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Automate repetitive tasks

This is real work, not a feature someone invented — it comes from real job ads and real questions people asked. Below are four ready AI prompts: get it done, make it easy for the next person to say yes to, work out the right move when you are stuck, and stop it coming back.

4prompts

The same task, four prompts

today's deadline · the next reviewer · the stuck moment · the pattern
AExecute — do the immediate taskApply the 'Glitch Transition' preset to all 12 cuts in the 'Future Tech' sizzle reel, adjusting…+
Apply the 'Glitch Transition' preset to all 12 cuts in the 'Future Tech' sizzle reel, adjusting the duration to 15 frames for each. Then, render a preview for the creative director.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
BImprove — make it easier to acceptI'm about to animate the lower thirds for the 'Morning Show' daily news. Before I start, set up…+
I'm about to animate the lower thirds for the 'Morning Show' daily news. Before I start, set up a template that automatically links the text to a spreadsheet column and ensures consistent timing for the intro and outro animations, so I just have to update the text each day.
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
CDecide — diagnose the stuck momentI've been asked to create 50 unique social media promos for a new product launch, each with…+
I've been asked to create 50 unique social media promos for a new product launch, each with slight variations in text and image, and the deadline is impossibly tight.
I've been asked to create 50 unique social media promos for a new product launch, each with slight variations in text and image, and the deadline is impossibly tight. I'm afraid I'll burn out or make a mistake trying to do each one manually. What's the best way to automate the creation of these variations without sacrificing quality or introducing errors?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
DBecome — change the patternI spend too much time manually adjusting the timing and easing of keyframes for similar…+
I spend too much time manually adjusting the timing and easing of keyframes for similar animations across different projects.
I spend too much time manually adjusting the timing and easing of keyframes for similar animations across different projects, like title cards or lower thirds. This makes me late and inconsistent. What habit should I change to quickly apply consistent animation curves and timing without having to rebuild them from scratch every time?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?

Questions people actually ask

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Every task here was seen in the real world. Someone doing the job named it, a real job ad asked for it, or a lot of people asked about it online.

If nothing real showed a task, it is not on the page. That is the whole rule.

They are the same job approached four ways, because what you need depends on where you are.

Get it done today. Make it easy for the next person to say yes to. Work out the right move when you are stuck. Learn the pattern so the job stops coming back.

For most of these jobs it can carry the heavy thinking - draft it, sort it, check it, rehearse it with you.

It cannot sit in your chair, take the blame when a number is wrong, or notice what nobody wrote down. Let it do the first 80%. Keep the last 20% that is truly yours.

No. Copy any prompt and paste it into the AI you already use. No account, no score, no wall in the way.

Any of them. The prompts describe the work rather than naming a product, so they are not tied to one assistant.

That is also why they keep working when you switch.

Change it freely. Every prompt is a starting line, not a rule.

Put in your real numbers, your real names and your real deadline. The more you make it yours, the better the answer comes back.

The tasks come from real job ads, published job data and the questions people ask in public forums.

The steps come from Adobe After Effects's own documentation, with practitioner sources for the traps the manual does not mention.

Push once. Ask it to sharpen the weakest part and to say what it assumed.

Most wrong answers come from a missing detail rather than a bad prompt - tell it the thing it could not know.