R3DS Wrap4D – generate topology from animated textures
https://www.russian3dscanner.com/wrap4d/
R3DS Wrap4D is an extended version of Wrap designed specifically for 4D processing. It takes a sequence of textured 3D scans as an input and produces a sequence of meshes with a consistent topology as an output.
The solution includes 12 new nodes. At the heart of the pipeline is the FacialWrapping node which combines the power of the BlendWrapping node with the results from the lip and eyelid detector. The idea behind the node is to provide a robust result that doesn’t require cleanup.
How ‘Dune’ VFX supervisor Paul Lambert invented the Nuke’s Image Based Keyer
So, what is the IBK keyer? The very non-technical answer to that is that the ‘image- based keyer’ is a proprietary keyer in Nuke that typically deals with classic bluescreen or greenscreen plates (that need keying) by recognizing that these plates do not always have uniform color coverage. We’ve all seen uneven blue and greenscreens; that’s one place where the IBK Keyer can come in handy.
VQGAN + CLIP AI made Music Video for the song Canvas by Resonate
” In this video, I utilized artificial intelligence to generate an animated music video for the song Canvas by Resonate. This tool allows anyone to generate beautiful images using only text as the input. My question was, what if I used song lyrics as input to the AI, can I make perfect music synchronized videos automatically with the push of a button? Let me know how you think the AI did in this visual interpretation of the song.
After getting caught up in the excitement around DALL·E2 (latest and greatest AI system, it’s INSANE), I searched for any way I could use similar image generation for music synchronization. Since DALL·E2 is not available to the public yet, my search led me to VQGAN + CLIP (Vector Quantized Generative Adversarial Network and Contrastive Language–Image Pre-training), before settling more specifically on Disco Diffusion V5.2 Turbo. If you don’t know what any of these words or acronyms mean, don’t worry, I was just as confused when I first started learning about this technology. I believe we’re reaching a turning point where entire industries are about to shift in reaction to this new process (which is essentially magic!).
DoodleChaos”
AI MidJourney – creating images with AI
Clearview AI fined in UK for illegally storing facial images
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-61550776
Facial recognition company Clearview AI has been fined more than £7.5m by the UK’s privacy watchdog and told to delete the data of UK residents.
The ICO says that, globally, the company has stored more than 20 billion facial images.
Clearview AI takes publicly posted pictures from Facebook, Instagram and other sources, usually without the knowledge of the platform or any permission.
Fernando Herrera – 12ish Principles of Animation
“This is how I organize the 12 principles in my head. Not being pretentious and reinventing the wheel or anything, I just use it for myself, with some different names for a few that are better adapted to CG or more concise in one word.
Organizing them in layers helps me keep track of it a lot easier. The layers I separated them into are pretty self explanatory. Appeal rules over everything and I know I have to keep the “Mindset” ones alive in my head as much as I can, and the others I can turn to at the proper moments and as a group, so instead of tackling all 12 at once and getting overwhelmed, I can look at the “Technique” and “Observation” groups separately at times for a more organized approach.
I use “Mixed Workflows” instead of “Straight Ahead and Pose to Pose”. This principle is not necessarily to use SA and PP, it’s a reminder to variate, have a planned approach, but not leaving aside the natural feel of other workflows. like Layered Animation, etc.
“Contrast” I decided to branch this into a new principle coming from Exaggeration. It’s to remind myself that to keep my shot interesting I need variation and contrast on everything, motion, poses, timing, spacing, etc.
“Slow in and out” I prefer to call it “Spacing” because it’s just one word and it’s a broader concept that includes Slow in and out. Not to mention in and out always confused the heck out of me.
“Solid Posing” instead of “Solid Drawing”, more applicable to CG.
“Inertia” instead of “Follow Through and Overlapping Action”. Inertia is the same as Follow Through and Drag combined in one word. And Overlapping Action I separated into its own principle because it has another meaning, actions overlapping and having varied timing, (even though everyone uses “Overlap” as a nickname for everything anyway, I still like to separate it).
In the end I realized they weren’t 12 anymore lol, so I call it 12ish, because 13 is bad juju.
TLDR: Organizing the principles in layers and changing some names because I’m too lazy to write big words.
Hope this is useful to someone. Cheers!
Fernando Herrera”
