How to Make the Fish Cutting Meme AI Video From One Photo

The Fish Cutting Meme is a 10-second kitchen clip with a very simple joke. A big cook in a black cowboy hat stands behind a white counter, rests one hand on a giant silver fish as long as the counter and brings a huge cleaver straight down again and again, in neat even cuts, with a calm and serious face. It is also known as the precise entries meme, because traders caption it as a joke about entering a trade at exactly the right price. Oakgen's template puts you, a friend who agreed, or your pet in the cook's place. This guide goes from the photo to posting.

What the template gives you

One landscape 16:9 clip, 10 seconds long, filmed in a single take from a fixed front camera in a modern kitchen: light wood cabinets, a white island with dark bar stools behind it, pendant lamps and a white door. The cook lifts the cleaver and chops from behind the head of the fish toward the tail, about nine times in all, then lays the cleaver down by the tail. The camera never moves, the fish stays on the counter in its original shape with clean straight cut lines, and there is no blood.

A frame from the reference clip, not an Oakgen output. Your photo replaces the cook.

The second-by-second detail is on Giant fish cutting AI video: the 10 seconds beat by beat.

Step 1: Pick the photo

Choose one photo of one person or one pet. For a person, use a head-and-shoulders photo, face forward, in even light, with the hair fully visible and no hat. Avoid sunglasses, masks, heavy filters and group pictures. The cook stands behind a counter for the whole clip, so a close, sharp face matters more than a full-body shot.

The cook's face never smiles at the camera. A photo with a neutral or serious expression suits the clip better than a big grin.

Step 2: Understand the hat and shirt rule

The black cowboy hat and the plain black short-sleeve shirt are the template's costume, so every cook wears them. They are put on over your own hair and build, and the shirt carries no print, lettering or logo. Your face, skin tone, hair colour, hair length and facial hair come from your photo. The silver bracelet on the reference cook is not kept. There is a longer guide on this in Cowboy fish cutting AI: hat, shirt and photo guide.

Step 3: Use a pet if you like

A dog or cat photo works too. The animal stands upright behind the counter with its own face and markings, and gets two human-shaped hands to hold the fish and the cleaver. Those hands move fast, so they are the part to inspect most closely. Choose a sharp photo with the whole head, ears and markings visible. The full pet guide is Fish cutting meme with your dog or cat.

Step 4: Choose the quality and read the quote

Open the Fish Cutting Meme trend, add the photo and choose 720p or 1080p. The quote shown in the tool covers the whole 10-second video, and the price depends on the quality you pick, so check the quote in the tool before you generate. A 720p first run is a sensible test before a 1080p final.

Step 5: Generate and check

Watch your result once with sound and once muted:

• The fish should stay on the counter in its original shape, silver outside and pale inside, with clean straight cut lines and no blood.
• The hand that holds the fish should stay next to the cleaver on every chop without being hit.
• The face should stay calm and recognisably yours (or your pet's) from the first raised cleaver to the last.
• The kitchen should not change: same counter, same stools, same lamps, same fixed camera.
• The objects should be one cleaver and one fish, never duplicates.
• The sound should be the chops only. The clip has no music and no speech.

If one of these fails, generate again rather than posting.

Step 6: Post it responsibly

Your video is AI-made, so label it as AI-made when you post it, and do not present it as a real kitchen stunt. The chops land very close to the hand that holds the fish, so do not copy the near-miss chopping with a real knife. Use only photos of yourself or of people who agreed to appear. Do not upload photos of celebrities, strangers or children.

A short caption lets the deadpan do the work. If you want to aim it at a trading audience, Precise entries meme AI: make your own trading version has caption ideas and the limits of the joke. For a family angle, Grandpa said he'd handle dinner: make the AI version has a caption bank and casting ideas.

Related guides

For what the meme is, the names it travels under and what is and is not verified about it, read The Fish Cutting Meme explained: precise entries, cowboy fish cutting and more.

Frequently asked questions

How many photos do I need for the Fish Cutting Meme?

One. The photo replaces the cook behind the counter. It can be a person or a pet.

Do I have to wear a cowboy hat in my photo?

No. The black cowboy hat and the plain black shirt belong to the template and are put on the cook over your own hair. A photo without a hat gives the best likeness.

Is there music in the video?

No. The reference clip has only chop sounds, with no music and no speech, and your video keeps those chop sounds.

How long is the video and in what shape?

10 seconds in 16:9 landscape, one continuous take, at 720p or 1080p.

Is the preview video made by Oakgen?

No. It is the reference clip the template follows. Nothing in this guide is an Oakgen result.