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Venice Studio Production Workflow

Produce AI videos from concept to export by combining three layers:

  1. Telegram + Hermes Agent — Natural-language direction and bulk asset generation
  2. Venice API — Programmatic image/video/audio generation with character consistency
  3. Venice Studio Web (venice.ai/studio) — Timeline editing, transitions, audio sync, Seedance 2.0 cinematic shots

Trigger

Load this skill when the user wants to: - Create videos from Telegram prompts - Generate character-consistent multi-shot scenes - Produce AI micro-dramas, trailers, or episodic content - Combine API-driven bulk generation with manual Studio editing - Understand where Hermes ends and Venice Studio begins

Architecture

Telegram Prompt → Hermes Agent → Venice API → Raw Assets
                                      ↓
                              Venice Studio Web
                         (Movie Editor + Seedance 2.0)
                                      ↓
                                Final Export
Layer Role Key Tools
Hermes / Telegram Concept, treatment, iteration, QA venice-chat, venice-image-generate, venice-video, venice-audio-music
Venice API Bulk generation, character consistency, parallel queuing elements[], reference_image_urls[], /video/queue
Venice Studio Web Timeline assembly, transitions, audio sync, cinematic polish Movie Editor, Seedance 2.0 R2V, Library

Phase 1: Concept & Treatment (Telegram → Hermes)

Start with a prompt

User sends something like:

"Make a 60-second sci-fi trailer about an AI that achieves consciousness"

Hermes agent loads venice-chat and generates: - Full treatment (concept, characters, setting, genre, tone) - Shot list with descriptions, camera angles, duration - Character reference prompts (for image generation) - Scene reference prompts (environments, backdrops) - Music score timing cues

Treatment structure

series:
  title: "The Oracle"
  genre: sci-fi thriller
  tone: mysterious, cerebral
  aesthetic: neon-noir, volumetric fog
  aspect_ratio: "16:9"
  target_duration: "60s"

characters:
  - name: Srikhav
    role: protagonist
    description: "Former AI researcher, haunted"
    voice: "Gravelly, exhausted"

shots:
  - id: 1
    type: establishing
    prompt: "Wide shot of abandoned research facility at dusk"
    duration: "5s"
    model: "veo-3-1"  # or "seedance-2" if using Studio

Phase 2: Character Reference Generation (Venice API)

The 4-angle system

For character consistency across scenes, generate 4 angles per character:

  1. Front — Primary reference face
  2. Three-quarter — Slight turn, shows depth
  3. Profile — 90-degree side view
  4. Full body — Shows costume, proportions
# Using venice-image-generate API
angles = ["front", "three-quarter", "profile", "full-body"]
for angle in angles:
    generate_image(
        prompt=f"{character_desc}, {angle} view, studio lighting, clean background",
        aspect_ratio="1:1",
        resolution="1024x1024"
    )

Why 4 angles matter

Phase 3: Video Shot Generation (Venice API)

Multi-shot per clip

Modern models (Kling O3, Seedance 2.0) can pack multiple camera angles into a single generation:

{
  "model": "kling-o3-pro-image-to-video",
  "prompt": "Wide establishing shot of a cyberpunk alley. Cut to medium shot of @Element1 walking forward, determined expression. Cut to close-up of @Element1's eyes glowing with data.",
  "elements": [
    {
      "frontal_image_url": "https://.../srikhav-front.png",
      "reference_image_urls": [
        "https://.../srikhav-3q.png",
        "https://.../srikhav-profile.png"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "duration": "12s",
  "aspect_ratio": "16:9",
  "audio": true
}

The "no music, only sound effects" rule

When generating clips via API: - Set audio: true but prompt with "no music, only ambient sound effects" - This gives you clean audio stems for later mixing - Music added in Studio will be unified and smooth - Music baked into each clip = choppy cuts and clashing tracks

Exception: Sora 2 Pro is silent-only — it accepts audio: true on /video/quote but rejects it on /video/queue. Generate Sora clips without the audio field, then layer music/SFX in post.

Parallel queuing

The Venice API supports simultaneous queue submissions. Generate 5-10 shots at once while you work on the next scene's treatment.

# Queue all shots for Scene 1 simultaneously
for shot in scene_1_shots:
    queue_video(shot)  # Each returns a queue_id immediately

Phase 4: Audio Generation (Venice API)

Music with timing cues

{
  "model": "elevenlabs-music-v2",
  "prompt": "Cinematic orchestral score. First 10 seconds: soft and mysterious. Next 20 seconds: intense buildup. Following 10 seconds: calm tension. Final 15 seconds: climactic crescendo.",
  "duration": "65s",
  "instrumental": true
}

Sound effects

Generate individual SFX clips for key moments: - Explosions - Footsteps - Door creaks - Ambient room tone

These are layered in Studio's Movie Editor or mixed locally with ffmpeg.

Phase 5: Final Assembly (Venice Studio Web)

Import assets

  1. Go to venice.ai/studio
  2. Open Library tab
  3. Upload/download all generated clips, images, audio files

Movie Editor workflow

  1. Create project → Set target aspect ratio (9:16 for vertical, 16:9 for cinematic)
  2. Drag clips to timeline → Arrange in shot order
  3. Trim → Cut dead frames at start/end of each clip
  4. Add transitions → Fade, blur, cross-dissolve between shots
  5. Sync audio → Drag music track under video, align hits with action
  6. Add title cards → Text overlay for title, credits
  7. Export → MP4 download

Seedance 2.0 for cinematic shots

If API models didn't nail a particular shot: 1. Go to Video tab in Studio 2. Select Seedance 2.0 R2V 3. Upload your 4-angle character refs 4. Craft the prompt manually (often better than API for fine-tuned control) 5. Generate and download 6. Swap into Movie Editor timeline

Phase 6: Iterative Refinement (Hybrid Loop)

The power of this workflow is the back-and-forth:

Issue Fix Location Action
"Character looks wrong in shot 7" Telegram → Hermes Regenerate with adjusted refs via API
"Transition between shots 3-4 is jarring" Venice Studio Adjust in Movie Editor
"Need a wider establishing shot" Venice Studio Seedance 2.0 R2V with scene refs
"Music doesn't hit at the right moment" Venice Studio Slide audio track, adjust fades
"Logo on character's forehead is wrong" Telegram → Hermes QA agent rejects, regenerates via API

Pitfalls

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