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UFO Pipeline Session 19 (2026-03-20): Phase 4 visual generation in progress. Enriched all 43 manifests with 132 new Flux b-roll shots (total now 233 Flux + 102 Hedra + 25 Hailuo = 360 shots). Generated 12 new 9:16 Hedra portraits (3 per character) using character LoRA + HRDFLS. Fixed ESM import guards and prompt key fallback on all generation scripts. Confirmed Hedra outputs correct 9:16 dimensions with new portraits. Launched 3 parallel chats for bulk generation (Flux, Hailuo, Hedra). 22 existing wrong-dimension Hedra clips will be cropped in Remotion rather than regenerated to conserve Hedra credits. Key learning: Hedra ignores the aspect_ratio API parameter and matches input portrait dimensions instead.