draft-then-enhance-workflowlisted

# Draft, Then Enhance The most expensive habit in APImage video is iterating at full quality. It's also the default, because `generate_video` with a production model is the obvious first call. flux 3 video draft plus `enhance_video_draft` exists specifically to break that habit, and using it properly changes the cost of a video project by a large multiple. ## The economics Getting a video right takes somewhere between five and fifteen generations. Prompt wording, motion, composition, framing, pacing — each needs a look. ``` Full-quality iteration: 12 renders × full cost = 12 units Draft then enhance: 12 drafts + 1 enhance ≈ 2-3 units ``` The exact ratio depends on resolution and duration, but the shape holds: **you are paying for judgement calls, and judgement calls do not need 1080p.** ## The loop ``` 1. Draft flux-3-video-draft, shortest useful duration, hd 2. Judge motion? composition? framing? pacing? 3. Adjust one variable, same seed 4. Repeat until the clip is right 5. Enhance enhance_video_draft on the winning job ``` Step 3 is where most of the value is. Change one thing per iteration and keep the seed fixed, or you can't attribute the improvement. See `seed-locked-iteration`. ## What drafts are good enough to judge Drafts are lower fidelity, so be clear about what you can and cannot assess from one. | Judge from a draft | Wait for the enhance | |---|---| | Camera motion and path | Fine texture and ma