I quote the advertisement for the new version of PAI: "PAI 2.0 is our biggest release yet, introducing a more powerful creative agent, a new Canvas based workflow, and significantly improved image and video generation models. It is designed to make cinematic creation more flexible, controllable, and collaborative than ever before." As of this morning, I gave it a try with this script—more to come...

I just don't understand. I pretty much have to use Dzine for multi-person lip sync. But why, why, why does it mess around with the rest of the video? I have a simple outdoor image (still frame) with two people having a conversation. Their car is parked some distance away, well in the background. Yet EVERY time I lip sync this couple their parked car drives itself randomly around backing up, moving forward, turning, all randomly. WHY???!!!

Two years ago, I started a mini cartoon with two of my grandchildren, originally planned for CTA5. The characters were based on the excellent work of Garry Pye. Unfortunately, the project never got past the animatic stage. I just picked it back up with PAI in a single afternoon.

iClone just rolled out a new AI feature that could really shake up how we approach music video production. There’s also a one-month free trial if you want to test it out. I’m planning to jump in this Friday and see what it can do. https://manual.reallusion.com/ai-studio/welcome.htm

Anyone up for a quick game of “spot the difference”? 😄 I stumbled on a funny little PAI hiccup while editing—it flashes for just 0.17 seconds. Blink and you’ll miss it… think you can catch it? 👀 Here’s a 4K HD version so you can really hunt for it and Here’s a little hint: it’s the crane 👀 I’ll reveal the answer tomorrow morning… if no one cracks it first 😏