The Projection Room

Tool Breakdown · Picture

How I use Higgsfield

Higgsfield is the picture half of my AI stack. It puts the major AI video models in one place, plus tools built for creators. This is how I use it to turn a finished track into a music video.

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What it does

The parts I actually use

Video model

Seedance

My go-to for cinematic clips. Seedance 2.5 gets you 4K for less than most alternatives — the full test is in the videos below.

Edit

Genjutsu

Reality manipulation on footage you already have: transfer motion from one clip to another, or replace an object in the shot.

Character

Soul ID

Train a character on a face once, then reuse it so the same person shows up across every shot of a music video.

Promo

Marketing Studio

Ad and promo formats like UGC and product spots, for when a release needs a campaign and not just a video.

My workflow

Where it fits in a real music video

  1. Start from the finished track

    The song decides the cuts, not the other way round. Lock the mix first.

  2. Write a shot list against the arrangement

    Intro, verse, hook, drop: one visual idea per section.

  3. Lock the look

    A reference frame plus a Soul ID character, so every shot belongs to the same video.

  4. Generate clips in Seedance

    Short clips per section, several takes each. Keep the best, bin the rest.

  5. Fix, then cut to the beat

    Patch shots with Genjutsu, then edit to the grid in Resolve or Premiere.

Honest take

Where it shines, where it doesn’t

Shines

Use it for

Many models, one place. Test the same shot across models without juggling five subscriptions.

Consistency tools. Soul ID and reference frames keep a character on model from shot to shot.

Fixing, not just generating. Genjutsu rescues a nearly-right shot instead of re-rolling it.

Falls short

Watch out for

Credits go fast when you iterate. Plan the shot list before you generate.

Long-form continuity. A full music video is still an edit. Expect to cut, not just prompt.

Watch the tests

On tape.

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