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Thank you Alex! Both your comment and Mitch's helped drive this iteration of improvements so thank you for the feedback.
Agreed, its getting better.

I think the content is still a touch off the mark. It feels like a tv ad instead of a used car value punch up. Too slick instead of punching the facts that add value and then punching out guest experience tips and hand holds telling the customer what's up and what happens when they choose next steps.

There are 2 threads to weave that i think would add value:
1) USED CAR BUYER THREAD.., as a customer, what do i care about. What do I ACTUALLY care about as someone buying this unique one of one used car. Does this video answer that and help this 1 stand out against its rivals in the market today.
2) If im a USED CAR DEALER, what am i trying to build value in? Where this video is distributed does it speak to the audience where they are and is it using that context to elevate the value and really punch what matters in that moment.

A video shown on a screen in the lounge, a video on our website vdp, a video sent as a sales rep to a customer, a video on a 3rd party marketplace all speak to an audience in a place in time on a step of a journey... does this meaningfully move the guest closer to buying from us.
 
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This is all a brand, culture, and customer experience challenge. No amount of AI automation will solve the authenticity gap that every dealer has with their customers. Change my mind…

Create UX's that help your shoppers be smarter. Shopper's goal are:
1. to make better decisions in their self-interest (right brain)
2. to motivate the emotions of want (left brain)

THIS IS THE UI BRIDGE* to help cross the authenticity gap.


*under construction at my lab.
 
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Agreed, its getting better.

I think the content is still a touch off the mark. It feels like a tv ad instead of a used car value punch up. Too slick instead of punching the facts that add value and then punching out guest experience tips and hand holds telling the customer what's up and what happens when they choose next steps.

There are 2 threads to weave that i think would add value:
1) USED CAR BUYER THREAD.., as a customer, what do i care about. What do I ACTUALLY care about as someone buying this unique one of one used car. Does this video answer that and help this 1 stand out against its rivals in the market today.
2) If im a USED CAR DEALER, what am i trying to build value in? Where this video is distributed does it speak to the audience where they are and is it using that context to elevate the value and really punch what matters in that moment.

A video shown on a screen in the lounge, a video on our website vdp, a video sent as a sales rep to a customer, a video on a 3rd party marketplace all speak to an audience in a place in time on a step of a journey... does this meaningfully move the guest closer to buying from us.
This one helped a lot, what I kept tuning for is that "commercial" like quality, but in the process lost out on authenticity. In my software, there are a variety of settings and knobs to tune a video and I just added two good ones, an authenticity flag and some placement options which tunes the narration to the audience such as a lounge video, VDP video, a link coming from a sales rep, etc. What do you think of these?



 
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This one helped a lot, what I kept tuning for is that "commercial" like quality, but in the process lost out on authenticity. In my software, there are a variety of settings and knobs to tune a video and I just added two good ones, an authenticity flag and some placement options which tunes the narration to the audience such as a lounge video, VDP video, a link coming from a sales rep, etc. What do you think of these?





I personally can do without all the cheesy commentary. I'd rather get to the actual accessories and features people care about most with some added benefits of those features.
 
This one helped a lot, what I kept tuning for is that "commercial" like quality, but in the process lost out on authenticity. In my software, there are a variety of settings and knobs to tune a video and I just added two good ones, an authenticity flag and some placement options which tunes the narration to the audience such as a lounge video, VDP video, a link coming from a sales rep, etc. What do you think of these?




Dude! The reflection of the guy taking the video :bow:
 
I personally can do without all the cheesy commentary. I'd rather get to the actual accessories and features people care about most with some added benefits of those features.
I can't lie, I like the cheese so I did make that the default in most of these videos. I have a bunch of different tones to handle the direction of the narration: informational, storyteller, and minimal examples are along the lines I think you're looking to see. Along with those, I have Superbowl, McConaughey, and TikTok (which is really just social media focused). I'm sure you can guess which one caused the cheese hahah.

My system can regenerate narration and reprocess videos that were already generated, later on today I'll reprocess the above videos with some different tones so you can see the difference in quality/functionality.
 
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I personally can do without all the cheesy commentary. I'd rather get to the actual accessories and features people care about most with some added benefits of those features.
Sorry for the delay Jeff! I wanted to work on some slight tweaks for more consistent visual fidelity. I generated a new video this morning, and then re-processed that same video with different audio options. Here is a small sample of options more in tune with the facts and not the cheese.




 

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A developer introduces CatalogReel, an AI tool that generates finished walkaround videos from a VDP URL or VIN photos, complete with voiceover, captions, and motion graphics. Community veterans like Alex Snyder and Mitch Gallant gave constructive feedback, noting the videos initially felt too polished and "TV ad-like" rather than authentically addressing what used-car buyers actually care about, while Jeff Kershner pushed for fewer gimmicks and more feature-focused narration. The developer iterated publicly in response, adding authenticity settings and multiple narration tones, sparking a broader debate about whether AI automation can ever bridge the trust gap between dealers and customers.

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