Seedance 2.0 Tutorial: How I Animated 4 Characters When Smart Shot Only Allows 3

OpenArt Smart Shot caps you at three character references and one environment. But what's on screen is four distinct characters — a bull Triceratops, his baby, a protective mother, and an adult T-Rex — across two environments, all holding visual identity in every shot. This Seedance 2.0 tutorial combines aspects of OpenArt's Smart Shot with native Seedance 2.0 so we can keep the amazing cinematic camera angles provided by Smart Shot while expanding the available references from 4 to 15. ⏱️ CHAPTERS 0:00 — 4 Characters When Smart Shot Only Allows 3 0:30 — The Game Plan: Three Tools, 15 Reference Slots 1:00 — Creating Characters in OpenArt's Character Generator 2:30 — Character Generator Walkthrough (Start to Finish) 4:15 — Bridging Smart Shot & Seedance 2.0 5:00 — Scene 1: The Preview Sheet Trick 8:47 — Scene 2: Feeding Gemini Pro Video for the Next Prompt 11:01 — Scene 3: The Standoff (And the Mistakes I Made) 14:42 — Bonus Scene: Reuniting Baby & Mother 16:30 — The 78% Credit-Saving Upscale Trick 17:25 — Final Cinematic & Part 2 Tease 🛠️ TOOLS USED • Smart Shot (OpenArt) • OpenArt Character Generator • Seedance 2.0 • Gemini Pro 🔗 MENTIONED VIDEOS •    • Smart Shot Limitations? This Workflow Dest...   •    • OpenArt Smart Shot Tutorial: How To Get Ch...   🧠 GRANDPA DOES AI Learning AI one mistake at a time — so you don't have to start from scratch. If an older guy can figure this stuff out and build a channel around it, so can you. Pull up a chair. 🔔 New tutorial every week. Subscribe to follow the full Seedance 2.0 workflow series. #Seedance2 #SmartShot #AITutorial #OpenArt #AIanimation #SeedanceTutorial #GrandpaDoesAi