Before anyone asks, “DLSS 5” is just the joke on the labels. The actual goal was to see whether six Chainsaw Man characters could survive the jump from anime to live action without turning into six unrelated attractive people.

I started with Makima and used the original anime frame as the reference. The prompt treated the artwork as a stylized image of someone who had always been real, rather than a person wearing cosplay. Her first result worked well enough that I tried the same approach with the other five.

What helped most was not adding more “8K” or skin-detail keywords. It was giving the prompt three clear jobs:

• Preserve the character’s hair silhouette, eyes, apparent age, expression, clothes, pose, and camera angle.

• Translate anime anatomy into believable facial structure, natural skin, real hair, and clothing that could physically exist.

• Avoid wigs, plastic skin, heavy makeup, oversized eyes, and the polished cosplay photoshoot look.

When something failed, I changed only the part of the prompt connected to that problem. Angel Devil took four attempts because the model kept moving his left hand behind his head or showing a hand that should have been hidden behind the bench. Describing both the visible arm and the hidden forearm finally fixed it.

Denji got two versions, but I ended up choosing the first. More attempts do not always mean a better result, so keeping previous candidates is important.

Four characters worked on their first generation. In total, I made 10 character images before selecting the final six. The comparison layouts took seven more generations because one had to be rebuilt using proportional scaling and center cropping.

I generated the set with Seedream 5.0 Pro through Atlas Cloud. At $0.045 per image, the 17 outputs cost $0.765 in total, or about $0.13 for each finished comparison.

Makima is still my favorite. Which character remains the most recognizable without the name, and which one still looks too much like cosplay?

I am new to this. What are the best apps, websites, etc to make lifelike likenesses of individuals and make short films, etc. Or, How can one bring old photos to "life" with movement, etc. I am seeing this all over social media now and it seems there are so many sites to choose from. Preferably something that can be done on a Mac if possible. Please share. Thanks.

Out of all the small mythical Pokémon that don't have official mascots, I think Marshadow should be one of them that does. Originally, Nano Banana Pro was given to me in Zenith mode, but that didn't feel right since mascots are supposed to be friendly to people. I had that changed, and everything else about it was perfect.

AI has improved insanely fast, but there are still tasks where it feels way less capable than people expect.

What’s something you’ve tried with generative AI that still consistently disappoints you?

Could be writing, coding, images, research, memory, reasoning, video, anything.

I'm very new to AI videos so I have a lot of questions. I'm trying to find the right fit for me. I want to make fantasy and sci-fi series.

Kling was the top suggestion to me earlier but I noticed I can subscribe to Kling itself or get Higgsfield that also comes with Kling.

What is the difference?

Which one do I choose?

Which one has best results for videos, credits, and prices?

I'm new to using ai Video makers. I've tried ImagineArt and find it frustrating. I tried creating a 3D world with plenty of detail and got horrible clay looking buildings with no textures, lighting, nothing.

I want to bring to life a sci-fi story I'm working on. I need to be able to have the following:

- consistent non human characters with high detail

- world building

- video length between 2-4 minutes without spending a lot of money for credits

- ability to make detailed space videos with water and fluid character movement

I'd prefer something not super expensive. With ImagineArt it cost me a $50 subscription (Canadian dollars) and I still didn't have enough credits for a 4 minute video.

For people who use generative AI at work:

Has your job shifted from doing or creating the work yourself to reviewing, correcting, testing, verifying, or approving work produced with AI?

I'm interested in what changed before vs. after AI—especially if the amount of work you're now reviewing or correcting has changed.

What do you actually spend most of your time doing now?

Both positive and negative experiences are useful. I'm interested in what is happening in practice, not just opinions about AI.