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19 Video generation and stitching

Review scope: Linked public documentation checked October 30, 2026. Examples are proposed checks, not recorded OD results; use your account's current controls.

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You will prepare a short animation of Mira, a 30-year-old adult archivist wearing a navy jacket in an archive. Then you will learn how to join finished clips. The example below is an original exercise, not a recorded successful generation.

Understand the two operations

Image-to-video animates an existing still image. Stitching joins already generated clips into one video. Joining clips does not generate the missing action between them. A model is the generation option you select; an aspect ratio is the frame's width compared with its height. OD's glossary distinguishes image-to-video from generation based on text alone. Glossary

Have a signed-in account with video access, sufficient dreamcoins, and an accepted in-app image of Mira. Here, accepted means you inspected the image and decided to keep it. If you need one, start with image generation. Dreamcoins pay for generation. The public Generate page describes paid video access and several models, but its advertised maximums are not promises for every selector. Read the actual duration, dimensions, and price offered before submitting. Generate

Animate one accepted image

  1. Open Generate and find the video-generation option available in your account. If the page asks you to sign in or upgrade, resolve that requirement before continuing; an image-generation form is not a substitute.
  2. In the video flow, select your existing generated Mira image if an image-selection control is offered. Check the selected thumbnail. If the route offers no source image, stop this image-to-video exercise rather than assuming that a copied image prompt supplies the pixels.
  3. Read the available model names. For your first trial, choose a supported short duration and record it. Change aspect ratio or audio only if the current form exposes those controls. The September 5, 2026 announcement reports the removal of video seed control; do not assume an old screenshot describes the current form. Record a seed only if your current route actually exposes one. Video control update
  4. Where that video flow offers a motion or description input, paste the exercise below. These are ordinary instructions, not special command syntax.
  5. Review the selected image, model, duration, and displayed charge. Submit one generation when you are ready to spend that amount. Wait for its result instead of repeatedly submitting the same request.
  6. Play the entire returned clip. Keep the source image and exact submitted wording beside your notes.
Mira remains beside the archive desk in her navy jacket. She slowly turns
her head toward the closed catalog, then gives a small acknowledging nod.
Keep the camera stationary. Retain her face, hairstyle, clothing, and the
existing archive background. Use gentle, continuous motion.

The exercise deliberately asks for one small movement. A nod that changes her face substantially is a failed identity check even if the movement itself looks smooth. Preservation wording states your target; it does not lock the video geometry.

Join two finished clips

Make a second clip only after accepting the first. For example, start from an appropriate accepted still and ask for Mira to place one hand beside the catalog. Check both clips independently.

The September 11, 2026 update documents selecting 2–10 gallery videos, choosing Stitch, and dragging clips into order before submitting. Use that sequence where the gallery exposes it. Put the nod first and the catalog movement second; inspect the displayed order and any submission charge. Stitch announcement

Watch the joined result across the cut. A reversed order, changed jacket, or discontinuous camera remains a problem even when stitching completes successfully.

Record a result you can compare

Save the source image identifier, model, duration, visible settings, exact motion text, displayed charge, and returned clip identifier. Judge requested motion, identity continuity, camera/background continuity, and visible artifacts separately. For stitching, also record clip order and inspect both sides of every cut. A successfully returned file can still fail a visual criterion; an unavailable feature or failed request has no visual result to grade.

Separate camera intent from source framing and later edits

The supplied community notes, reviewed October 31, 2026, include requests for a stationary camera and very slow motion, plus reports of cropping and off-site editing. A request for no pan or zoom states a target to inspect; repeated emphasis and numeric weights are not a documented camera lock or an exact speed control.

Choose the accepted still's framing before generation. If you make a tighter crop, retain it as a new source and compare the returned clip against that crop. Then inspect subject motion and camera/background movement separately through the entire clip. A stationary-looking first frame does not establish a stationary camera throughout.

Record which result came directly from OD, which clips were stitched, and what was later changed in another editor, including audio replacement or mixing. Do not credit native generation with continuity or sound that was repaired afterward. Keep the number and cost of failed passes alongside the accepted version; an eventual success gives no success rate by itself.

Common problems

  • No video or source selector: record the account's visible options and stop at that checkpoint. Do not invent an upload or model setting.
  • The request appears stuck: inspect its status and generation history before submitting again; a retry can be a separate paid operation. Preserve any error and follow generation troubleshooting.
  • Face or hands drift: return to the clean still and request a smaller motion. Change one instruction before spending on another trial.
  • The joined film jumps: inspect clip order and each clip's ending/start. Stitching alone cannot repair incompatible poses or lighting.

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