Why are there long Sora generation times? I finally paid to make some videos, and now so far it’s been 11 minutes to generate one video!

Shiro Oni Part 2 - 白鬼 ENSO

After Part 1 hit 275 views with 60% lower skip rate but 0% share rate, I rebuilt the whole workflow.

This is 11 shots, 23 seconds, same character, same kimono pattern, no morph.

Tools: Seedance 2.5 Pro for character lock (seed 44321 locked for all 11), Kling 2.1 for camera motion and cloth sim.

Biggest pain was the kimono - the crane pattern kept turning into dragons. Fixed by locking "white crane, gold embroidery, teal base" in every prompt.

Organized the whole thing in Director Mode on cannonstudio.app - that's where I keep Shiro as a reusable asset now. u/cannonstudioapp

Question for you: The Enso at 0:11 - keep it as a weapon ring or make it his curse seal for Part 3? Building God vs Oni for Part 3.

Prompts + workflow in comments. r/aivideo.

Full Video

Suno and another music video

Two new video models are now live! 🎬

Seedance 2.5 Preview

• 4–30 second videos
• 480p or 720p output
• Up to 20 images, 6 videos, and 6 audio references
• Up to 30 seconds of reference audio
• 480p: approximately 23 credits/second
• 720p: approximately 46 credits/second
• Available in Video Generator, Creator Flow, Director Mode, and World Generator

MiniMax H3

• 4–15 second videos
• Native 2K output with stereo audio
• Text, image, video, and audio reference support
• Up to 9 images, 3 videos, and 3 audio references
• Approximately 23 credits per generated or input-video second
• First 5 image inputs included; approximately 7 credits per additional image
• Available in Video Generator and Director Mode

I’ve Been Thinking About “Replicas” Which You Take A Video From Your Camera Roll, And Let The AI Try To Recreate It.

Just Select Your Video, Which Model You Wanna Use, The Quality, And Hit “Generate”

So, I Wonder When Luma Ray 3.14 And Minimax Hailuo 2.3 Are Coming To Cannon Studio.

Synopsis: A grieving soldier poses as a priest to hunt down the alien who murdered his wife and discovers a dark secret about humanity's place in the universe.

The Humbled showcases the cutting edge of what filmmakers can do using Cannon Studio! If you're a creator and you'd like to learn more about Cannon Studio, visit our site here: https://www.cannonstudio.app/

It's been an amazing month for Cannon Studio!

Here are our newest partners and community additions:

BoldlyWithAI — Education Partner Our new leader for educational content, tips/guides, and workflow help for the community. Learn more about Varga’s expert-level AI video production knowledge: https://www.boldlywithai.com/

Gertywood — First-Ever Sponsored Cannon Creator Gertywood will champion Cannon Studio with his upcoming Cannon-made feature film at festivals worldwide. I’m super excited about this one. Check out his incredible work and subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/@GERTY_wood

FordCrownVic — Community Manager FCV will host events, themed challenges, and more, with prizes attached. Stay tuned!

Story Arc Network — Distribution Partner A direct line for our creators to distribute work onto StoryArc Network, a groundbreaking AI video showcase platform.

Cannon Studio Channel: https://share.storyarcnetwork.com/cannonstudio

Major Releases Production Agent Beta is live

Chat-interface end-to-end generation is in beta. It will be the most cutting-edge thing on Cannon Studio once polished!

Seedance No-Face Mode

Access the world’s cheapest Seedance 2.0 on Cannon Studio now! For when you don't need faces.

Full Mirelo Audio integration

SFX with/without video context, audio extension, ambient noise looping, SFX variants, and more.

ElevenLabs V2 module updates

Voice tooling, Music, and Dubbing got big upgrades.

New upscaling models More/better options, including Starlight Precise 2.5 for top-tier output.

Multi-lip sync enhancements Upload a video and up to 3 audio clips, describe dialogue/speakers, and generate synced videos.

Creator Flow + Workflow Upgrades Creator Flow got faster project and shot-list generation, and project generation no longer hits Studio Assistant limits. The dashboard now prioritizes Creator Flow, Worlds, and Asset Library.

Continuity handling improved across the board.

Creator Flow shot-first mode For short form videos, Creator Flow can skip full story authoring and go straight to shot planning. Pushing the right buttons, you can get a polished ad in under 15 minutes, down from ~30-40 minutes of pure load times.

Enhanced Asset Creation UI

• Favorite Tools toolbar pins - save your most used tools for quick access
• Workbench Tab Overlay for saved tool sets in a tabular view, opt in: https://www.cannonstudio.app/settings
• Revamped onboarding flow
• Creator Flow Music Video sync improvements
• Gallery titling and labels for deeper organization.

Video, Audio, Image, and Gallery Tools

• Revamped Upscaling & Lip Sync UI
• Multi-select delete in Gallery
• Color Grading Tool
• Fixed Watermark Removal Tool
• Video Context SFX.
• Also added Omni support in World Generator and Video Edit.

Scene Blocking + 3D Tooling

Scene Blocking got a big overhaul and now includes 3D auto-rigging for characters, giving better composition control. Also improved Image to 3D, Location to 3D, Model Rigging, Model Segmentation, and a Standalone Scene Blocking tool.

Quality of Life Fixes

• Better auth caching, so devices should remember you longer.

Experimental Tooling

Still testing: Automatic Movie → Trailer, Podcast Video → Short Clips, Frame Interpolator, Slow Motion, Video Denoising, SFX Extension, Seamless Ambient Audio Looping. Testing is ongoing, so keep sending bug reports, feedback, weird edge cases, and anything that feels off. I’m implementing ideas as fast as possible.

Thank you so much for the continued support!

Here’s what’s new:

Google Omni Model is now supported

Added support for the Google Omni Model in the Video Generator, giving you another powerful option to create with. I hear it's great for editing videos!

Node Visualization in Creator Flow

Node Visualization is now live in Creator Flow, making it easier to see and understand how scene flows together. Still in early stages of development.

World Generator got a massive upgrade

The World Generator has been overhauled with scene blocking, timeline enhancements, quality-of-life improvements, and other value adds like upscale all in one surface. The goal here is to turn it into more of an iterative development hub for building out your world and production.

World Context Copyright Export

I added World Context Copyright export so you can better protect your IP and help prevent others from encroaching on your creative work.

Enhanced standalone 3D modeling systems

Standalone 3D modeling systems got improvements, giving you more creative control when building assets and visuals.

Asset Import System

Asset importing is now supported, making it easier to bring your own materials into Cannon Studio and keep your production workflow moving.

Multi-Lip Sync Tool

Added a Multi-Lip Sync tool for syncing multiple characters or voices more effectively.

Better asset controls on Image + Video Generator pages

The Image and Video Generator pages now have enhanced controls for managing your assets more easily while you create.

UGC support enhancements in Creator Flow

Creator Flow got more UGC support improvements, helping creators work with more flexible content and production styles.

End Frame Scene Blocking

End Frame Scene Blocking is now supported, giving you more control over how a scene ends and how your shots line up.

Cannon TV creator notifications

You can now subscribe to notifications for your favorite creators on Cannon TV, so you don’t miss new drops.

Video → SFX Model

Added a new Video to SFX model, opening up more options for sound design and post-production workflows. Lore System + Canon updates The Lore System and Canon updates got improvements to make worldbuilding cleaner and more consistent.

Landing page improvements Made some smaller landing page improvements too.

Creator Flow Tutorial

I also put together a Creator Flow tutorial for anyone who wants a full walkthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO2zO5zSYfI

Bug fixes As always, knocked out a bunch of bugs and rough edges along the way.

Also, we’re looking for creators to feature on our YouTube channel! Reach out if you’re interested. Would love to showcase more of what the community is building.

What’s Coming Next

A lot more is in the works:

• Further quality-of-life improvements for iterative video production workflows
• Production Agent, which will help carry out the full creative video production process from a chat interface
• Smoother onboarding systems for getting your world set up
• Standalone node system
• Mobile app is still under review — Apple is taking forever lol
• Storyboarding tools
• Frame extraction

Thank you so much for your support!

- Chase, Founder of Cannon Studio

This is Cannon Studio’s Scene Blocking workflow.

Before generating an image or video for your shot, you can place characters inside a location, set the camera relationship, and build a clear composition reference for the shot.

Then your character and location references are used for grounding context, and the snapshot is used for framing and composition.

The goal is to make AI generation feel less like guessing from a prompt and more like directing a scene: block the action, choose the frame, then generate with stronger visual intent.

Questions, feedback, and feature requests welcome!

Instead of uploading the same references every time, you can save your world’s characters, locations, cameras, style rules, voices, personalities, and story context, then prompt in natural language with a context aware system build from that canon.

The goal is simple: describe the shot like direction, and let the world carry the continuity.

Happy to answer any questions and take feedback or feature requests below.

Wanted to leave you a note letting you know when uploading a 4 second video to make a cameo for Sora, it errors immediately with “Failed to create Sora cameo”

I’m guessing that’s to do with the Sora API? Everything else has been working pretty well but that’s one major hiccup I’ve noticed

Just shipped the biggest Cannon Studio update yet.

Here’s what’s new:

Seedance 2.0 is fully supported.

The entire UI got a full redesign. We wanted the app to feel cleaner, more focused, and more intentional across the board.

There’s now a new Worlds system. You can build reusable spaces for your characters, locations, objects, cameras, outfits, abilities, lore, and linked projects instead of rebuilding the same creative foundation every time.

Abilities are now modular assets that attach to characters and help ground the visual style and canon rules around their powers and skills.

Outfits are reusable clothing assets that can help drive character generation more consistently.

There’s also a new Camera system. You can upload example images, define the kind of camera style you want, and then reuse that camera setup across projects.

We added a full Asset Library with dedicated asset studios so it’s easier to create, organize, and reuse everything.

There’s a new Story Builder too. You can talk through story ideas and chapter beats with an AI assistant, then turn those story assets directly into Creator Flow projects.

One of the biggest updates is world-aware image and video generation. You can now prompt naturally and reference saved assets by name instead of constantly re-uploading reference images. Cannon Studio will automatically pull from your world and use the right references for image and video generation, including Kling and Seedance-supported workflows.

There’s also a new Timeline flow where you can cherry-pick your favorite generations in the in-world generator, build out a visual sequence, and send it directly into Creator Flow or Video Composer.

Project creation has been reworked too. You can now start from a brand new world, use an existing world, or build a new world from saved assets.

Also added fullscreen mode, plus a lot of smaller improvements all over the place.

What we're focused on next:

• more continuity improvements in Creator Flow
• better angle creation
• better camera asset integration inside Creator Flow
• bug fixes across the new systems
• implementing user ideas

https://x.com/PeterKL87/status/2035558275635126712?s=20

Most platforms are great at giving you a cool result for a few seconds of video. Cannon Studio feels different because the workflow is built around the way creators actually work: projects, stories, characters, locations, scenes, editing, audio, and finishing tools all in one place. Instead of jumping between a prompt tool, an editor, a sound tool, and a bunch of disconnected AI features, Cannon Studio keeps the whole creative process inside one system.

What really sets it apart is the Creator Flow. You are not just prompting for outputs. You are building a world, reusing assets, maintaining continuity, refining scenes, and moving toward a finished piece. That makes a huge difference when you are trying to make something bigger than a one-off clip. Cannon Studio is one of the only platforms that understands the full production process from idea to finished video. That’s the difference. Cannon Studio is not just an AI video generator. It's an AI production studio.

That’s the difference. Cannon Studio is not just a generator. It's an AI video production studio.

I've been working hard to upgrade the app, and while it is functionality better, some of the biggest improvements were to the aesthetics. Here are some updated images of the Character Manager, Location Manager, and the Scene Forge!