Fix It In Prompt

Alex Villabón & Doug Hogan

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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.

5d ago

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
Jul 8

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
Jun 24

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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Alex Villabón & Doug Hogan
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2026
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3
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Clean
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Fix It In Prompt

Fix It In Prompt

Episodes

Let Artists Play | Fix It In Prompt Ep. 003

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

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

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