One of the more interesting technologies debuting at NAB 2023 in Las Vegas, which starts today, is Cuebric from Seyhan Lee, “a creative-led A.I. production studio founded in 2020 by Pinar Seyhan Demirdag and Gary Lee Koepke“.
Cuebric is being touted as the first comprehensive generative AI system to produce and edit images for film and TV volumes. It uses the Stable Diffusion model to create engaging, camera-ready virtual environments in minutes using a prompt interface that will be familiar to anybody who has already dabbled in generative AI.
A typical prompt
a cinematic well-composed mountain landscape with a river, long exposure, moody, digital art,8K, high contrast, high detail, cinematic lighting, DLSS, smooth unreal engine render, clear octane render, volumetric lighting
Prompts can also include a set of non-desirable attributes to be excluded from the generated image, in brackets.
[blur, cg, lowres, aberration, text, deformation, drawing, noise, grain, amateur, cartoon, render, closeup, collage, mosaic, watermark, person]
Cuebric processes
- AI-Based Segmentation—turning two-dimensional images into “2.5D” images with automated shape and depth-based image manipulation;
- AI Inpainting—automated fill-in of gaps in segmented images with other AI images;
- Editing—removing unwanted elements of the segmented images;
- AI Upscaling—converting the image to a higher resolution such as 4K;
- Exporting—sending the edited, scaled image to a media server for use on a volume stage.
Cuebric images can also be animated.
If you at NAB and you are interested in learning more, here’s where the Cuebric team can be found over the next few days.
NAB PANEL: “Generative AI: Coming Now to a Workflow Near You?”
WHO: Pinar Seyhan Demirdag, co-founder of Seyhan Lee; Yves Bergquist, Program Director, USC Entertainment Technology Center; and Emily Reigart, Senior Editor, NAB Amplify
WHEN: Monday, April 17, 2023 – 3 p.m. Pacific
WHERE: Las Vegas Convention Center (3150 Paradise Rd.) North Hall Meeting Rooms N252/N254
TALK: “How AI Has Changed Storytelling Forever”
WHO: Pinar Seyhan Demirdag, co-founder of Seyhan Lee; Tim Moore, founder & CEO of Vū
WHEN: Tuesday, April 18, 2023 – 2 p.m. Pacific
WHERE: Las Vegas Convention Center (3150 Paradise Rd.) Virtual Production Central, Booth C8320 (in the Unilumin Booth)
PANEL: “Generative AI And Its Power Today”
WHO: Pinar Seyhan Demirdag, co-founder of Seyhan Lee; Tim Moore, founder & CEO of Vū; Bernard Mendez, Interco.ai; Nick Bartlett, Showrunner
WHEN: Tuesday, April 18, 2023 – 3 p.m. Pacific
WHERE: Las Vegas Convention Center (3150 Paradise Rd.), Virtual Production Central, Booth C8320 (in the Unilumin Booth)
Cocktail Reception and Demonstration of Cuebric
WHO: Pinar Seyhan Demirdag, co-founder of Seyhan Lee; Gary Lee Koepke, co-founder of Seyhan Lee
WHEN: Tuesday, April 18, 2023 – 5 p.m. Pacific
WHERE: Vū Las Vegas (901 Grier Dr., Las Vegas)
If you are looking for advice, guidance and support on safely using generative AI systems like Cuebric and other machine learning-based tools for content creation, get in touch via the Mondatum Contact Us page.
Sources: Pro Video Coalition and Forbes