Primers: preparing text for an intake
The primers explain how to choose a file format, how to measure a manuscript in the units vendors use, and what to check in a breakdown before paying for generation. As of 2026-09-25.
Each primer draws its examples from the register, so every claim can be checked against a vendor's own wording.
Where rights come up, the primers quote what vendors wrote and stop there.
1Pages filed here
- Characters, words and pages — Characters, words and pages, with examples from 6 vendors on the intake register, each quoted and dated
- Choosing a file format for upload — Choosing a file format for upload, with examples from 5 vendors on the intake register, each quoted and dated
- Cutting a long book to fit an intake — Cutting a long book to fit an intake, with examples from 6 vendors on the intake register, each quoted and dated
- Importing a script in another language — Importing a script in another language, with examples from 4 vendors on the intake register, each quoted and dated
- Links and URLs as a source — Links and URLs as a source, with examples from 4 vendors on the intake register, each quoted and dated
- Preparing a manuscript for import — Preparing a manuscript for import, with examples from 7 vendors on the intake register, each quoted and dated
- Prose or screenplay layout — Prose or screenplay layout, with examples from 7 vendors on the intake register, each quoted and dated
- Reading a register row — Reading a register row, with examples from 7 vendors on the intake register, each quoted and dated
- Reviewing a breakdown before generation — Reviewing a breakdown before generation, with examples from 7 vendors on the intake register, each quoted and dated
- What a breakdown returns — What a breakdown returns, with examples from 7 vendors on the intake register, each quoted and dated
- When reading the text is billed — When reading the text is billed, with examples from 6 vendors on the intake register, each quoted and dated
2One intake, followed through
After the intake question in “Primers”, SceneMixer describes what it does with the text:
SceneMixer turns a novel into a watchable short-drama series in one pipeline: upload the novel (Chinese or English) → AI extracts characters, scenes, and an episode-by-episode structure → generates consistent character and scene art → writes storyboard scripts → renders video segment by segment (16:9 by default, 9:16 in one setting) → composites full episodes.
SceneMixer, Turn a Novel into a Video Series with AI (read 2026-10-13)
Doubao Seed 2.1 Pro is the family’s full-size tier at 100% of the base text rate, twice the default. Same three jobs — reading, writing, storyboards — with more headroom on long, crowded episodes: it holds the storyboard’s strict format more reliably and keeps track of many characters and locations in one pass.
SceneMixer, Doubao Seed 2.1 Pro (read 2026-10-13)