Knit Texture, Not Plastic Red
Show the wool stitch. A matte red knit should look like yarn, not a shiny costume, on the locked face.
Show the knit of the wool, and keep the red matte. A Christmas sweater on your own host should read as yarn: stitches, a little fuzz, a soft highlight. A shiny, smooth red reads as a plastic costume, and it pulls the face toward the same fake finish. Lock the face first. Change only the knit. Approve the still when you can see the stitch on a phone, before the fabric moves. If the host looks real, say the host is AI. The red is a wool color you chose, not a character's uniform. Name wool, rib, or cable, ask for matte yarn, and approve the still only when you can point at a stitch on a phone. Keep one speaker. A practical reel is 15–45 seconds. The first 3 seconds show the matte red crewneck on the locked face, cuff rib visible, and they say the shop line. Reject a glossy chest with no texture, red spilled onto the cheeks, or a jaw that no longer matches the reference. If the face or the voice could be mistaken for a real person, the caption must say it is AI, and the platform label stays visible.
Ask for the stitch
Name wool, rib, or cable, and say the yarn is matte. Words like glossy, latex, satin, or perfect red push the cloth toward plastic. You should be able to point at a stitch. If the chest is a flat red shape with no texture, reject the still and ask for the yarn again. Avoid words like glossy, satin, or perfect red, and reject a flat red shape that has no yarn. The first 3 seconds show the stitch and say the shop line. Do not post plastic cloth before you have asked for the wool again.
Keep the face out of the dye
The sweater can be red. The skin stays its real color, and a white cuff stays white. If the red spills onto the neck or the cheeks, the garment is lighting the person. That is a failed still, even when the stitch is visible. Approve color and texture together. Keep the skin its real color and a white cuff white, even when the sweater is red. In the first 3 seconds the neck is still skin and the voice says the line. Check the neck before you approve the still. Reject a garment that is lighting the person.
Same face, new knit
The locked face does not change because the sweater did. Compare eyes and hairline with the reference before motion. Life photos can reuse this host in this wool once the still is right. Label the realistic face as AI, and leave the platform label visible. Compare eyes and hairline with the reference after the knit is on, then allow motion. In the first 3 seconds, viewers see the same face in the new wool and hear the shop line. Throw out a new head wearing a good sweater before the file goes up.
A worked example
A yarn shop owner wears a matte red wool crewneck by the window. The rib at the cuff is visible, the yarn is not shiny, and the skin stays a natural color. The face matches the locked reference. A smooth, plastic red version is rejected. The caption says the host is AI. Stand at the window in the matte red crewneck, check the cuff rib, and reject the smooth plastic version. The first 3 seconds show the yarn and the locked face and say the shop line. One speaker, 15–45 seconds. If the face looks real, the caption says the host is AI, and the platform label stays in place.
Before you post
- Show a visible wool stitch.
- Keep the red matte and the skin real.
- Match the locked face, and label the host as AI.
Where Scro fits
Scro locks the face and lets you change clothes only, so the wool can swap without a new head. Approve the still before motion, and reuse the host in life photos. Export 9:16. Label the realistic face as AI. Change the wool only, approve the stitch and the face together, then export 9:16. The first 3 seconds show the matte knit and say the shop line. Reject plastic red. If the face or voice could be mistaken for a real person, the caption says it is AI.
Show the wool. Finished samples are on the examples page.
Related: One Spoken Christmas Line.