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Fix It In Prompt

Alex Villabón & Doug Hogan

Fix It In Prompt is a podcast about VFX, AI, and the messy middle where new tools meet real production. Hosted by VFX veterans Alex Villabón and Doug Hogan, the show looks past the one-click hype to talk tools, workflows, ethics, client reality, and the craft that still matters when generative AI enters the pipeline.

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  • S1 · E4
    August 18 · 1 hr 2 min

    Too Many Models, Not Enough Sleep | Fix It In Prompt Ep. 004

    There are too many good AI models to test, and that may be the best problem VFX artists have had in a while. This week on Fix It In Prompt, Alex Villabon and Doug Hogan try to keep up with FLUX 3, Seedance 2.5, MiniMax H3, LTX 2.5, MiniMax Music 3, and Qwen3.8 27B while asking what agents actually change in a production workflow. They get into MCP, ComfyUI, Blender, Hermes, Unsloth Desktop, local speech-to-text with Handy, and why an agent is more useful as a collaborator with tools than as a vending machine. Then Doug shows MiniMax H3 video-to-video, face-replacement, character-placement, and background-restyling experiments using masks, audio-driven performance, reference images, and LLM-built prompts. Alex shows how to let an agent generate overnight tests from a prompt guide. The through-line is simple: use open weights to mix models, make failures visible, and let artists curate more iterations. 💬 What would you hand to an agent first: troubleshooting ComfyUI, building prompts, or generating overnight tests? 📬 CONTACT Email us: fixitinpromptpodcast@gmail.com Find Doug: ComfyUI & VFX website: https://www.doughogan.com ComfyUI Workflows: https://comfyui.sjv.io/OYydOG LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doughogan Find Alex: VFX + AI newsletter: https://alexvillabon.substack.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/avillabon/ 🔗 LINKS MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE MiniMax Music 3 — open-weights music model: https://www.minimax.io/blog/minimax-music-3-0-next-generation-open-weights-production-ready-versatile-music-model Qwen3.8 27B: https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B Unsloth Desktop — local AI workspace for models, tools, and training: https://unsloth.ai/docs/desktop Higgsfield AI Film Production Pipeline — production guide: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MRQoNq7dJD3s1OGWi94BKxoTIac4w_33/view Higgsfield Zephyr: Special — project and production assets: https://higgsfield.ai/@higgsfield.studio/projects/zephyr-special Handy — open-source, offline speech-to-text: https://handy.computer/ MiniMax Physics Test: https://www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/comments/1vjxn9l/minimax_h3_physics_test_seedvr2_rtx_vsr/ Alex's Random TV Prompter for MiniMax H3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHmmsGG1dg4 LTX 2.5: https://ltx.io/model/ltx-2-5 ⏱️ TIMECODES 00:00 Too many releases, too little sleep 02:08 Why FLUX 3 and MiniMax are fun 07:13 The model-release firehose 09:52 Agents, Comfy MCP, and a one-minute generation 12:01 What an agent actually is 14:54 Unsloth Desktop as a local AI workstation 17:15 Turning apps agent-centric with MCP 19:03 Finding repetitive work worth automating 24:42 The Higgsfield production guide and open-source project assets 30:08 Handy, WhisperFlow, and local speech-to-text 32:24 MiniMax H3 and the 32B text encoder 37:04 Face replacement, audio-driven performance, and masking 40:59 Open weights, model combinations, and community-built workflows 44:17 Video restyling with LLM-built prompts 48:08 Overnight experiments and what models can do 50:07 From RFPs to overnight concept exploration 52:14 LTX 2.5 and choosing the right model for the shot 55:38 Experiment, share, and stay curious #DellProPrecision #DellProMax #DellTech #NVIDIA #AI #VFX #ComfyUI #MiniMaxH3 #LTX #FLUX3 #Qwen #OpenWeights #Agents #MCP #Filmmaking #VisualEffects

  • S1 · E3
    August 4 · 1 hr 7 min

    Let Artists Play | Fix It In Prompt Ep. 003

    The models keep changing, but the production advantage still belongs to artists who know what breaks—and how to fix it. This week on Fix It In Prompt, Alex Villabon and Doug Hogan catch up after a summer break and look at FLUX 3, MiniMax H3, the gap between closed APIs and local open-weight models, and why a production pipeline cannot be built on impressive demos alone. We get into The Odyssey's practical IMAX mirror rig, Lucy 2.5, Eyeline Labs' ID-V2V, Neill Blomkamp's Nightborne, ComfyUI training and workflow version control, hybrid AI/VFX skills, SmartRoto, and why final pixels still need artists who can finish the work. 💬 What AI or VFX workflow are you testing right now—and where does it still fall apart before the shot is production-ready? Let us know in the comments. 📬 CONTACT Email us: fixitinpromptpodcast@gmail.com Find Doug: ComfyUI & VFX website: https://www.doughogan.com ComfyUI Workflows: https://comfyui.sjv.io/OYydOG LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doughogan Find Alex: VFX + AI newsletter: https://alexvillabon.substack.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/avillabon/ 🔗 LINKS MENTIONED IN THE EPISODE Black Forest Labs — FLUX 3: https://bfl.ai/models/flux-3 MiniMax H3 — official open weights: https://huggingface.co/MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3 ComfyUI — MiniMax H3 guide and workflows: https://docs.comfy.org/tutorials/video/minimax/minimax-h3 Decart — Lucy 2.5 real-time video editing: https://platform.decart.ai/models/lucy-edit-live Eyeline Labs — ID-V2V identity-preserving video restylization: https://github.com/Eyeline-Labs/ID-V2V The Allan McKay Podcast — ComfyUI in VFX Production with Doug Hogan https://allanmckay.libsyn.com/468-comfyui-in-vfx-production-with-doug-hogan NIGHTBORNE, a Neill Blomkamp AI short film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wbtt2JxP7g The Odyssey's IMAX mirror system: https://www.motionpictures.org/2026/07/how-mirrors-became-the-key-to-filming-the-odyssey-entirely-with-imax-cameras/ Alex's Workflow Vault https://github.com/avillabon/ComfyUI_Workflow_Vault Official ComfyUI Tutorial for Beginners: Full Node Graph Basics (2026): https://youtu.be/TQhIYT1ZYGQ?si=7gDEODLDhhm826OR Doug Hogan — official Comfy workflow templates: https://comfy.org/workflows/doughogan/ Victor Perez — Generative AI for VFX, ComfyUI × Nuke course: https://victorperez.co.uk/ Foundry — SmartRoto: https://www.foundry.com/products/nuke-family/smartroto Compositing Academy — How SMART is State of the Art A.I Rotoscoping?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AinQkgdR6b8 ⏱️ TIMECODES 00:00 Coming back to an impossible release cycle 02:04 FLUX 3 and MiniMax H3 raise the ceiling 07:21 Will local weights match the API demos? 11:49 Seedance 2.5 pricing and the cost of pressing Run 13:43 The Odyssey's practical IMAX mirror trick 17:13 Comments, Hermes agents, and future guests 21:28 Lucy 2.5 and real-time diffusion 25:22 Eyeline Labs, ID-V2V, and Paul Debevec 27:56 Neil Blomkamp's Nightborne and letting artists experiment 36:16 Artist-led AI studios and hybrid VFX skills 39:25 Comfy 101 and where artists should start 45:20 Learning from other artists' node graphs 51:44 Alex's Workflow Vault, version control, and hardware 58:41 SmartRoto, subscriptions, and pricing artists out #DellProPrecision #DellProMax #DellTech #NVIDIA #AI #VFX #ComfyUI #OpenWeights #FLUX3 #MiniMaxH3 #LucyAI #Nuke #SmartRoto #Filmmaking

  • S1 · E2
    July 8 · 1 hr 2 min

    Don't Wait for AI VFX to Get Easier | Fix It In Prompt Ep. 002

    If you keep waiting six months for AI VFX to get easier, six months from now you may decide to wait another six months. This week on Fix It In Prompt, Alex Villabon and Doug Hogan talk about why artists need to jump in now, why open-source models and workhorse workflows matter for repeatable production, and why finishing one AI shot does not give you the same economies of scale as building a reusable CG asset. We get into Seedance 2.5, LTX-2.3, Krea 2 Raw, Blender MCP, model provenance, client restrictions, Google and A24, diffusion rendering, artist-owned micro-studios, and the value of finding the wins, saving them, and sharing them. 💬 What are the workhorse AI workflows you keep coming back to? Let us know in the comments.📬 CONTACT Email us: fixitinpromptpodcast@gmail.com Find Doug: ComfyUI & VFX website: https://www.doughogan.com ComfyUI Workflows: https://comfyui.sjv.io/OYydOG LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doughogan Find Alex: VFX + AI newsletter: https://alexvillabon.substack.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/avillabon/ 🔗 LINKS MENTIONED IN THE EPISODEP J Ace — Nexus workflow and film-financing update:https://x.com/PJaccetturo/status/2066582725553996059 PJ Ace — Nexus hybrid feature-film announcement and teaser:https://x.com/PJaccetturo/status/2062887190326304986 A.I. Warper — Blender MCP and Seedance reference-video workflow:https://x.com/AIWarper/status/2070162937181065547 Bilawal Sidhu — Seedance turning greyboxed 3D references into final pixels:https://x.com/bilawalsidhu/status/2069825605994963047 Reid Hannaford — Blender previs and character-animation workflow:https://x.com/reidhannaford/status/2070507963429671062 fal — Open-source 3DREAL render-to-real IC-LoRA for LTX-2.3:https://x.com/fal/status/2070523006770630813 ShiveringCactus: VFX — VFX History: The Origin of After Effects:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LQyhSI56gU ⏱️ TIMECODES00:00 Community feedback and figuring it out together01:45 Don’t wait six months to start06:44 Open source as production insurance10:10 Why AI doesn’t inherit CG’s economies of scale13:36 Hybrid workflows and the final two percent18:09 VFX history and workhorse workflows22:58 LTX-2.3, Comfy Hub, and learning through play27:46 Seedance 2.5 raises the ceiling29:13 Model provenance, clients, and commercially safe AI36:04 Krea 2 Raw and models without baked-in taste44:11 Google, A24, and AI tools—not AI movies48:54 4K costs, proxy generations, and smarter testing50:27 Nexus, Blender MCP, and diffusion rendering58:39 Artist-owned micro-studios and the collective “we” #DellProPrecision #DellProMax #DellTech #NVIDIA #AI #VFX #ComfyUI #OpenSourceAI #Seedance #LTX #Krea #Blender #Filmmaking #VisualEffects

  • S1 · E1
    June 24 · 1 hr 1 min

    ComfyUI, Griptape and the New VFX Workflow | Fix It In Prompt Ep. 001

    AI is changing VFX fast, but anyone telling you it is a one-click solution probably has not tried to final a real shot with it.This week on Fix It In Prompt, Alex Villabón and Doug Hogan launch episode one with a production-minded conversation about ComfyUI, Nuke, Griptape, LTX, Claude Code, LoRA training, AI short films, client expectations, and why VFX artists are uniquely built for this moment. Email us: fixitinpromptpodcast@gmail.com Find Doug: ComfyUI & VFX website: https://www.doughogan.com ComfyUI Workflows: https://comfyui.sjv.io/OYydOG Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@DougHogan LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/doughogan/ Find Alex: VFX + AI newsletter: https://alexvillabon.substack.com/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@alexvillabon LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/avillabon/ #DellProPrecision #DellProMax #DellTech #NVIDIA

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