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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 'corporate branding' color palette from the style guide to all text layers and shape…+
Apply the 'corporate branding' color palette from the style guide to all text layers and shape layers in the 'Investor_Deck_Intro' composition.
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 acceptThis animated infographic needs to convey complex data more clearly. Can you suggest ways to…+
This animated infographic needs to convey complex data more clearly. Can you suggest ways to simplify the visual representation of the quarterly sales figures and make the key takeaways more obvious for a non-technical audience?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
CDecide — diagnose the stuck momentThe client just sent over a new voiceover track, and it's five seconds longer than the current…+
The client just sent over a new voiceover track, and it's five seconds longer than the current animation.
The client just sent over a new voiceover track, and it's five seconds longer than the current animation. I'm afraid that stretching the existing keyframes will make the motion look unnatural and rushed, but re-timing every single element feels overwhelming. My deadline is tomorrow morning. What's the most efficient way to extend the animation to match the new audio without losing the original pacing and quality?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?
DBecome — change the patternI consistently spend too much time manually animating repetitive elements across different…+
I consistently spend too much time manually animating repetitive elements across different scenes.
I consistently spend too much time manually animating repetitive elements across different scenes, like lower thirds or consistent transitions. It's tedious and prone to inconsistencies, making me feel like I'm not working efficiently. What habit should I change to leverage templates or expressions more effectively, so I can automate these repetitive tasks and free up time for creative work?
when the reply comes backPush once: ask it to sharpen the weakest part, and to say what it assumed. Helpful?

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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.