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How the VFX industry is recovering from last year’s strikes
Jonathan Bronfman, CEO at MARZ, tells us: “I don’t think the industry will ever be the same. It will recover slowly in 2024. The streaming wars cost studios too much money and now they are all reevaluating their strategies.”
He notes that AI will play a big role in how things shake out. “Technology is pushing out the traditional approach, something which is long overdue. Studios in Hollywood have been operating the same way for decades, and now AI will move them off their pedestal.
“The entire industry is in for a reckoning. I think studios would have come to this realisation eventually, so it was inevitable, but I think the pressure from the strikes accelerated this.”
https://www.vfxwire.com/how-the-vfx-industry-is-recovering-from-last-years-strikes/
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Using Meta’s Llama 3 for your business
Meta is the only Big Tech company committed to developing AI, particularly large language models, with an open-source approach.
There are 3 ways you can use Llama 3 for your business:
1- Llama 3 as a Service
Use Llama 3 from any cloud provider as a service. You pay by use, but the price is typically much cheaper than proprietary models like GPT-4 or Claude.
→ Use Llama 3 on Azure AI catalog:
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/ai-machine-learning-blog/introducing-meta-llama-3-models-on-azure-ai-model-catalog/ba-p/41171442- Self-Hosting
If you have GPU infrastructure (on-premises or cloud), you can run Llama 3 internally at your desired scale.
→ Deploy Llama 3 on Amazon SageMaker:
https://www.philschmid.de/sagemaker-llama33- Desktop (Offline)
Tools like Ollama allow you to run the small model offline on consumer hardware like current MacBooks.
→ Tutorial for Mac:
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VES – How Generative AI Might Affect VFX Now and In the Future
Panelists include Author and Distinguished Research Scientist in DL/ML & CG at Wētā FX Dr. Andrew Glassner, VFX, Post & Technology Recruiter and VES 1st Vice Chair Susan O’Neal, CTO at Cinesite Group and VES Technology Committee member Michele Sciolette and Shareholder & Co-Chair of Buchalter’s Entertainment Industry Group and Adjunct Professor at Southwestern Law School Stephen Strauss, moderated by VES Technology Committee member and Media & Entertainment Executive, CTO & Industry Advisor Barbara Ford Grant.
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Is it possible to get a dark yellow
https://www.patreon.com/posts/102660674
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/stephenwestland_here-is-a-post-about-the-dark-yellow-problem-activity-7187131643764092929-7uCL
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Oliver Theobald – Machine Learning For Absolute Beginners
http://infinity.wecabrio.com/B07335JNW1-machine-learning-for-absolute-beginners-a-plain-e.pdf
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Photography basics: Solid Angle measures
http://www.calculator.org/property.aspx?name=solid+angle
A measure of how large the object appears to an observer looking from that point. Thus. A measure for objects in the sky. Useful to retuen the size of the sun and moon… and in perspective, how much of their contribution to lighting. Solid angle can be represented in ‘angular diameter’ as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_angle
http://www.mathsisfun.com/geometry/steradian.html
A solid angle is expressed in a dimensionless unit called a steradian (symbol: sr). By default in terms of the total celestial sphere and before atmospheric’s scattering, the Sun and the Moon subtend fractional areas of 0.000546% (Sun) and 0.000531% (Moon).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_angle#Sun_and_Moon
On earth the sun is likely closer to 0.00011 solid angle after athmospheric scattering. The sun as perceived from earth has a diameter of 0.53 degrees. This is about 0.000064 solid angle.
http://www.numericana.com/answer/angles.htm
The mean angular diameter of the full moon is 2q = 0.52° (it varies with time around that average, by about 0.009°). This translates into a solid angle of 0.0000647 sr, which means that the whole night sky covers a solid angle roughly one hundred thousand times greater than the full moon.
More info
http://lcogt.net/spacebook/using-angles-describe-positions-and-apparent-sizes-objects
http://amazing-space.stsci.edu/glossary/def.php.s=topic_astronomy
Angular Size
The apparent size of an object as seen by an observer; expressed in units of degrees (of arc), arc minutes, or arc seconds. The moon, as viewed from the Earth, has an angular diameter of one-half a degree.
The angle covered by the diameter of the full moon is about 31 arcmin or 1/2°, so astronomers would say the Moon’s angular diameter is 31 arcmin, or the Moon subtends an angle of 31 arcmin.
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AI and the Law – Netflix : Using Generative AI in Content Production
https://www.cartoonbrew.com/business/netflix-generative-ai-use-guidelines-253300.html
- Temporary Use: AI-generated material can be used for ideation, visualization, and exploration—but is currently considered temporary and not part of final deliverables.
- Ownership & Rights: All outputs must be carefully reviewed to ensure rights, copyright, and usage are properly cleared before integrating into production.
- Transparency: Productions are expected to document and disclose how generative AI is used.
- Human Oversight: AI tools are meant to support creative teams, not replace them—final decision-making rests with human creators.
- Security & Compliance: Any use of AI tools must align with Netflix’s security protocols and protect confidential production material.
