Stages AI

Dustin Hollywood reports removing music while preserving dialogue and effects, with a Stages AI tool planned. QualitativAi describes a local ComfyUI method using Meta’s SAM Audio.

Dustin Hollywood says Stages AI Pro v5 is signed off for release next week. Previews show shared-context agent teams, creator storefronts and three node-based tools.

Dustin Hollywood says Stages AI's CUE agent edited his images and mastered song into a video, including vocal stem separation and effects. The desktop app is not yet released.

Dustin Hollywood showed CUE controlling Blender before rendering a scene through Seedance. In a separate Blender task, he reports saving the first render of a 30-second animation in 3:54.

Dustin Hollywood says Stages AI will offer 100 agents, with three agent-controlled editors running at once and coordination across desktop apps. He has set October 22 for the unveiling.

Dustin Hollywood says Stages AI can repair continuity automatically and run 40 generation jobs at once. He previews desktop-app orchestration within two weeks.

Dustin Hollywood reports 756 shots, a 122-minute runtime and $2,100 in image and video generation costs for The Beginning. He describes an agent-run Stages AI production system.

Stages previews a desktop app with a built-in browser, synced cloud tools and creative workflows. The app runs locally, but its creator says generation remains cloud-based.

Stages says V5 gives VIDX and SIGNAL shared editor intelligence, durable command history, deterministic CUE actions, and safe replay. Stages Connect can control TouchDesigner, Blender, After Effects, and Unity through MCP.

Stages AI demoed VIDX color grading with AI, traditional editing, adjustment layers, and Aleph 2 usage through Stages credits instead of direct Runway accounts. Dustin Hollywood also teased STAGES PRO v5 creator workflows and presets.

Stages AI says the StudioX build connects HDMI cameras, wireless iPhones, and webcams for live switching, isolated V2V feeds, and real-time AI generation. The company says it is production-ready for STAGES PRO v5 this fall.

Dustin Hollywood says Stages AI V5 will stream iPhone or Fuji footage into real-time generators for V2V production. The preview includes mocap, depth-map rigging, Gaussian splats, and AR/VR worldbuilding.

Dustin Hollywood posted Stages AI CUE text-to-video tests where assisted prompting reshaped creator directions before generation. He tied the demos to continuity checks, reusable casting tools, and long-context prompting.

Dustin Hollywood showed Stages AI workflows that reuse character sheets across GraphX, image/video generation, posters, and editors. Later posts previewed GraphX containers plus CUE motion, LUT, action, and batch-generation systems.

Stages Pro added Replace All, a shot-recasting tool that swaps characters, cast, objects, or locations while preserving framing, lighting, shadows, grade, and composition. Try it for recasting shots, and watch related EDITX tutorials and character-consistency workflows.

STAGES AI previewed CUE demos that turn rough sketches into prompted character generations, add search, and answer taste-driven creative questions from memory. Watch for preproduction testing, though access was still framed as upcoming.

STAGES promoted a one-month Resolve offer tied to its Pro Creative AI-OS signup flow. Dustin Hollywood said many free generations are funded by cloud or model-credit partnerships, so watch the promo terms and usage limits.

Stages AI launched Portfolio, a hosted page builder that turns account assets into public creator sites and lets users customize sections instead of using templates. The feature is free across all tiers, extending the platform from asset creation into client-facing distribution.

Stages AI previewed Audio Studio and said v1.01 is under checks while v1.02 is slated to add stem separation, alongside voice-design and mobile demos. The rollout points to an in-platform audio workflow for editing, narration, and music tasks that usually live in separate tools.

Stages AI posts described a server-side runtime that keeps working off-tab, then added CUE continuity, Signal editor previews, drop zones, and provenance inside CASTING. The update matters because Stages is positioning itself as an orchestration layer for characters, prompts, and postproduction rather than a simple chat interface.

Stages AI introduced a CASTING workflow that saves editable character looks and reuses them across CUE, image, and reference-to-video generation, including multi-character setups. Character references now persist as app assets instead of needing per-shot uploads.

Stages AI previewed CUE Direct as a cross-surface video agent and shared a 63/70 internal eval, alongside AGENTIX and chat-based storyboarding inside the same studio. The posts suggest one layer for node design, prompting, and multi-tool video control, so creators should watch how the workflow lands.

Dustin Hollywood previewed AGENTIX inside Stages AI as an agent-driven node and automation system, alongside an effects engine, CUE prompt adaptation, and reusable presets. If the rollout matches the demo, it could offer Comfy-like control for large multi-shot productions, but it is still preview footage.

Stages AI posts show Pro users can turn a script into a 96-shot storyboard in about 10 minutes and send shots into VIDX and a timeline editor in two clicks. The workflow compresses previsualization and assembly into one pipeline, but the throughput claims come from creator demos rather than a formal product spec.

Posts around Stages AI revealed INK ROOM as a live tool for turning sketches, handwriting, and doodles into storyboard-ready generative assets, with mobile previews following. Watch it if you want captured drawings and notes to feed a reusable CUE creative agent workflow.

TopviewAI launched Drama Studio as a short-drama tool that bundles screenwriting, directing, casting, dialogue, voice, and editing from one prompt. Stages AI previews suggest the format is moving toward phone-first microdrama production, so creators can test the workflow early.

Stages AI teased one-click storyboarding and said phase one of CUE multimodal vision is complete, with chat-based video analysis and frame retrieval next. The update shifts the tool from shot generation toward planning and analysis in the same workspace.

Dustin Hollywood says Stages AI is rolling out a CUE-centered update with shot tracking, saved transition prompts, and one-click generation of up to 500 shots. Teams can use it to keep characters, motion, and timelines consistent across full sequences.

Stages AI demos show one-shot clips being turned into frames, prompts, storyboards, timelines, and Blender-ready scenes, with 100 camera rigs layered on top. The workflow compresses previsualization and 3D scene setup into one tool chain, though the evidence comes from a single creator and vendor account.

Stages AI posts say creators can now sign up for limited early accounts ahead of its May 1 public opening. The preview also details 11 in-app LoRA training modes, automated quality scoring, and a Photoshop-like editor planned for next month, so watch for pricing and access limits.

Stages AI posts said public access opens May 1 and highlighted Script-to-Prompt, tutorial agents, and the Chaos Baby three-image remix tool. Most detail came from creator demos rather than a full product doc, so the release picture is still partial.

Dustin Hollywood released WAR FOREVER sneak peek #2 and kept building the project into gameplay showcases with Seedance 2 and Stages AI. If you are tracking film-to-interactive workflows, this is another example of one IP feeding trailers, proofs, and marketing assets.

WAR FOREVER released a four-minute D-Day sneak peek, set a June 6 release date, and opened distribution inquiries through NAKID Pictures. Watch it as a benchmark for longer-form AI war scenes where sound and art direction do the heavy lifting.

Dustin Hollywood published War Forever Part One and followed it with a June teaser showing a two-minute beach dogfight from the longer film. Watch it as a reference for pacing, continuity, and shot ambition if you are trying to push AI filmmaking beyond short clips.

Starks ARQ released a Tether music video and said the job took more than 1,000 generations across five pipeline runs, alongside a free breakdown and prompt pack. It is a useful brand case study if you want a realistic benchmark for how much oversampling polished AI video still needs.

Stages AI previewed a patent-pending bridge editing system that links shots by motion, color, subject continuity, and screen direction instead of standard transitions. Watch it if you care about AI-native editing tools, not just generation.

Stages AI updated the VIDX editor with tracking, rotoscope, grading, keyframing, and speed-ramping tools, while users also showed Connect handoffs into OpenClaw and Blender. Use it if you are building an AI-assisted post pipeline instead of relying on one-off generations.

Stages AI refreshed its site and residency funnel and teased an agent-driven Black Mamba variant plus a March 11 beta for selected artists. Watch the beta if you want a unified production layer for image, video, audio, and language workflows.