Midjourney 5.1 has arrived. It’s more “opinionated” in its image generation but also comes with a “raw” mode that removes that trait and is sharper and more accurate, with fewer unwanted borders or text artefacts in images. During testing, Forbes’ Barry Collins used the same prompts in version 5 and version 5.1, left all other […]
Stability AI and Peter Gabriel have got together to launch an animation competition – the Stability AI DiffuseTogether Challenge. It launched last week on Discord and invites participants to submit one animated AI-generated video inspired by and set to the music of Peter Gabriel, made using Stable Diffusion and applications such as DreamStudio (photorealistic imaging), […]
Though several fictional hyperreal 3D avatar models have been created to date, Eva Herzigová is making her catwalk debut as the the world’s first photorealistic metahuman supermodel. ”We are entering a new era for digital identity and fashion. Eva is at the forefront of this evolution, with her MetaHuman ready for super-stardom. 3D avatars offer […]
With the intention of achieving interoperability of all on-set equipment, SMPTE has published the first of its Rapid Industry Solutions (RIS) On-Set Virtual Production Camera and Lens Metadata guidelines. The initial focus is traditional VFX, with cameras, lenses and camera tracking to follow. The project can be found in this Github repository. Reference code is […]
Apple Music’s Zane Lowe takes Bono and The Edge to the construction site that is the 20,000 capacity MSG Sphere at The Venetian hotel on The Strip in Las Vegas and, look, not a hi vis jacket or hard hat in sight! U2 open the venue, which is clad in 580,000 square feet of fully […]
An introduction to this new, cutting-edge filmmaking technology, by StudioBinder, including how virtual production works, the pros and cons of working with LED screens and in-camera visual effects, and why it may be here to stay This 15 minute taster features contributions from notable virtual production pioneers such as DPs Sir Roger Deakins, Greig Fraser […]