Models
Which model to use, and when. Capability comparisons, per-model guides, and what each one is actually good at for narrative work.

Sora went from default to shut down inside a year. The lesson generalises, and it's mostly about what you export rather than what you switch to.

Edit mode conditions on footage you already have, so framing, light and identity carry forward. What it can't do is target an area.

Extension continues a shot rather than generating a new one. Where the join succeeds, and what makes it visible.

Generating sound with the picture removes a match problem and takes away a casting decision. Both matter more than the feature list suggests.

Five questions that tell you what you actually get, and where the scope quietly stops.

We built a model comparison from vendor documentation and got two of four rows backwards. Here's how that happens, and where to look instead.

OpenAI retires the Sora API this month. Here's what to move to, and why your prompts won't transfer cleanly.
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