Storyboard to Cooking Video

Turn a single photo of a person into a polished 15-second cinematic cooking tutorial. The skill first generates a high-end production reference sheet — character look, kitchen environment, and a 9-panel action board — then drives a continuous reference-to-video render that keeps the subject's face, outfit, and kitchen consistent across every frame.

Inputs

Steps

Submit the plan with TWO sequential steps. Step 2 depends on the output of Step 1.

Step 1 — Reference Sheet (Composite Storyboard)

Generate the composite "production reference board" image. This is a single image, NOT a video frame — it bundles character sheet + location reference + 9-panel action board.

Endpoint: gpt-image-v2-edit CLI:

muapi image edit \
  --model gpt-image-v2-edit \
  --image "{{person_image}}" \
  --image-size "3840x2160" \
  --quality auto \
  --background auto \
  --moderation low \
  --output-format png \
  --prompt "Create one single composite reference sheet for a {{duration_seconds}}-second realistic {{dish}}-making tutorial video. The image should be a clean, high-end production reference board, not a poster with heavy text. Format: {{aspect_ratio}} wide reference sheet, elegant white margins, clean grid layout, realistic cinematic photography style. Concept: {{dish}} tutorial in a {{kitchen_style}} kitchen.

Top row: motion / choreography guide with 9 numbered cinematic action panels showing the {{dish}} process step-by-step from raw ingredients to final plated dish.

Middle-left: realistic character reference sheet of the uploaded person — preserve their exact face, hair color, hair texture, eye color, skin tone, and all facial features with 100% accuracy. Show the same person in: face close-up, full-body front view, side/action working pose, and back view. Dress them in {{outfit}}. Keep them grounded, approachable, skilled, and cinematic.

Middle-right / background: location reference sheet of an elegant {{kitchen_style}} kitchen with tactile surfaces, natural daylight from a large window, hanging cookware, herbs, and premium cooking atmosphere appropriate to the cuisine.

Style: realistic, cinematic, warm natural light, shallow depth of field, tactile food photography, premium cooking show aesthetic, rich surface textures.

Bottom strip: simple visual icons only for {{duration_seconds}} seconds, {{aspect_ratio}}, realistic, cinematic, tasty, natural camera. Minimal text, no dense paragraphs. Let the visuals do the heavy lifting."

Wait for completion and capture the output URL as {{reference_sheet_url}}. Show it to the user and confirm the character likeness + kitchen mood before moving to Step 2 — Step 2 is the expensive call.

Step 2 — Cooking Video (Reference-to-Video)

Animate the full sequence using both the original person photo (identity anchor) and the reference sheet (narrative + environment guide) as dual references.

Endpoint: bytedance-seedance-2-0-reference-to-video-fast CLI:

muapi video generate \
  --model bytedance-seedance-2-0-reference-to-video-fast \
  --image "{{person_image}}" \
  --image "{{reference_sheet_url}}" \
  --aspect-ratio "{{aspect_ratio}}" \
  --duration "{{duration_seconds}}" \
  --resolution "{{resolution}}" \
  --generate-audio true \
  --prompt "The person in @Image1 is the subject — preserve their exact face, hair, eye color, skin tone, and all facial features with 100% accuracy throughout the entire video.
Use @Image2 as the visual and narrative guide — follow the cooking steps, kitchen setting, outfit, and atmosphere shown in the reference sheet exactly.
A single continuous cinematic video of the person from @Image1 making {{dish}} in the {{kitchen_style}} kitchen shown in @Image2. They wear {{outfit}} throughout.

VIDEO STRUCTURE
Follow the exact 9-step sequence as shown in @Image2, beat by beat, from raw ingredients through preparation to a final plated close-up.

MOTION STYLE
- Slow, deliberate, satisfying transitions between each step
- Natural hand and body movement with clear culinary intent
- Continuous flow with no jump cuts
- Warm and immersive pacing

CAMERA & CINEMATOGRAPHY
- Close-up shots for hands during mixing, kneading, cutting, plating
- Medium shots showing the person working at the counter
- Pull back slightly for the final plating to reveal the full kitchen
- Shallow depth of field — focus on hands and food, soft background blur
- No abrupt cuts — smooth match cuts and fluid transitions

VISUAL STYLE
- Warm natural daylight from a large kitchen window
- Rich tactile textures matching @Image2's environment
- Full color, warm cinematic color grading

CONSISTENCY RULES
- Same character throughout — face of @Image1 in every frame
- Same outfit across entire video
- Same kitchen environment as shown in @Image2

AUDIO
- Soft kitchen ambience, gentle culinary SFX (chopping, sizzling, pouring), light cinematic underscore
- No dialogue, no narration

OUTPUT STYLE
- Duration: exactly {{duration_seconds}} seconds
- Polished, cinematic, premium cooking show quality
- Ends with a beautiful close-up of the finished plated {{dish}}"

After generation:

• Present the final video URL to the user.
• Offer follow-ups: vertical 9:16 re-render for Reels, a longer 30s extended cut, or swap {{dish}} for a different cuisine using the same person image.

Notes

• Two-image reference is the whole trick. @Image1 locks identity, @Image2 locks choreography + environment. Never drop one — single-reference runs lose either the face or the kitchen.
• The reference sheet at Step 1 must be wide (3840x2160). Smaller resolutions blur the 9 action panels and the video model can't read them.
• bytedance-seedance-2-0-reference-to-video-fast natively generates audio when generate_audio=true. Always include an audio direction in the prompt; otherwise the soundtrack is random.
• Real human faces ARE supported here because the person photo is the user's own subject and we route through the reference-to-video endpoint (not the restricted i2v variants).
• If the user wants a non-cooking sequence (e.g., latte art, plating tutorial, mixology), keep the same two-step structure — only {{dish}} and the 9-step description change.
• For shorter pieces (<= 8s), reduce the action board to 5–6 panels in Step 1; cramming 9 beats into 8s degrades motion quality (single-beat rule).

Trigger Keywords

cooking video, cooking tutorial, pasta video, recipe video, food video, chef video, cooking storyboard, kitchen tutorial, cooking reel, tutorial video from photo, storyboard to video

Notes for the Executing Agent

• This recipe is LLM-orchestrated: read each phase, gather any missing inputs from the user, then call muapi CLI commands. Use muapi auth configure first if MUAPI_API_KEY is unset.
• For model IDs without a CLI alias yet, fall back to the raw endpoint via curl -X POST https://api.muapi.ai/api/v1/<endpoint> -H "x-api-key: $MUAPI_API_KEY" -H 'content-type: application/json' -d '{...}' and poll with muapi predict wait <request_id>.
• Substitute {{input_name}} placeholders with the user's actual inputs before issuing each call.
• Step 1 must complete and return an output image URL before Step 2 fires — pass that URL as the second --image to the video step.