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Welcome to the Motion Magnet Ep.06
Your Nexus for the Latest Trends, Tools, and Tales in Creative Technology and Independent Work
Welcome to the Motion Magnet Ep.06
Welcome to the latest roundup of exceptional content and news from across the internet. In this edition, artificial intelligence takes center stage, with a staggering flow of daily updates and developments. The lines between traditional computer graphics and cutting-edge AI graphic tools are increasingly blurring, heralding a new era in CGI. Dive in and enjoy the exploration!
Mario Domingos
The Latest in CG & Motion Design
It’s #VEXember Time!
Resources
The Latest Tuts
C4D
Houdini
1/24 #vexember
Let's start the challenge off easy and relaxed.. Easing our way in!
If you find the vex on this one is too easy for you, add to it and make something cooler. OR just try recreate it. Post your version below or on CGwiki discord!
Hints 👇
— Paul Esteves (@PaulEsteves28)
8:49 AM • Dec 1, 2023
CG Tools and Plugins
A number of HDAs which were previously Patreon-only are now freely available in Aelib.
Full list here: github.com/Aeoll/Aelib/co…
— Nick Taylor (@_Nick_Taylor)
3:44 PM • Dec 1, 2023
AI News+Tools
RunwayML the best text2video/img2video generator around.
Generate every emotion, in any style, with Gen-2.
runwayml.com
— Runway (@runwayml)
2:03 PM • Dec 8, 2023
Actually maybe PIKA 1.0 is the best?…
🌟Turn your 16:9 videos into anamorphic masterpieces with the Pika 1.0 'Expand Canvas' feature. 🌟
Sign up at pika.art
— Pika (@pika_labs)
2:02 AM • Dec 9, 2023
Stability.AI Launches new chat bot
Our new #StableLM Zephyr 3b language model is 1.6 Gb & runs at 40 tokens/s on a MacBook Air M2.
That's 5x faster than most folk can read.
Without internet.
It's ok at doing love songs & raps on open generative AI and more, check it out 👀
More to come.. Wonder what's next 🤔
— Emad ✈️ NeurIPS (@EMostaque)
11:58 PM • Dec 7, 2023
Don’t believe everything you see in this video…
I’m very excited to share our work on Gemini today! Gemini is a family of multimodal models that demonstrate really strong capabilities across the image, audio, video, and text domains. Our most-capable model, Gemini Ultra, advances the state of the art in 30 of 32 benchmarks,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
— Jeff Dean (@🏡) (@JeffDean)
3:03 PM • Dec 6, 2023
Demofusion HI Res AI Image generation
Say Good Bye to MoCap Suits
Now you can generate 3D animations directly from video.
This is a behind the scenes look at 3D animator Jón Kristinsson using Move AI to capture and animate The Candy Man.
Motion capture powered by AI. No suits or markers required.
— Move AI (@MoveAI_)
6:25 PM • Dec 5, 2023
Gencraft a really cool AI Image generator
Create your personal AI Avatar
AI Text to Speech
Unleashing Creative Potential with AI Video Generation
Decohere offers a platform for generating AI videos, enabling users to create content beyond the realms of traditional filming. Its features include a variety of use cases like music videos, stock footage, educational content, and artwork. The service emphasizes ease of use, where text descriptions are transformed into visual creations, syncing perfectly with audio for various purposes including social media promotions. With a diverse range of AI styles and a user-friendly timeline editor, Decohere empowers users to realize their unique visions without needing a credit card for a trial
ClipDrop: AI-Powered Visual Editing Revolution
ClipDrop is an AI-powered suite of visual editing and creation tools designed to assist creators in generating stunning visuals quickly and efficiently. It offers a range of features that leverage AI technology for various image editing tasks
Animating Characters with AI: Image-to-Video Synthesis
"Animate Anyone" is a project that focuses on consistent and controllable image-to-video synthesis specifically for character animation. It leverages the power of diffusion models to address the challenges in the realm of image-to-video conversion, particularly in character animation. The project aims to maintain temporal consistency and detailed information from characters throughout the animation process.
It's called MagicAnimate.
And it's free for anyone to use.
9 wild examples & how to make your own:
— Proper 🧐 (@ProperPrompter)
12:04 PM • Dec 9, 2023
UpScale Your Images with Magnific AI's Advanced Technology
Enhance/upscale anything
This breaks our perception of what to expect from AI generated images in terms of quality & output.
Watch the full video below.
— Linus (●ᴗ●) (@LinusEkenstam)
1:19 PM • Nov 28, 2023
Pioneering Text-Driven Motion Transfer Technology
SDXL Turbo!
Real-time AI is here, and it's insane. Generate faster than you can scroll 🏎️
When should we ship this?
#StableVideo#SDXLTurbo #aivideo
— Will Stith (@TheStithLord)
12:02 AM • Dec 2, 2023
Start your AI journey
Artist Spot Light
A while back when I was attaching feathers to everything. They're a little floaty since they aren't attached to the "skin". But it was still fun 😅
#UE5#Realtime#puppets
— Ryan Corniel (@DukeGunston)
7:14 AM • Nov 29, 2023
GM with a NEW work from us @dr_formalyst
• • • It’s the right time to dance without being a dancer,
It’s the right time to finish the winter of your heart • • •Choreography+CGI+AI
— Irina ⚫️🔲▪️ (@IrinAngles)
10:36 AM • Nov 29, 2023
Inspiration
Festivals
Tech Coolness
Freelancing and Business
X
AI anime video with Pika 1.0 by @vonkleppski
pika.art
— Pika (@pika_labs)
12:54 AM • Dec 9, 2023
Conversion of some matrix scenes to anime using animatediff - There are variations of styles and edition #midjourney#ai#stablediffusion#AnimateDiff#animation#aiar#warpfusion#anime#animeartstyle
— Mrboofy (@Mrboofyy)
4:11 PM • Dec 8, 2023
help us test this
at lens.tldraw.com
— tldraw (@tldraw)
3:29 PM • Dec 8, 2023
announcing Overlay View
a new re-design of KREA is live! twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
— KREA AI (@krea_ai)
10:59 PM • Dec 8, 2023
Meta AI strikes again, with Relightable Gaussian Codec Avatars
This is an update to the Meta Codec Avatars 2.0, building on 3D Gaussian Splatting.
As a result, we get fully relightable real-time avatars, accurate at the hair strand level 🤯
More details below ⬇️⬇️
— Alex Carlier (@alexcarliera)
6:00 PM • Dec 7, 2023
AI video with Pika 1.0 made by @Diesol
— Pika (@pika_labs)
4:33 PM • Dec 6, 2023
Liquid Chandelier #sia#ai#aivideo
— Antti Karppinen 🎨 postphotography.xyz (@antti_karppinen)
4:19 PM • Dec 2, 2023
Finally got Stable Video Diffusion running on my own GPU using colab + docker! around 60-70sec / 3 sec clip + some finetuning in post. Endless possibilities! #SD#aivideo
— Antti Karppinen 🎨 postphotography.xyz (@antti_karppinen)
10:06 AM • Nov 23, 2023
ComfyUI LCM+Stable fast real time test #stablediffusion#AIイラスト #AI#ComfyUI#lcm
— toyxyz (@toyxyz3)
4:43 PM • Dec 4, 2023
🕺Vid2DensePose
Convert your videos into Densepose sequences and use it on MagicAnimate🪄
Colab version available!
github.com/Flode-Labs/vid…
— Nacho Gorriti (@nacho_gorriti_)
6:35 PM • Dec 5, 2023
6/24 #vexember
Okay, we're simplifying things, so come join in! This is an easy one, just 2-3 lines of vex.
The task: scatter some points and then make perfectly alligned voxels! Easy peasy!
— Paul Esteves (@PaulEsteves28)
9:18 AM • Dec 6, 2023
StreamDiffusion、ほぼ100fpsで画像生成出来るようになりました!!
sd-turbo, 512x512, batch size 1, txt2imgだと10msで1枚画像が生成出来ます!多分これが一番速いと思います
— あき先生 / Aki (@cumulo_autumn)
8:01 AM • Dec 6, 2023
I really like Pika 1.0
All of these clips were text-to-video 👀
— Nick St. Pierre (@nickfloats)
5:09 AM • Dec 6, 2023
This time I added Densepose(Magic animate) support to Openpose bones for blender! You can try more different body types. toyxyz.gumroad.com/l/ciojz
— toyxyz (@toyxyz3)
2:05 PM • Dec 6, 2023
( ̄y▽, ̄)╭ I am happy to annouce:
The start of my Github Repo of Workflows is made. Tis' only the beginning comrades.
Currently Available:
- SDXL to SD1.5 refinement
- First to Last Frame Interpolation (AnimateDiff)More is on the way 😈!
Link:
github.com/C0nsumption/Co…— Consumption (@c0nsumption_)
5:50 AM • Dec 2, 2023
A number of HDAs which were previously Patreon-only are now freely available in Aelib.
Full list here: github.com/Aeoll/Aelib/co…
— Nick Taylor (@_Nick_Taylor)
3:44 PM • Dec 1, 2023
SPINE Trailer. All animation was done in #Cascadeur
#3danimation#gamedev#indiedev
— Eugene Dyabin (@EugeneDyabin)
9:09 AM • Dec 1, 2023
exploration using a midi keyboard in houdini to generate live plants🎵🌿
(a lot of learnings so process thread below)— michael (@maikool_k)
2:37 PM • Oct 12, 2020
I recently sat down with @CordiliaJames from The Wall Street Journal to chat about Generative Fill in @Photoshop, and during our conversation, she sent over a very damaged photo to see it in action.
The process
Usually I would select the ‘bad’ areas, but since this image was… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
— Howard Pinsky (@Pinsky)
5:07 PM • Nov 30, 2023
the future is generated 🫣
went from Midjourney, to @Magnific_AI (upscaling twice à 2x) to Photoshop – a difference of day and night, and a size I could literally use for an OOH campaign 🫨
— Julie W. Design (@juliewdesign_)
11:05 AM • Nov 29, 2023
As we close this edition of Motion Magnet, I want to extend a heartfelt thank you for your curiosity and your time. Your enthusiasm for the worlds of art, motion, AI, tech, and freelance is what makes this journey so enriching and worthwhile.
If you've enjoyed the content and feel inspired, I encourage you to follow me on social media and visit my website for a deeper dive who I am and get to know my work as a 3D Designer.
Check out my website: mariosundays.com
And if you've stumbled upon something incredible that I should cover, or have work of your own that's waiting for the spotlight, don't hesitate to reach out. I’m always on the lookout for remarkable contributions to this digest.
Thank you once again for being an essential part of this adventure. Until the next issue, keep creating, keep exploring, and keep curious.