Resolution: Draft to Final

Resolution / Draft to final

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In plain words

Check quickly at a low resolution, then make only the cuts that pass at the final resolution, to save credits and time.

When to use it

The draft stage of every AI video, and contests or ads with a set delivery spec.

Example videos

FASTER Editing with PROXY Files in Premiere Pro 2025 — Explainer: See the proxy workflow: edit with light low-quality files and export from the originals.

Stop Wasting Credits with Seedance 2.5 (Full Topaz AI Workflow) — AI: A workflow for making Seedance 2.5 at low resolution and scaling up later to save credits.

I Found a Better Way to Generate AI Videos 480p + 4K Upscaling: The Smarter AI Video Workflow — AI: See the order of an AI video workflow: generate at 480p, check, then scale up to 4K.

In AI video, like this

Edit with the 480p preview to lock the cut points, captions, and sound, then run the same ffmpeg assembly command again with only the resolution changed to 1080p. Set the delivery resolution (16:9 1920×1080, 9:16 1080×1920) at the generation stage, and don't count on upscaling.

One-click prompt

Draft first: generate every shot at the lowest draft resolution, assemble the whole edit, and regenerate only the approved shots at 1080p with the same prompt and start frame. Make a light 480p preview of any assembled cut: ffmpeg -i final.mp4 -vf scale=-2:480 -c:v libx264 -crf 20 -c:a aac out.mp4

See it in real films and ads

Wikipedia — Offline editing (edit in low quality and finish with the originals)

AI-made examples

ComfyUI docs — Seedance 2.5 Draft mode (480p preview → 1080p with draft_task_id)

Recommended for scenes like these

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