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Veo 3.1: The Next-Generation Has Arrived
Veo 3.1 is now available in Pencil — introducing Google’s latest video generation model with sharper motion, stronger prompt adherence, and new tools for creative control. Explore how Reference Images and End Frame continuity work together to help creators maintain consistency, build seamless sequences, and direct cinematic-quality AI video from a single workspace.

How Two Food Brands Used GenAI to Precisely Target Customer Needs, Using Pencil’s Insights Tool
In an era where consumers face an overwhelming array of food choices, it’s essential for brands to resonate personally with potential buyers. Precision is everything in food marketing: brands must speak directly to the preferences, habits and lifestyles of their target audiences.

How Car Brands Are Using AI To Steer Their Campaigns
From crafting immersive imagery to scaling video campaigns, car brands are finding ways to use AI to push the bounds of creativity. It’s one thing to use AI to create realistic imagery, but it’s far more exciting to use it to create things that you couldn’t have made without it.

How Two Haircare Brands Used GenAI to Rework Existing Campaigns
Haircare marketing isn’t just about showing off a product, it’s about reflecting how people see themselves and their identity. Whether it’s creating visuals that celebrate diverse hair types or fine-tuning a campaign for a specific audience, the work is often intricate and time-intensive.

AI Scent to Impress: Product Shots for High-End Fragrances
Visuals for high-end products demand meticulous attention to detail and sophistication - and inevitably, with that kind of quality, your production costs are going to be pretty high. Among the most costly and difficult shoots, sits the fragrance category.

Familiar Faces: Creating "Normal" People using Gen AI
For years now, the advertising world has steered away from conventional and idealised standards of beauty. The intention, instead, has been about crafting campaigns that resonate with the diverse realities of everyday life. Authenticity is the new north star.

Upskilling with Northwestern for the AI Era
Upskilling for the AI Era: Brandtech’s Gen AI Platform, Pencil, is using Gen AI for good with Anas Ghazi, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Digital Storytelling at Northwestern’s Master of Science in Communication Program, inspiring the next generation of storytellers through a live brief supporting food re-distribution company, Sharing Excess’ year-end campaign.



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