---
url: https://superduperai.co/library/fix-warped-hands-and-faces/
title: Fewer warped hands and faces: what to change in the prompt
description: The prompt-side fixes for the classic generation failures (melting hands, drifting faces, extra limbs), ordered by how often each one works.
category: generation
platforms: [any]
works_with: [veo, kling, sora, runway]
tags: [troubleshooting, hands, faces, artifacts, text-to-video, cheatsheet]
difficulty: beginner
verified: false
created: 2026-11-01
---

# Fewer warped hands and faces: what to change in the prompt

The prompt-side fixes for the classic generation failures (melting hands, drifting faces, extra limbs), ordered by how often each one works.

## Prompt

```text
Apply in this order until the artefact is gone:
1. Remove the second action. One beat per clip.
2. Hide the hands: 'hands in pockets', 'holding {object} with both hands', 'hands out of frame'.
3. Change the shot size one step wider (close-up → medium) or one step tighter (medium → close-up); the in-between sizes fail most.
4. Make the camera static.
5. Add at the end: 'anatomically correct, five fingers, single person, no extra limbs, no duplicate faces'.
6. Shorten to 4-5 seconds.
7. Switch to image-to-video from a clean still of the same shot.
```

## Tips

- Step 1 fixes more clips than steps 2-6 together.
- A negative prompt is the last resort, not the first: on most current models it changes little, and on some it degrades the shot.

## Works with

- Veo: Google text-to-video / image-to-video prompts.
- Kling: Kling text/image-to-video prompts.
- Sora: OpenAI video generation prompts.
- Runway: Runway Gen prompts and camera controls.