Fast Hours.
Fast Hours is a weekly generative AI podcast where Drew Brucker and Rory Flynn dig into the craft, taste, and business of making creative work with AI.
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Now playing
14.1K VIEWS · 5 DAYS AGO · PODCAST · FAST HOURS
Opus 5.5 Is Cracked! AI Videos You Can Actually Edit
Opus 5.5 made editable AI video practical: build motion graphics in code, then revise shots, text, and variations without starting over.
A cocktail graphic from Rory’s T-shirt became an animation system. Then came four more drinks, a Pokémon battle, podcast promos, and a client-style video. Drew and Rory sound like two people who’ve spent years hearing “one tiny change” and knowing exactly how much work that used to mean.
Claude Opus 5.5 turns one cocktail image into a JavaScript or HTML animation system and produces four more recipe videos. Three.js lets Rory block a Pokémon battle and change camera angles for complex scenes. Riverside supplies context for Fast Hours promos. Drew tests a client-style video using a website and company context file.
#Opus55 #AIVideo #MotionGraphics #claudeai
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⏱️ Fast Hour
What are Drew and Rory making this week?
Why is AI adding work for project managers?
Why most companies are stuck at basic AI
What is production debt, and why AI took off
Is the $200 AI plan a different product?
What changed with Claude Opus 5.5
How one T-shirt image became a motion graphic
Why code-rendered video is infinitely editable
How to turn one render into an animation pipeline
Can Opus 5.5 render a 3D Pokémon battle?
How can Three.js block a complex shot?
How did AI make a Fast Hours promo?
Do you need brand guidelines for this?
Can AI pick a stronger clip hook?
Cutting a promo with no instructions
Why creatives aren't siloed anymore
Watching a sponsor promo render live
What one Opus 5.5 prompt gets you for a B2B SaaS video
The exact prompt behind the one-shot video
Claude Code vs Cowork for motion builds
How do editing and motion graphics combine?
How did Drew turn his kids' handwriting into a font?
Stop sending AI output without the context
How to share a skill that runs anywhere
Why trading transcripts beats trading drafts
Can you share a Claude project?
How to get email discounts, then unsubscribe
Where does the episode close?
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Your hosts
FAST HOURS · SHOW CARD
- ON AIR SINCE
- 2024
- EPISODES
- 85
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- One a week
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- Midjourney Fast Hours
- FAVORITE TOPICS
- AI tools, AI workflows, model drops, 90s nostalgia
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On the record
EP 67 · 2026-04-26
“Hands down the best AI Podcast. Drew and Rory have changed the game with this one. It's my favorite place to learn about my go-to generative AI tool.”
EP 66 · 2026-04-19
“Epic episode. It solved more than one existential problem I had this week. Keep up the amazing work and episodes.”
EP 65 · 2026-04-12
“Awesome, guys. I remember when you had 1,000 subscribers. Huge congratulations. You totally deserve it.”
EP 64 · 2026-04-05
“Best podcast out. Never miss an episode. Can't wait to watch the one that just dropped.”
EP 79 · 2026-08-23
“Literally the greatest podcast in this space! Been watching for some months now… it’s so good every episode. You guys don’t miss. Even the little chats in-between the bigger topics are solid. Keep ’em coming!”
EP 40 · 2025-05-09
“A 61 year old man here with two dogs and I love you guys. The main reason I come to YouTube is to see if you posted. While my art isn’t as photo centric as yous I still learn something”
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The listings
September 2026
SUN 27 CH 84 Opus 5.5 Is Cracked! AI Videos You Can Actually Edit SUN 20 CH 83 20 Year Creative Vet Sold Golden Wolf to Doodles, Then Went All-In on AI (Ingi Erlingsson) SUN 13 CH 82 What Can OpenAI’s Astra and GPT Image 2.5 Actually Do? SUN 6 CH 81 How We Use AI to Run Our Businesses With Skills, Agents & MCPsAugust 2026
SUN 30 CH 80 A 24 Year Old AI Creative Director Gives Away Her Playbook (Jamey Gannon) SUN 23 CH 79 AI Workflows Brands Actually Pay Five Figures For (Figma Weave) FRI 14 CH 78 He Built an 8 Figure AI Business in One Year (Rourke Sefton-Minns) SUN 9 CH 77 How to Build an AI Universe That Compounds (BLVCKL!GHT) SUN 2 CH 76 How to Build AI Workflows That Never Start From ZeroJuly 2026
SUN 26 CH 75 How to Make AI Images That Don’t Scream “I Used AI” (Finn McKenty) SUN 19 CH 74 How AI Is Making Human Creativity More Valuable SUN 12 CH 73 She Cracked AI Advertising Before Brands Were Ready (Salma Aboukar) SAT 4 CH 72 Taste Isn't the AI Moat You Think It IsJune 2026
MON 22 CH 71 Midjourney's Wildest Move Yet: Full Body Medical Scans. SUN 7 CH 70 The Weird AI Video Formula Getting Millions of Views (jboogxcreative)May 2026
SUN 24 CH 69 Google Dropped Too Many AI Tools. Which Ones Matter? SUN 17 CH 68 The Prompt Is Dead, Long Live the Reference + The Monet TrapApril 2026
SUN 26 CH 67 GPT Image 2 Is Good. But Is It Nano Good? SUN 19 CH 66 Midjourney V8.1 Review & Reactions + Wen Edit Model? SUN 5 CH 66 Claude Knows Kung Fu. Midjourney's Still in the Dojo with v8.1? (Ep. 65—Drew Brucker & Rory Flynn)February 2026
THU 19 CH 63 Midjourney V8 Countdown + Kling 3.0, Seedance 2.0 and Higgsfield Fallout SUN 1 CH 62 Midjourney v8 Is Late, the Skill Gap Is Growing, and AI Agents UnionizedJanuary 2026
SAT 10 CH 62 Live Visual AI AMA: You Asked. And We Went There (Ep. 61—Drew Brucker & Rory Flynn) THU 1 CH 61 Fast Hours 2025 Wrapped: Tools, Shifts, and Wake Up Calls (Ep. 60—Drew Brucker & Rory Flynn)December 2025
SUN 21 CH 60 Midjourney v8 Countdown + Nano Banana Pro vs ChatGPT Image 1.5 (Ep.59—Drew Brucker & Rory Flynn) WED 3 CH 58 Midjourney Edit Models + Nano Banana Pro: Eating Lunches in the Upside DownNovember 2025
SAT 22 CH 57 Two Midjourney Drops in 48 Hours + Nano Banana Pro Pulls Up with a Nuke SUN 16 CH 56 Go Flux Yourself: Midjourney Still Runs the Realism Game SUN 9 CH 55 Nodes Are Eating the Creative World And You’re Already Late SUN 2 CH 54 Midjourney’s Quietly Evolving + One Personalization Hack You (Probably) Didn't KnowOctober 2025
SUN 26 CH 53 Cracking Midjourney’s Style Explorer + Freepik’s Rise + Higgsfield Prompt Hack SUN 19 CH 52 Midjourney’s Next Chapter: V8, Style Tools, and The 99.99% Problem MON 6 CH 51 Sora 2, Veo 3 & The AI Video Gold RushSeptember 2025
SUN 7 CH 50 Unpacking Midjourney's Style Explorer + Slipping Deeper Into Nano Banana 🍌August 2025
SUN 31 CH 50 Midjourney Token Bashing, Nano Banana, and Weavy with Marco Isle SAT 16 CH 49 Midjourney Video Update: HD for All & Batch Size Changes + Our Style Explorer Wishlist SUN 3 CH 48 Midjourney TV (MJTV) + Personalized Explore PagesJuly 2025
FRI 25 CH 47 Using Midjourney Video Loops & End Frames: Live Teardown SUN 6 CH 46 Midjourney Video Breakdown Part 2June 2025
FRI 20 CH 45 Midjourney Video is Here! Nerds React + New --SRef System Chop-Up SUN 15 CH 44 Midjourney Lawsuit, Video Leaks, and New --SRef System MON 9 CH 43 Can Midjourney Actually Compete in Video? +Sref & Monetization Talk SUN 1 CH 42 Midjourney Deep Hours: Existential Dread But Make It FunnyMay 2025
MON 26 CH 41 Veo 3 Makes Yesterday's Best Look Like a Beta Test +Runway & Midjourney Check-In FRI 9 CH 40 Midjourney Omni-Reference and --exp: Showing You How They Actually WorkApril 2025
TUE 22 CH 39 Midjourney v7: Secret Playground of Chaos & Weird + Overhauled Editor SUN 13 CH 38 Midjourney V7 Showed Up in Crocs and Cooked SAT 5 CH 37 Midjourney V7 is (Finally) Here! Draft Mode, Hot Takes, And A Mild Identity CrisisMarch 2025
MON 31 CH 36 ChatGPT Image Gen Just Went Nuclear! + A (Final) Midjourney V7 Preview MON 17 CH 35 Letting AI Cook & The Final Countdown for v7 Feat. Allar Haltsonen SUN 9 CH 34 Midjourney After Dark—Organized Chaos & Wabi-Sabi (with Drew Brucker & Rory Flynn) FRI 7 CH 33 Midjourney Questions AnsweredFebruary 2025
SUN 16 CH 32 Midjourney: New Tricks, Wild Updates, and Deep Cuts SUN 9 CH 31 Midjourney Moodboards The Deeper You Go, the Crazier It Gets SUN 2 CH 30 Midjourney: New Describe Feature, Mood Boards & The FutureJanuary 2025
SUN 26 CH 29 Midjourney Mood Boards: (Literally) Everything You Need to Know SUN 19 CH 28 Midjourney From Dall E 2 creative freedom Julie Wieland SUN 12 CH 27 To Midjourney v7 and Beyond: Personalization, Moodboards, Roadmap & More SUN 5 CH 26 Micro-Decisions in Midjourney: Small Choices, Big Impact (with Drew Brucker & Rory Flynn)December 2024
SUN 29 CH 25 Midjourney Moodboards, Mayhem, and Magic SUN 22 CH 24 Early Sora Tester Shares Everything SUN 15 CH 23 130k YouTuber Spills Tea on Current State of Gen AI Tools SAT 7 CH 22 Is Midjourney in Trouble? Updates, Discussions, and AMA SUN 1 CH 21 What Midjourney Taught Us (And Can Teach You) About Social Media SuccessNovember 2024
SUN 24 CH 20 Legendary Midjourney Tokens You're (Probably) Not Using (Part 2) SUN 17 CH 19 Actionable ChatGPT Tips to Make Midjourney Even Better SUN 10 CH 18 Cracking Midjourney's New Editor Features (Retexture & External Editor) SUN 3 CH 17 Midjourney at Scale The Superside Blueprint for Teams w/ Phil Maggs (Superside)October 2024
SUN 27 CH 16 Legendary Midjourney Tokens You're (Probably) Not Using (Part 1) SAT 19 CH 15 Midjourney: The Ultimate Creative Multiplier w/ Billy Boman FRI 18 CH 14 Gen AI for Creators | Pulse Check: Midjourney, Runway, Minimax, Krea, Flux & More SUN 13 CH 13 Midjourney After Dark: AI Video Wars, Style Code Exploration, Artistic Attributes +, MoreSeptember 2024
SUN 29 CH 12 Midjourney Mysteries Unveiled: Your Questions, Our Answers (Part 2) SUN 22 CH 11 The Next Gen (AI) Toolkit for Creatives feat. Chris Branch SAT 14 CH 10 Midjourney AMA: Answering Your Most Burning Questions (Part 1) SUN 1 CH 9 Midjourney After Dark: Video, Personalization, Editor, v7, Depth Control, Personality Survey + MoreAugust 2024
SUN 25 CH 8 Midjourney Style Reference (--sref): Everything You Need To Know (Literally) SUN 18 CH 7 Midjourney Parameters: The Forgotten Cheat Codes (& Best Ways To Use Them) SUN 11 CH 6 5 AI Tools To Mix With Midjourney for Intoxicating Results SUN 4 CH 5 Midjourney v6.1 Just Broke RealityNothing on the dial for that. Try “Claude” or “Midjourney”.
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Comments · 21
SORTED · TOP@ValerioTreviso · 5 DAYS AGO
Guys, I don't know if you have any idea of the value you're providing with this content! I watch dozens of hours of YouTube videos on these topics, but the quality I find on this channel is absolutely unique.
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@NumonicLabs · 5 DAYS AGO
On the PM question around 8:00. We hit the same thing running our own team with agents, and what fixed it was treating prompts and pipelines as shared team assets instead of personal tricks. Once the best workflows live in one place and every output keeps a record of how it was made, you can see per job how many attempts went into each approved piece.
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@BaronArtsProd · 5 DAYS AGO
You're having such an interesting conversation here. What I've been learning is that MOST people are still in the can I prompt this phase. I think I'm quite advance having worked with the tools for so long but even I'm not as advanced as you two. There is a gap and as we move further and further training is going to be quite difficult.
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@Sydhavsportalen · TODAY
Always good to see you guys
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@ChrisElmbank-f3r · 5 DAYS AGO
A lot of cool ideas in here. Thanks for sharing!
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@OrganizedGrind · 5 DAYS AGO
TBAB! Best part of waking up on Sunday if you ask me...
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