Following a chance encounter at an automotive trade show SISU Cinema Robotics created a range of ‘cinebots’; programmable motion control robotic arms that can hold cinema cameras and achieve repeatable moves and often impossible shots. There are three models – C14, C20 and C31 – the smallest of which which can handle cameras or other […]
Flite is a new film made entirely in Unreal Engine by Framestore chief creative officer Tim Webber. It is part of the FUSE (Framestore Unreal Shot Engine) project and co-production involving the VFX company and Inflammable Films. The film is “set in a semi-submerged London in 2053, and explores the nascent and underground practice of […]
Not really much to go on with this other than it was created by Chennai-based VFX artist Prakash Kumararajan (AKA Wild VFX) using the Beta version of Wonder Dynamics’ Wonder Studio, “an AI tool that automatically animates, lights and composes CG characters into a live-action scene”. If this has grabbed your attention and you are […]
A new Midjourney feature called Describe aims to take the guesswork out of generative AI art. It works like any other Midjourney command, but instead of using /imagine, you use /describe. After entering the command, a drop / drag box appears, allowing you to upload a picture you want to use as the basis for […]
Vox video producer Phil Edwards looks at why AI art tools struggle so much with generating hands that are at best a bit weird and very often downright disturbing. He speaks to artist Stan Prokopenko, MIT Robotics student Yilun Du, and scientist Roy Shilkrot about the mechanics of reproducing hands and how the developers of tools like Midjourney, Dall-E and […]
Together with a group of colleagues, Forbes contributor Shane Snow surveyed 800 individuals in the film industry to gauge their reactions to the growing use of LED screens and in-camera visual effects as an alternative to green screen and shooting on location. The result was a 25-page report called The State of Virtual Production 2023. The […]