How Leopati Labels AI-Generated Work

Leopati’s films, music videos and stills are generated with AI tools and directed by a person. We state this openly and in a form machines can read: on the page, inside the image files, in the page’s structured data and on YouTube. Production records are kept for every project and are shared on request.

The short version

• Who: Leopati, an AI video production studio in Ankara, founded and directed by Güneş Polater.
• What: AI films, AI music videos, book-to-film adaptations, AI documentaries, AI VFX for live-action films and AI commercials.
• How it is made: every picture and shot is generated with AI tools; concept, design, shot selection, edit, colour and sound are human decisions.
• How it is labelled: a visible statement on each project page, IPTC “Digital Source Type” metadata inside the image files, digitalSourceType in the page’s schema.org data, and YouTube’s own AI disclosure on our films and music videos.
• Proof on request: production records for a project are available to its client and to parties with a legitimate need.

Is Leopati’s work AI-generated?

Yes. The portfolio images and videos on this site are produced with generative AI tools. Nothing here is presented as camera footage.

Two projects are different, and are labelled differently. Zarafel and Blair Witch are live-action films in which some scenes are AI sequences produced by Leopati. On those pages the statement reads “AI sequences”, and the video is declared as a composite of live action and AI-generated media.

What does “directed by a person” mean?

A generator does not decide what a film is. On every Leopati project these decisions are made by the director:

• the concept, the story and the tone;
• the design of characters and of the world, and keeping a character consistent from shot to shot;
• which generated shots are kept and which are thrown away;
• the edit, the rhythm, the colour and the sound;
• the final master that is delivered.

How is AI-generated work labelled on this site?

1. On the page. Each project page carries one statement under its cover — “AI generated”, or “AI sequences” for the two live-action films — and the cover and video posters carry a badge. The badge is part of the web page; it is not burned into the picture.
2. In the image file. Portfolio image files carry the IPTC Digital Source Type value trainedAlgorithmicMedia in their XMP metadata. This is the field Google and other services read to recognise AI-generated images. Resized and WebP versions carry it too.
3. In structured data. On project pages, the video and image entries in the schema.org data declare digitalSourceType: generated media for AI-made work, composite for the two live-action films.
4. Content Credentials. Where the tool that generated an image attached Content Credentials (C2PA), the original file is kept byte for byte, so that record stays intact.
5. On YouTube. Our films and music videos on YouTube are published with YouTube’s “altered or synthetic content” disclosure switched on.

How can you check it yourself?

• Look at the page. The statement under the cover of a project page says how that project was made.
• Read the file. Save a portfolio image and open it in any tool that shows IPTC or XMP metadata. The field “Digital Source Type” reads trainedAlgorithmicMedia.
• Read the page’s data. View the source of a project page and search for digitalSourceType in the JSON-LD block.
• Check Content Credentials. For originals that carry them, any Content Credentials verification tool shows the generating tool’s own record.

Can Leopati provide production records?

Yes. For each project we keep the working record of how it was made: reference and design material, the generated shots, including those that were not used, the edit project and the dates of the work. These records are shared on request with the project’s client, and with broadcasters, festivals, platforms or rights holders that have a legitimate reason to verify how a piece was produced. Ask through the contact page and name the project.

Are these labels a certificate?

No. They are our own statement about how the work was made, written in the formats that browsers, search engines and AI assistants read. They are not a third-party verification and not the result of an AI-detection test. Whether a search engine shows an “AI generated” label next to an image is that search engine’s decision. What we can add to our statement is evidence: the production records above.

What do the labels not cover?

A label describes how a picture was produced. It does not change who holds the rights. Client-supplied material, artists’ names and likenesses, brand assets, music and live-action footage remain subject to their own agreements and permissions.

Can I use an image or a video from this site?

Ask first. Send the address of the image or video, the intended use, the territory, the medium and the duration through the contact page. Commercial use, redistribution or modified versions need permission in advance.