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SECOND UNIT at a dark production workstation with cameras, node graphs, edit monitors, and orange practical lights.

SECOND UNIT

CMD Media Group / AI Division Local-first production
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UNIT 02FIELD NOTES / WORKFLOWS / TOOLS

The production mandate

The shots between the shots.

In filmmaking, a second unit captures the essential coverage beyond principal photography: inserts, establishing shots, action, environments, and the footage that completes the cut.

CMD's Second Unit carries that idea into AI-assisted filmmaking. We build local workflows, test the tools under real production pressure, and document what actually gets a usable shot back into the edit.

H3
Workflow collectionRelease in preparation
LOCAL
Execution pathYour hardware first
RESOLVE
Edit integrationBack into the Media Pool
SECOND UNIT / RESOLVE PANEL GPU READY
The Second Unit panel in DaVinci Resolve with an LTX 2.5 text-to-video preset, shot prompt, duration, seed, generate control, and verified activity log.
8 PRESETS / ALL VERIFIEDLOCAL COMFYUI

DaVinci Resolve Studio integration

Generate beside the timeline.

Leon built a Workflow Integration panel for DaVinci Resolve Studio. Choose a mode, enter the prompt, run the local ComfyUI workflow, and bring the finished clip back into a Media Pool bin called AI Lab.

  • Runs against your local ComfyUI
  • Offers only workflows carrying a verification stamp
  • Supports text, stills, footage, replacement, and mattes
Panel release status Installation guide coming with release
A DaVinci Resolve production session with clip thumbnails, a Magic Mask tracker, and a filmmaker reviewing a shot in the viewer.

Result first / settings included

No demo-reel shortcuts.

Every breakdown starts with the finished result, then exposes the graph, hardware, settings, elapsed time, failures, and fixes. The point is a repeatable production path, not a perfect launch clip.

AI VIDEO / LOCAL MODELS / COMFYUI / AUTOMATION

Workflow downloads

Use the graph.
Read the reality.

Standalone downloads will cover Second Unit H3 workflows, grouped by purpose. Each published pack will identify its requirements and known limitations.

01

H3 generation

Text, image, and first-and-last-frame workflows. Downloads are being prepared.

In preparation
02

H3 reference editing

Reference video, character replacement, and camera-angle workflows. Downloads are being prepared.

In preparation
03

H3 environments

Environment replacement workflows. Downloads are being prepared.

In preparation

What local means here

No quiet cloud call hiding in the graph.

Second Unit exists because a workflow can look local and still send a prompt to a paid external service. The repository includes a verification gate that checks the graph against a live ComfyUI server and reports external-service nodes by name.

The release documentation is being prepared to include measured hardware requirements, measured render times, tradeoffs, known limitations, and the difference between gate-verified and render-proven.

Release in preparation

Second Unit is getting ready.

Downloads are temporarily unavailable while the H3 collection is reviewed. The panel is planned as source available under PolyForm Perimeter 1.0.1, with earlier permissions and third-party licenses preserved. Workflow terms will accompany the approved packs.

Downloads coming after review CMDMedia GitHub