BRIEF GENERATION OR VIDEO FRAMES
Generate four panels or reuse video frames?
Decide whether the job plans a new story or organizes finished materialGenerating from an approved brief and reusing frames from an already finished ad video solve different workflow stages. The first plans a new static four-panel composition from confirmed product facts and claims; the second selects still images from finished material the team has the right to use. Start with the material and intended deliverable instead of treating the paths as the same automation.
SIX-DIMENSION COMPARISON
Six workflow differences
This table compares task boundaries; it does not rank one path above the other. Confirm the brief, video rights, product facts, and intended deliverable before choosing.| Dimension | Generate static panels from an approved brief | Reuse frames from a finished ad video |
|---|---|---|
| Input | A confirmed brief plus product and brand references that the team may use and can verify. | A finished ad video the team may use and can trace to its source; frame selection happens outside Panelly. |
| Narrative control | Plan a new four-beat order from approved information without inventing product facts, video facts, or claims. | Select only moments already recorded in the finished material; existing footage limits the available story and cannot supply scenes that were never captured. |
| Product depiction | Generated packaging, color, proportions, or text may diverge from the references, so a person must compare each detail with confirmed material. | The image comes from existing material, but a single frame, crop, or missing context still needs comparison with real product information. |
| Editing | Panelly does not import or edit video. Address static-composite issues by updating the brief, taking another action, or using a separate human editing workflow. | Select and crop frames outside Panelly while retaining review records for source, rights, claim context, and required disclosures. |
| Output shape | Each action produces one static 2×2 four-panel composite or static storyboard, not four independent final assets or a video. | The result is a still or crop selected from existing video; the frames do not automatically become a new four-panel composition or finished video. |
| Human review | Compare product details, character continuity, text, visual claims, CTA, and reading order at all four positions in the complete image before a responsible person approves the whole image. | Check footage rights, people and product permissions, crop, clarity, claim context, and channel requirements before deciding whether a frame may be used. |
DECISION TREE
Choose by material state and intended deliverable
Answer these three questions in order. If required facts or rights are not confirmed, stop and resolve them rather than asking either workflow to guess.- 01
Is there already a finished ad video the team has the right to use?
If yesIf the goal is to represent moments already in that video, select frames outside Panelly and review crop, rights, and claim context.
If noDo not assume video facts exist. Continue by asking whether a confirmed brief should become a new static four-panel story.
- 02
Does the team need a new four-beat static narrative from a confirmed brief?
If yesAfter confirming product facts, reference rights, and an approved claim, Panelly can make one static four-panel draft for review.
If noClarify whether the job organizes existing material, needs another static format, or belongs in a separate video workflow.
- 03
Must the final deliverable include motion, duration, transitions, or sound?
If yesNeither static path is a finished video. Filming or animation, editing, audio, and publication review remain separate work.
If noIf the deliverable is one static four-panel composition or reviewed stills, use the first two questions to choose the corresponding path.
CAPABILITY BOUNDARY
Panelly capability boundary in this comparison
Panelly covers the step from a confirmed input to a static four-panel draft. People remain responsible for material facts, rights, frame selection, and publication decisions.Can do
- Take a confirmed product-ad brief and arrange one approved message across four static logical panels.
- Make one 2×2 four-panel composite or static storyboard per action for a person to review.
- Give the team a draft for recording issues with product detail, claims, narrative order, and CTA.
Cannot do
- Cannot import, read, or analyze an ad video, and cannot automatically extract, select, or crop video frames.
- Cannot generate finished video, motion, duration, transitions, voice-over, music, or a video timeline.
- Cannot establish product facts, material rights, claim support, channel requirements, or final publication approval for the team.
FICTIONAL EXAMPLE
Wholly fictional choice example: two tasks for a placeholder product
This is a wholly fictional workflow example, not a customer case, real product, real ad video, testimonial, or performance result. Every product and video detail is a placeholder condition and must not be carried into a real project.Reviewed on:- Fictional premise
- Assume a fictional team has a confirmed brief for a placeholder product and separately holds a fictional finished ad video with a recorded usage-rights decision.
- A new static narrative
- If the team needs a new four-beat static concept that is absent from the finished material, it starts from the confirmed brief and reviews generated product details against the references.
- Existing moments
- If the team needs moments already present in the finished video, it selects frames outside Panelly and then reviews crop, rights, and claim context.
- A finished video
- If the deliverable is finished video, neither static path completes the task; the team moves into a separate video-production and review workflow.