Give the Hands a Job
The hands hold the box, or the frame crops them out. Idle fingers at the edge of a product still tend to look wrong.
Give the hands a job: they hold the box, or you crop them out. At Hearth Bakery an ordinary adult can hold the biscuit tin with both hands so the fingers have a task. If the fingers look wrong, crop above the wrists and let the tin sit on the wood with one shadow. Do not leave a spare hand resting in the corner with nothing to do. One product, blank label, no invented logo. The offer is spoken. The shop name goes in the caption. The tin remains the hero even when the hands are in frame. Hands either hold the tin or leave the frame. Let one ordinary adult support the biscuit tin so the blank label stays visible, judge the fingers, and if the grip fails crop above the wrists so the tin sits on the wood with one shadow. The first three seconds show the tin, held or cropped, while the voice says the tins stay on the counter until four. A spare hand at the edge, or extra digits, is rejected before posting. One product, fifteen to forty-five seconds. If a face remains in the crop, the caption says it is AI.
Holding is the job
Both hands can support the tin from the sides or from underneath, with the blank label still visible. Hearth Bakery's holder is one ordinary adult, not a crowd. Fingers should read as a grip, not as a fan of extra digits. If the grip fails, do not hide it behind glitter. Crop the hands and keep the tin. A real grip supports the tin from the sides or from underneath, with one adult in the shot. Crop when the fingers fail. The first three seconds show the blank label in that grip while the voice says the tins stay out until four. A fan of extra digits, or glitter used to hide a bad hand, is the still you throw out.
Cropping is the other job
A clean crop shows the tin, the wood, and one contact shadow, with no fingertips sneaking in at the edge. A half hand at the border is worse than no hand. The first three seconds can be this cropped tin, before any hello. The spoken offer still says the tins stay on the counter until four. The clean crop is tin, wood, and one contact shadow, with the border checked for fingertips. The opening three seconds show that cropped tin while the line says the tins stay on the counter until four. A half hand at the edge, or a hello before the product, is refused.
The pack stays unmarked
Hands must not be covering a logo you then invent elsewhere. The label stays blank whether it is held or sitting. Type Hearth Bakery in the caption. One product only. A realistic person, if their face remains in the crop, is labeled as AI. If the face is out of frame, you are posting the product, and the picture still does not invent a mark. Blank label whether the tin is held or sitting. Hearth Bakery goes in the caption. A face that remains in frame is labeled as AI. The first three seconds show the unmarked tin while the voice says the tins stay out until four. A logo invented beside the hands, or a second product, is rejected before posting.
A worked example
Hearth Bakery tries one still of an adult holding the biscuit tin, label blank and visible. The fingers fail, so the approved frame crops the hands out and leaves the tin on the wood with one shadow. The spoken line says the tins stay out until four. The caption names Hearth Bakery. No idle hand remains at the edge. Try the hold, check the fingers, crop when the grip fails, then say the line. The first three seconds show the tin on the wood with one shadow while the voice says the tins stay out until four. An idle hand at the edge is thrown out. The caption names Hearth Bakery.
Before you post
- Hands hold the tin or are cropped out.
- No spare hand sits at the edge.
- The label is blank.
Where Scro fits
Scro keeps the promo to one product, the tin, with a blank label and no invented logo. The offer is spoken. The shop name goes in the caption. Export the held or cropped frame at 9:16. Approve either a true grip or a clean crop, keep one product, and export after the border is empty of spare fingers. The first three seconds show the tin while the offer says the tins stay out until four. A spare hand or a logo is rejected before posting. A visible realistic face is labeled as AI.
Give the hands a job. Finished samples are on the examples page.
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