My AI Character Drifted. The Wrong Image Was Being Used.

Before blaming character drift entirely on the video model, check the actual reference image supplied to it. In this excerpt I explain a mistake in my own workflow: the image-building assistant had been using a different image, and the starting frame contained a slightly different character. I had already made several generations before I discovered it. This is a practical lesson about verifying inputs rather than assuming the intended reference was attached. It is one incident from my September test, not a claim that every consistency problem has the same cause or that references guarantee perfect identity. Watch the full September preview test: https://youtu.be/oLCf9Y1To-4 Early-access Kling 4.0 Flash test at 720p, recorded September 29, 2026. Fictional scenes shown are AI-generated. Original spoken commentary; no added music. Received early access; source review contains affiliate links. #KlingAI #AIFilmmaking #Shorts