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Optical vertical centering: why equal padding always looks bottom-heavy

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Cost ledger
trends$0.096
idea$0.112
hook$0.153
script$0.121
storyboard$0.003
storyboard-qa$0.259
factcheck$0.337
qa$0.123
total$1.205

QA Council

8.0/10
specificity
9
utility
9
technical validity
9
visual clarity
7
brand fit
7
anti slop
8
platform safety
10
  • 24px / 26.4px in the before_after is the kind of specificity that earns trust — not a vague 'add more space'
  • Narration line 'The text barely moves. The balance snaps into place.' is exactly the right register: restrained, earned, not hype
  • The ink-calipers-measuring-cap-height beat is strong conceptually and locks to the sketchbook archetype
  • Technical grounding is solid: perceptual center above geometric center is real, 10% is a defensible rule-of-thumb from optical design practice
  • B-roll queries are the soft spot — 'ink droplet in water slow-mo' and 'single light beam through dark room' drift toward cinematic mood boards, not ink-sketch editorial; a pure ink-execution render may not need them at all
  • brand_fit docked one point because the scene mix (big_number, image_focus with b-roll) pulls slightly away from the pure sketchbook-coming-alive premise; the storyboard is stronger when it stays on the drawn mark
  • kinetic_text scene with '≠' highlighted is the best single beat in the piece — precise, visual, and self-contained

Storyboard / 25.5s

1hook_text2.5s2before_after5s3big_number6s4kinetic_text4s5image_focus5s6cta3s

Script

hookEqual padding always looks bottom-heavy. Here's why.
"Equal padding gives you the midpoint. Not the visual center."
"The eye reads the top of a container as lighter, the bottom as heavier."
"So mathematically centered text looks like it's sinking."
"The fix is one number: give the bottom about ten percent more room."
"The text barely moves. The balance snaps into place."

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16:36:49Trend scan$0.096
16:37:19Idea selectedbefore after / Optical vertical centering: why equal padding always looks bottom-heavy
16:37:28Hook chosenEqual padding always looks bottom-heavy. Here's why.
16:38:09Script drafted5 narration beats
16:50:46Storyboard built6 scenes
16:54:55Fact check$0.337
16:56:04QA scored8.0/10 pass
17:04:22Packagingin progress
17:04:22Render assetqueued
17:04:22beat-sync: 42 beats; sfx: 3 cues
17:04:21b-roll: 6/6 scenes
16:56:13music: music-api
16:56:04QA passed: 8/10
16:51:48storyboard: 6 scenes, 25.5s
16:51:48storyboard A/B: picked A (8/10 vs 8/10)
16:38:09script: "Equal padding always looks bottom-heavy. Here's why."
16:37:28hook: "Equal padding always looks bottom-heavy. Here's why."
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