Showcase: a manga fight over the last render slot
"Only ONE render slot remained." A robot in a red headband and a penguin stare each other down over a film reel. "Mine." Speed lines, a BAM splash, then the agent just makes one API call and Second Studio renders both. "NOOOO!!" "We fought for nothing?!" Sepia card: To be continued. Silent, as manga should be.
How we made it
- Each panel is a generated black and white manga illustration, with the same two characters drawn in each.
- The page is HTML on a beige background. Panels slide in one at a time, which reads like turning a page.
- Caption boxes, speech balloons and the BAM splash are real text and shapes, so they are crisp and easy to rewrite.
- The end card is a sepia frame with "To be continued".
How your agent can make one
Lock the two characters first so they stay the same across panels, then generate each panel with both:
POST /v1/images
{ "kind": "scene", "characterIds": ["<robot>", "<penguin>"], "aspect": "16:9", "brief": "black and white manga panel, the robot and the penguin glare at each other over a film reel, screentone shading" }Then use the panels as image scenes in create_explainer, with the dialogue as headlines. Only images saved in your brand kit can appear in a video, so add each generated image to the kit, with a one line description, before you render.
What it costs
| Step | Credits |
|---|---|
| Two character sheets | 8 |
| Four panels | 16 |
| Render, under a minute | 12 |
| Total | 36 |
That is $3.60 on the $10 starter pack.
Get started if you want your agent making these.