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Tomás Rivera

Tomás Rivera

Film Editor & AI Cinematography Writer

Cut commercials and short films for two decades before AI video existed, and now grades every generator the way he graded dailies. Cares about continuity, coverage, and where the cut breaks — not demo reels.

Beat: AI Video

  • Cinematography & shot grammar
  • AI video model comparisons
  • Continuity & motion QC
  • Cutting AI footage into real timelines

How Tomás tests

I grade AI video the way I graded dailies: pull the footage into a timeline, cut it against real coverage, and see where it breaks. A model that only looks good in a trailer reel doesn't pass.

Latest from Tomás

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Add Logo to Video Without Watermark: Safe Zones, FFmpeg

Put your own brand mark on video so it reads as branding, not stock-tool residue: platform safe zones, opacity numbers and a copy-paste ffmpeg recipe.

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Video-to-Video Restyling: Where the Look Falls Apart

Style transfer holds beautifully on a single shot and breaks across a cut. What survives an edit, what flickers, and how to grade around the failure.

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AI Video Editing Tools: What Actually Saves Time

A film editor's per-feature verdict: which AI editing tools hand back a correctable timeline, which hand back cleanup work, and the limits nobody prints.

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AI Object Removal in Video: Where the Patch Holds

Object removal fails at window boundaries and shot cuts, not single frames. Reference-window numbers, VRAM tables, and a triage rule before you spend.

14 Aug11 min read
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AI Lip Sync Accuracy: Which Tools Actually Match the Mouth

An independent 1,000-clip benchmark put one dubbing tool at 96.4 and a category leader at 76.8. We break down what that gap actually looks like on screen.

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Topaz Video AI Free? What the Trial Actually Limits (2026)

No, Topaz Video AI isn't free — the trial watermarks every export. Here's exactly what it limits, the real price, and which free tools get closest.

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AI Storyboarding: Script to Shot List to Screen (2026)

The five-stage AI storyboarding pipeline we run on every production: script to beats, boards, keyframes, clips — and exactly where each stage breaks.

12 Aug9 min read