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I'm already fatigued by Opus motion graphics. Yes they look great, in isolation, and it's beyond impressive that a model can come up with them to begin with. But... They all look the same. They all use the same tropes. They all have the same generic midi music and sfx. Opus brings hands, not taste!

You can absolutely use Opus to make cool motion graphics videos, but it needs you to direct it. As in, you need to be the art director. Pick a style. Pick a vibe. Write the narrative. That's the only way to stand out from the endless slop you see on prompt-motion.com

For my Cav sizzle reel, I didn't one shot it with Opus. Opus did the actual work in Cavalry, but we started from a script (with several amendments) and a mood board to nail the style. The first 3-4 attempts went from pure slop to passable. A few more to polish. Still not perfect, but tolerable to me

A mood board becomes useful agent context only when paired with explicit constraints and visual rejection criteria.

Funny you should mention context, my dear LLM

Fair point. A mood board sets the direction, but taste shows in what you choose to keep and reject.