Hollywood Swiftly Condemns ByteDance’s Seedance 2.0 AI Video Creation Model
The Chinese tech giant today says it will strengthen safeguards to prevent unauthorized IP and likeness use, though how, and how quickly, were not announced.
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Aerith Corp Unveils Avé Quantum Visualization Engine
Set to end ‘render lag,’ middleware app integrates genAI and quantum computing directly into existing professional workflows, such as Universal Scene Description (USD), Houdini, Maya, and Unreal Engine.
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Beyond Generation: Hyper3D.AI CTO Zhang Qixuan on Rodin Gen-2 Edit and the Future of 3D AI Workflows
Following the launch of Rodin Gen-2 Edit - the world’s first true 3D GenAI editing platform - Hyper3D.AI CTO Zhang Qixuan discusses the shift from one-shot generation to iterative professional workflows, exploring the ethics, challenges, and opportunities within this groundbreaking frontier of 3D GenAI technology.
Modern Uprising Studios, Screenvision Media Announce Frame Forward Animated AI Festival
Submissions are now open for the first international festival for AI-enabled, director-driven animation, which celebrates the future of storytelling.
NVIDIA Studio Presents ‘Hologram’ Crowdsourced Music Video
Adobe MAX attendees were invited to use AI features in Adobe Premiere or Photoshop to remix and reimagine frames of the original music video by Jordan Sommerlad.
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Deemos Launches Groundbreaking Rodin Gen-2 GenAI for Intuitive 3D Creation
The pioneering AI 3D research company unveils its most advanced model to date, a 10B-parameter 3D generative AI built on the BANG architecture, geared for professional uses across film, TV and games.
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Dimension Studio Introduces AI Production Pipeline
The proof-of-concept animated short ‘Mara & Milo: Magic & Mayhem,’ which was created by the team in a matter of weeks, was produced to showcase the artist-directed workflow.
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Intangible Raises $4M to Launch 3D Creative Tool
Now in closed beta with a planned mid-2025 release, the AI-native system, Intangible Studio, employs a Canva-like user experience to bring simplicity to 3D for teams in film, games, agencies and events.
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Raynault VFX, Stability AI Join the Academy Software Foundation
The newest group members bring with them ‘the artistic talent and the technical know-how that will help strengthen open source development in the motion picture industry.’
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The Animation Guild Ratifies New AMPTP Contract
With a voter turnout even greater than the last cycle’s turnout, a supermajority of IATSE Local 839 members voted to ratify the 2024-2027 Animation Guild Master Agreement.
Autodesk Reveals New Artist Tools and Workflows at AU 2024
At this year's Autodesk Univerisity, with the help of Mikros Animation, Digital Fish, and Wonder Studio, the tech giant demonstrated a slew of program feature updates and improvements across its product lineup, all designed to increase creative productivity and lower barriers for great storytelling.
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The Animation Guild Releases Statement on Contract Ratification
The guild’s executive board reacts to what it notes are ‘a small minority’ getting ‘an outsized voice’ regarding the tentative AMPTP agreement, saying it has voted unanimously to recommend ratification.
3 Animation Guild Leaders to Vote Against New Contract
Several members of the negotiating committee have expressed discontent on social media over the guild’s new AMPTP tentative agreement, citing a lack of protections for artists against generative AI and staffing minimums.
The Animation Guild Unveils New Contract Terms
Members have expressed discontent over the agreement negotiated by the guild (TAG 839), citing a lack of protections for artists against generative AI and staffing minimums.
Autodesk’s Wonder Dynamics Debuts New Wonder Studio AI Tool
Powered by Video to 3D Scene technology, the Wonder Animation tool turns any video sequence into a 3D-animated scene via AI reconstruction; the beta is available now to Wonder Studio users.
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Disney Establishes AI Oversight Unit for ‘Responsible’ Tech Research, Advancement
A newly-created Office of Technological Enablement will be headed by previous Walt Disney Studios CTO Jamie Voris, and will explore opportunities and risks associated with AI, mixed reality, and other current and emerging tech.
AMD Radeon GPUs Turbocharge New AI Tools in CG Software
From post-production VFX to rendering and retouching, key content creation applications are employing AI and machine learning features, coupled with the latest AMD GPUs, to greatly increase artist productivity by speeding up routine tasks without the need to upload commercially sensitive data to the cloud.
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Yellow Launches ‘AI Character Generator’
Now available to the public in Beta, the DAZ Studio plug in streamlines 3D character creation.
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The Animation Guild Releases GenAI Study
The AI Task Force’s report, ‘Critical Crossroads: The Impact of Generative AI and the Importance of Protecting the Animation Workforce’ describes the impact of GenAI on animation workers and the animation industry; report drops as The Animation Guild resumes previously failed negotiations with AMPTP.
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Shutterstock and NVIDIA’s Text-to-3D Modeler: A Helping Hand for Sleep-Deprived Artists
Releasing to the public in early fall, the asset platform company’s new gen AI-based service, drawing from its library of over 500,000 ethically-source 3D models and 650 million images, will provide creators the ability to generate elaborate new models in seconds, helping them simplify their early design process, bypass busywork, and focus on customizing and animating their characters.
The Animation Guild, Studios Fail to Reach Deal
Negotiations between TAG and AMPTP have concluded unsuccessfully after a week of bargaining; additional negotiations scheduled for September to continue talks on a new three-year contract.
Multiple Unions Issue Solidarity Statement Ahead of TAG-AMPTP Negotiations
Members urged to attend ‘Stand with Animation’ rally August 10 and support The Animation Guild ahead of next week’s negotiations with Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers.
Autodesk Reveals GenAI Advances at SIGGRAPH 2024
Tech giant showcased new features that boost cloud-enabled workflows focusing on empowering teams and artists to work more efficiently; also teased, new AI capabilities coming to Maya and Flame following company’s acquisition of Wonder Dynamics.
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The Animation Guild Announces Stand with Animation
Ahead of August 12 negotiation kickoff with AMPTP, the union outlines critical issues and invites the animation community to come together and rally support on August 10.
Ravel Announces ‘Bare Metal Build Station’
New functionality empowers IT and DevOps teams to automate preparation and deployment of customized ‘build candidate’ virtual machine images to any network connected machine from a single unified and user-friendly interface.
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