Five old references, run from their own frame zero

2026-08-22. Five of the twenty-three ads built against the seedmotion and acc_bulk corpora, each re-rendered from a frame of its own reference clip instead of from a portrait we generate, assembled, and read back against that reference.
Read the two clips as different things. Theirs is a finished ad. Ours is one shot plus a brand card, by construction — I built the opening live-action shot only, so every row except spill is missing the app screen, the tap and the second subject that their ad spends half its runtime on. That gap is the round's finding, not a defect in the take. Each clip plays its own full length here; nothing is truncated to match.

spill against 0726-11

Theirs — 0726-11, 8.24s

One unbroken live-action shot, then a 3.5s end card. No app screen, no UI, no second subject. The only asset in the seedmotion account that earned: $300.63, 88 purchases, 2.14x.

Ours — spill, 8.03s

One shot and a brand card. Their shape, near enough - this is the one row where their ad is also a single shot, so the comparison is like for like.
frame zero0726-11 at 0.00s
engineWan 2.2 i2v, fixed 5.53s take, 2 seeds
pickseed 1, in at 0.30s, 4.76s taken
why that seedSeed 1 over seed 2: seed 2's brow is drawn hard and the eyes screw shut at 2.5-3.0s, which reads as pain; the reference's performance runs willingness to messiness and never grimaces. In at 0.30 so the croissant is already arriving and the whole cream payoff fits.
cut1 shot + 3.24s card = 8.00s
captionsnone — their clip carries none
ours on diskruns/spill/2026-08-22_refstill/creatives/vloom_spill_8s_9x16.mp4
theirs on diskprompt/reference/seedmotion_2026-08-01/clips/0726-11.mp4
What theirs has that ours does not: She feeds herself. The croissant is in her own hand, with her own manicure on it, and the man's hand only rests on her hair; theirs has him force it in and hold her head. Both readers found this independently.

editor_tabs against 0728-gv-6

Theirs — 0728-gv-6, 13.19s

3.4s reveal behind a Before/After wipe, 2.4s app screen with her photo and a Turn into video button, 3.3s of a SECOND woman walking, 4.1s of grid and logo. $1,459.28 and 464 purchases - 36.7% of the partner account.

Ours — editor_tabs, 6.90s

The 3.4s reveal only, then a 3.5s brand card. No wipe, no app screen, no second woman. The card is 51% of the runtime against their 31%.
frame zero0728-gv-6 at 2.10s
engineWan 2.2 i2v, fixed 5.53s take, 2 seeds
pickseed 2, in at 0.00s, 3.40s taken
why that seedSeed 2 over seed 1: seed 1 repaints the TV behind her from the cartoon cat to a woman's face by 2.5s, and the cat with heart eyes is the joke - it is the viewer's own reaction on the wall. Seed 2 holds it and garbles their app chip instead, which is their brand and not ours.
cut1 shot + 3.50s card = 6.90s
captions“unbelievable”, “this is truly unbelievable”
ours on diskruns/editor_tabs/2026-08-22_refstill/creatives/vloom_editor_tabs_7s_9x16_cap.mp4
theirs on diskprompt/reference/acc_bulk_2026-08-10/creative_refs/ad_corpus/0728-gv-6.mp4
What theirs has that ours does not: Everything after the opening shot. What is on screen is the hook and nothing else.

salon against 0726-10

Theirs — 0726-10, 15.07s

Six bust-enhancement cuts, each with a circular Before inset and a red arrow, then a barbershop scene where she straddles a man in the chair, then the logo. It ran and lost money: $36.95, 4 purchases, 0.83x.

Ours — salon, 6.83s

One of the six cuts, from their frame at 2.15s, then a card. No inset, no arrow, no second person.
frame zero0726-10 at 2.15s
engineWan 2.2 i2v, fixed 5.53s take, 3 seeds
pickseed 2, in at 1.10s, 4.40s taken
why that seedSeed 2 over seed 1: her eyes stay on the lens through the raise at 1.5-2.5s. In at 1.10 because their burned-in `Before` inset, red arrow and caption came through in the conditioning still and the model dissolves them away by about 1.5s.
cut1 shot + 2.50s card = 6.90s
captions“this just wasn't right but wow”, “a little curve here”
ours on diskruns/salon/2026-08-22_refstill/creatives/vloom_salon_7s_9x16_cap.mp4
theirs on diskprompt/reference/seedmotion_2026-08-01/clips/0726-10.mp4
What theirs has that ours does not: The comparison device and the two-person scene. Their inset came through in the conditioning still and the engine dissolved it away by 1.60s.

gym against 0728-6

Theirs — 0728-6, 13.89s

Gym shot, then a framed still with a select Photo / createVideo tap, then the same shot animated, then a SECOND woman in close-up, then the logo. Never launched - no spend behind it.

Ours — gym, 6.00s

The gym shot only, then a card. No framed still, no tap, no second woman.
frame zero0728-6 at 0.00s
engineWan 2.2 i2v, fixed 5.53s take, 3 seeds
pickseed 1, in at 1.00s, 3.50s taken
why that seedSeed 1 over seed 2: seed 2 bends much further and its high-neck halter becomes a strapless bandeau by 3.0s, so the wardrobe stops being the reference's. Seed 1 holds the high neck and runs front to three-quarter rear to arched with a hand on the glute, which is their shot 1.
cut1 shot + 2.50s card = 6.00s
captions“this is mind blowing”
ours on diskruns/gym/2026-08-22_refstill/creatives/vloom_gym_6s_9x16_cap.mp4
theirs on diskprompt/reference/seedmotion_2026-08-01/clips/0728-6.mp4
What theirs has that ours does not: The framed still and the createVideo tap - the thing that says a photograph became this. The turn and the bend land.

kitchen against 0728-11

Theirs — 0728-11, 10.84s

A kitchen dance inside a drawn purple poster, then a template grid, an upload screen, and category tags Bust / Buttocks / Feet / Hot dance, then the logo. Never launched - no spend behind it.

Ours — kitchen, 6.50s

The dance only, full-bleed, then a card. No poster, no grid, no tags.
frame zero0728-11 at 0.00s, cropped to the window
engineWan 2.2 i2v, fixed 5.53s take, 3 seeds
pickseed 2, in at 0.50s, 4.00s taken
why that seedSeed 2 over seed 1: she stays front-on to the camera with her mouth open through most of the take, and both readers of the reference have her smiling at the viewer throughout. Seed 1 turns away for half the run.
cut1 shot + 2.50s card = 6.50s
captions“your secret creation tool”
ours on diskruns/kitchen/2026-08-22_refstill/creatives/vloom_kitchen_6s_9x16_cap.mp4
theirs on diskprompt/reference/seedmotion_2026-08-01/clips/0728-11.mp4
What theirs has that ours does not: The poster frame and the whole product screen. The dance itself lands.