STEP 01
A project in production
Undertow is a short in production: shots, characters, and a keyframe for each shot. Everything in this tutorial is done by asking the Assistant, the way a director works with a crew.
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Direct production with the Assistant
The Assistant is how you direct work in Loft: say what you want in plain language, and it picks the model, uses the right references, and files the result on the shot. The project's and the shot's playbooks hold the intent, so a short request is enough. This tutorial follows one shot from keyframe to video, with a correction and a character reference on the way.
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STEP 02
The project playbook
The Project Playbook is the house style the Assistant reads before every request: the look, the cast, which model to use for what. Write it once, and you never have to repeat it.
STEP 03
Open a shot
Open the shot to work on: SH020-Drowned-Nave. Its keyframe is already published.
STEP 04
The shot's playbook
Each shot has a playbook too: resolution, aspect ratio, and what happens in the shot. This is the intent. When you say this shot, this is what the Assistant works from.
STEP 05
Open the Assistant
Click Assistant. It knows which project and shot you're on, and which files you have selected.
STEP 06
Ask for a change
Select the keyframe and say what to change. Using the selected image as a canvas means: edit this frame, don't start over.
STEP 07
It picks the model
The Assistant chose Nano Banana Pro Edit, because the playbook says so, and says what it kept locked.
STEP 08
The result lands on the shot
The new image is filed on the shot, next to the keyframe. No downloads, no renaming.
STEP 09
Correct it in a sentence
Not quite right? Say so. The Assistant remembers what you asked for, so a correction can be one line.
STEP 10
Another take
The corrected take lands on top. Every take stays, so you can go back to any of them.
STEP 11
Bring in the cast by name
Ines is in this shot's cast, so name her and the Assistant uses her published reference from the Characters library. She looks the same in every shot.
STEP 12
Ines in the nave
Ines is placed in the frame from her reference, and nothing else has moved.
STEP 13
Describe what's there
Ask for a description and it's written onto the file, where search and the rest of the team can find it.
STEP 14
A video for this shot
Now ask for a video for this shot. The selected frame is the first frame; the camera move comes from the shot's playbook, and the model from the project's.
STEP 15
The shot moves
A few minutes later the video lands on the shot like everything else.
STEP 16
Every take keeps its intent
Select the video and click View generation flow. The prompt the Assistant wrote is on file, with the model and the frame it started from. Anyone can see how it was made, or rework it.
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Studios, guilds, insurers and regulators now ask the same question of AI-assisted work: what is it made from, who made it, and were you allowed to use it? Loft keeps that record as you work. This tutorial brings in three sources, generates and publishes a keyframe from them, and then follows the record: every action, every input, and every licence, with nothing typed in by hand.
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