Daniel Riley

Co-founder, AI Video Bootcamp

Daniel Riley is the co-founder and creative force behind AI Video Bootcamp. As a viral AI creative, he generated 200 million views in a single month and has built an audience of 650,000+ followers across multiple platforms, running several high-performing channels that publish AI-generated images, videos, and short-form content.

His work focuses on the production side of AI media: prompt design, character consistency, AI-generated UGC-style ads, and scaled content workflows for agency clients. He has shipped high-paid AI agency campaigns and develops the practical playbooks that members of AI Video Bootcamp use to turn AI creation into income.

At ZeroTen Media Inc., the company behind AI Video Bootcamp, Daniel co-leads the company alongside Mateo Starcevic Filipovic. ZeroTen also operates PromptWise, a SaaS platform for AI-generated images, video, and sound.

Areas of expertise

AI-generated video ads and UGC-style content
Character consistency and faceless creator workflows
Large-scale AI content production
Short-form social distribution and audience growth
Prompt engineering for cinematic AI video

Articles by Daniel Riley

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Visual Production

AI Filmmaking in 2026: The Creator's Opportunity Playbook

AI filmmaking in 2026 is a real craft: the end-to-end workflow on tools you already have, what a finished minute really costs, and where the opportunity is.

June 25, 2026

Foundations & Tools

How to Learn AI Image Generation (2026)

Learn AI image generation in 2026: the skill ladder, the prompt grammar, how to practice, the plateaus and their fixes, and a multi-week study plan.

June 24, 2026

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Foundations & Tools

AI Image & Video Glossary 2026: A-Z of Terms

A plain-English A-Z glossary of AI image and video terms, from diffusion and seed to C2PA, indemnification, and the EU AI Act, with real tool examples.

June 21, 2026

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Foundations & Tools

How to Restore Old Photos With AI (Free, 2026)

Restore old photos for free with AI in 2026. Simple steps for ChatGPT and Google Gemini, copy-paste prompts, and the trick to keep faces real.

June 20, 2026

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Foundations & Tools

Cheapest AI Video Generators 2026: 8-Model Benchmark

8 budget AI video models compared on per-second cost, 6-prompt fidelity, compliance, and routing. LTX-2.3 Fast at $0.04/sec wins 1080p. Veo 3.1 Lite is indemnified.

June 17, 2026

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Foundations & Tools

AI Image Prompt Cheat-Sheet: How to Prompt Any Style

The programmatic system for writing AI image prompts that work on any model. 5-element grammar, 15 style cheat-sheets, 11 True Models, 2026 compliance dates.

June 16, 2026

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Foundations & Tools

Seedance 2.0 Mini: ByteDance's 50%-Price Video Model

Seedance 2.0 Mini launched June 15 2026 at half the flagship list price. 720p cap, native audio retained, omni-reference. Pricing, specs, syntax, US gotcha.

June 16, 2026

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AI Image Models

Ideogram 4.0 Complete Guide 2026: Review + How To

Ideogram 4.0 is a 9.3B open-weight text-to-image model with native 2K, JSON layout control, and a license trap to read carefully. Full review, setup, and pricing.

June 9, 2026

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Tools & Tech Stack

LTX-2 Complete Guide 2026: Review + How To

Master LTX-2 in 2026: full review, pricing across fal.ai Fast Pro Quality tiers, ComfyUI self-host setup, and EU AI Act compliance for client work.

June 5, 2026

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Tools & Tech Stack

Seedance 2.0 Complete Guide 2026: Review + How To

Master Seedance 2.0 in 2026: full review, pricing across fal.ai and Volcano Engine, prompts, API access, and EU AI Act compliance for client work.

June 2, 2026

Tools & Tech Stack

Best AI Image Generators 2026: A-Z Encyclopedia

108 AI image generators and editors A to Z: verified May 2026 pricing, EU AI Act compliance, indemnification matrix, and the safest picks for client work.

June 1, 2026

Tools & Tech Stack

Cinematic AI Video Prompts 2026: Camera Control

Master AI camera motion in 2026. Exact prompt syntax for Seedance 2.0, Kling 3.0, Veo 3.1, Hailuo 02, and LTX-2 to direct cinematic shots.

June 1, 2026

Foundations & Tools

What Is Gemini Omni? Google's New AI Video Model, Explained

Google's Gemini Omni: a multimodal AI video model you edit by talking to it. What it does, where to use it, and what's missing.

May 19, 2026