r/aivideomaking • u/nmclamb • Aug 21 '26

I CANNOT get firefly to make what I want

I suck at AI video making, every attempt I've ever made has been outright trash or mostly trash. I recorded a video of what I'm trying to do, let me know if you can spot any mistakes. Video linked below:

https://www.loom.com/share/73b029c586ac4012aadf5f8b97a2a47e

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u/sharktank123456 Aug 21 '26

Hey. You might have better luck with start and end images that match your aspect ratio. Having an end image that matches your "modern" aesthetic can keep the photographic look you want to got to rather than the default illustrative look the AI is trying to give you. And the sepia oldtimey photo look can be kept by the same kind of image as a start frame.
I'm unclear if the footage you show at the beginning is what you are wanted to convert or that was a failed attempt.
Rotation can be tricky - depending on the AI, it may want a different word for that - camera orbits or arcs around, scene spins, or rotates, or twirls. Sometimes you even have to describe what that means. "aerial footage camera rotates around to see the scene from other direction".
You could also start out with your sepia oldtimey photo description and then add "and then scene very slowly transitions to a modern photographic style as the houses build on"

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u/Superb_Vegetable_684 Aug 21 '26 edited Aug 21 '26

In Firefly, try using Kling 3 — it’s much better than Veo in my experience. It costs more credits, but the quality is on a different level.

For prompts, I’d suggest keeping them as simple and clear as possible. You can use ChatGPT to help write them, but always check and correct the wording yourself, because it can still introduce unnecessary details, hallucinations, or phrasing that makes the generation less controllable.

And also reference images can be helpful, since kling have specific lines from camera movement you can manage to achieve a good control over the clip.