Oleksandr

Motion designer. Ads and UI animation for mobile apps. AI + After Effects

[Oleksandr @merkworkin]

If a UGC ad doesn't hold in the first 2 seconds, I don't touch the middle. I fix the start.

Result first, setup later. Cut the lead-in. Text hook on frame one. Product in frame right away.

No logo, no slow intro, no greeting.

[Oleksandr @merkworkin]

@sourfraser makes sense. iterating on winners is where most wins come from, but without the 20% you never find the next one

[Oleksandr @merkworkin]

@ComfyUI blockout to final is the workflow i want. a rough 3d layout gives way more control over camera than any prompt 🙌

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@pika_labs draft first then finalize in 4k is the right workflow. saves credits on takes you'd throw away anyway

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@ElevenLabs dictating tasks is cool, but for me the voice side is still the main thing. anything new for people doing voiceover?

[Oleksandr @merkworkin]

@SchoolOfMotion @sweetboy_motion grease pencil is so underrated. drawing and comping 2d without leaving blender is a big deal for ae people like me ✏️

[Oleksandr @merkworkin]

@magnific camera in a dog's mouth is a great stress test. pov shots are where most models fall apart

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@runwayml native 4k is the part that matters for real deliverables. how does it handle text in frame

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@skirano design taste is the hardest part to fake. curious what you've got, everything i generate still needs a human pass on timing 👀

[Oleksandr @merkworkin]

@kylianmansa agree with the vibe. ai can get you a video in 2 days, but if nobody decided how it should feel, it shows in the first 3 seconds

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@vavchok pixel butterflies are so satisfying. small details like this are what make a game world feel alive 🦋

[Oleksandr @merkworkin]

@aescripts ready made comp with camera keys is the part that sells it. map animations always eat way more time than the client thinks

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@0xSlyth @vibevibefun saas style explainers for crypto make a lot of sense, most projects there are impossible to get from the landing page alone. 7 episodes in is solid consistency 🔥

[Oleksandr @merkworkin]

@0xdierich @Polymarket 16 min for $0.18 is wild for a first pass. curious how many prompts it took to get the timing to feel right, that's usually where it falls apart for me

[Oleksandr @merkworkin]

@leoofz every first reel is cringe, that's how you know you got better. 8 years of keeping at it is the real flex

[Oleksandr @merkworkin]

@LordyVisuals and the "just one small change" at v7. good luck prompting that

[Oleksandr @merkworkin]

@daveylovescode lines that stay attached while layers move is something i've rigged by hand way too many times. day 3 and already useful, keep going 🙌

[Oleksandr @merkworkin]

@cgclick been testing an ae mcp on my side. great for the boring stuff like renaming layers, comp setup, render queue. the actual animating still feels like my job, for now 👀

[Oleksandr @merkworkin]

@EditSatyjeet been doing the same with my ae setup. what helped most: write your rules down once (naming, easing, how you build comps) so you don't explain them every session 😅

[Oleksandr @merkworkin]

@eback_4u how many tokens did you burn? 🫣