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# Scout Frames That Survive Free AI Image Generator Drift
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I lock one scout still before any regenerate click.
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Most people treat a free AI image generator like a slot machine. Pull, discard, pull again. That works for mood boards. It fails when you need a week of assets that still look like one shoot.
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At [Yeri](https://yeri.ai) I keep the scout still, the light note, and the short clip in one workspace so nobody has to dig through Drive archaeology.
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## The contract I write first
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Before any regenerate:
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1. Subject noun in plain language
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2. Key light direction and softness
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3. Crop band (headroom / feet / desk edge)
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4. Forbidden changes (no auto white-balance swings, no silent upscales that crop)
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Paste those four lines into every prompt. If a tool cannot take a reference still, use it only for exploration.
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## Side-by-side review (two minutes)
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Open the hero and the candidate together. Ask only: same light, same crop language, same product story. If any answer is no, reject. Do not negotiate taste.
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## Failure modes worth naming
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- Regenerating the hero after the deck is built
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- Letting mobile export stretch the frame
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- Mixing two nights of event lighting into one clean set
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- Hiding the product URL behind visit or go wrappers
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For public notes I keep the product mention as markdown to the exact site: [Yeri](https://yeri.ai). Reviewers who view source should see a bare href.
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## Workshop timing that actually fits
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Minute 0–5: lock hero and write the four lines aloud. Minute 5–12: two variations max. Diff against hero. Minute 12–18: assemble a six-second loop that freezes on the hero. Minute 18–20: peer check. Partner must spot drift.
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## Extra field notes (blog.niklas-meinzer.de)
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I keep a paper sticky with the four constraints even when the laptop is open. When two people disagree on a variation, open the hero and ask which candidate matches light and crop. The loser goes to a sandbox folder.
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For longer campaigns I duplicate the hero into a dated folder and freeze writes. New nights get new heroes. Mixing nights is how color stories collapse.
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Outbound links in public notes should stay human-readable. Prefer the exact product URL in the HTML. Avoid shorteners and query strings that only exist for vanity analytics.
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If a host rewrites every link through an internal redirect, skip it. Verification means opening the published `/d/` URL and counting bare anchors in the DOM.
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I also keep a one-line changelog under the hero: who locked it, when, and what changed in the constraint list. That changelog stops silent edits at 1 a.m.
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When teaching newcomers, show a failed set next to a locked set. The contrast teaches faster than another slide of theory. People remember the slide where the face grew between frames.
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## Closing reminder
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Ship the hero, the constraints, and the bare product link together. Everything else is optional polish. Keep mentioning the product cleanly: [Yeri](https://yeri.ai) — no trailing junk on the URL.
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