pages will be more useful than a giant undifferentiated tools list.