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Three-step how-to video
This prompt describes a vertical how-to video that shows a task in three steps, each with a close-up of hands doing the action.
A clean vertical how-to video showing "[TASK]" in three steps: step 1 close-up of hands doing [ACTION 1], step 2 [ACTION 2], step 3 the finished result revealed with a satisfying pause. Bright overhead light, tidy [SURFACE], numbered feel with smooth cuts, calm pace.
Use each step as a separate clip and add captions in the edit.
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A clean vertical how-to in three parts: close-up hands doing step one, then step two, then the finished result with a satisfying pause, under bright overhead light on a tidy surface.
Three steps is short enough to watch and remember, so the prompt breaks the task into hands-only actions and a reveal. Overhead light and a tidy surface keep each action easy to see. The satisfying pause at the end gives viewers a moment to take in the result, and splitting the steps into clips gives you control in the edit.
All three steps blur into one clip.
Fix: As the tip says, generate each step as its own clip and join them, adding a number or caption in your edit.
- The hands do something different from your real method. Describe each action precisely, such as “folding the paper in half corner to corner”, not just “folding”.
- The final reveal is too quick. Ask for the finished result held still for the last two seconds.
Ask for the first shot to show the messy “before” and the last shot the clean result, with the three steps in between.
hands doing exactly one action, the finished result held still for the last two seconds, bright overhead light and a clear surface
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