Selectively curated.
The bar is the feature.
TsugiCinema is not a self-publishing platform. AI studios apply, and the catalog clears a published quality threshold. The selectivity is not a gate against AI; it is a guarantee that nothing in the catalog devalues the work next to it.
Indistinguishable from hand-made
at perception level.
The fidelity floor is published. Submissions are evaluated on the master file, not on promotional clips or YouTube re-encodes. A single piece that clears the bar is enough to start a conversation; a body of work is preferred.
Master file ingest only
Pristine creator master delivered directly to TsugiCinema. No ripped or re-encoded sources. No "cleaned-up" downloads. The compression pipeline only runs on a master.
Above the fidelity floor
Specific. Measurable. Documented. Bit depth, chroma, color gamut, motion coherence, temporal stability. The threshold is published and applied identically to human and AI submissions.
Distinct submission flow
AI-native studios use a separate intake process from human creators. The catalog surfaces the distinction; viewers know what they are watching. Curation is by hand at launch, by transparent rubric over time.
Same economics
Ninety cents of every dollar to the studio, on every surface (per-piece, monthly tier, tips, gifted unlocks, live PPV). Stripe Connect payouts in your own currency. No different from human creators on the platform.
The catalog has weight
because everything in it does.
Commodity platforms publish everything and re-encode it down. The result is a catalog where your strongest piece sits next to ten weaker ones, and viewers do not have a reliable way to decide whether to keep watching.
Selectivity is the alternative. The next video a viewer watches will not embarrass yours by sitting next to it. That is what a quality bar actually buys, for AI studios more than anywhere else.
If the bar is correctly drawn, the bar protects you.
Three things in one email.
- 01A link to one or more pieces of work that demonstrate the bar. Master file or highest-fidelity export available.
- 02A short description of your studio: who is on it, what models or pipelines you use, what you are building toward.
- 03Whether you have a release planned in the next six months. Not a gate; helps us sequence.
Where AI cinema looks like
cinema.
Apply when your master clears the bar. Read the long bet for context on where the catalog is going.