Hey everyone, You've probably seen the news: Darren Aronofsky just released "On This Day… 1776," a short-form Revolutionary War series created through his AI studio with Google DeepMind. SAG voice actors, AI visuals. I haven't watched it yet, so I'm not here to tell you it's good or bad. But I AM here to talk about the reaction — because we've seen this exact movie before. And I mean that literally. 1903 — "The Great Train Robbery" comes out. Audiences panic at the image of a gun pointed at the camera. Some people want films banned entirely. Late 1920s — Sound arrives. Silent film purists, including legendary filmmakers, declare it a gimmick that will destroy the art form. Chaplin refuses to make a talkie for years. Then it was color. Television. Home video. CGI. Digital editing. Streaming. The sky has been falling for 120 years. And yet here we are — with more ways to tell stories than at any point in human history. Now it's AI's turn to be the villain. Look, I get it. There are real ethical concerns. We should absolutely have conversations about compensation, attribution, and impact on working artists. Those conversations matter, and I'm not dismissing them. But the instant pile-on? The "AI slop" mockery before most people have even watched it? That's not thoughtful criticism. That's fear wearing the costume of principle. An Academy Award-nominated filmmaker is experimenting publicly. Taking a risk. Whether this project lands or not, he's pushing into territory most of Hollywood is too scared to touch. For those of us in this community — many of you would never have had access to traditional production resources. These tools are giving you a voice. That's not a threat to creativity. That's an expansion of it. So yeah. I'm going to watch Aronofsky's series with an open mind. Maybe it's great. Maybe it's rough around the edges. Either way, I'd rather see someone swinging than an industry paralyzed by the same fears it's had since a train first rolled toward a camera.

Adobe just rolled out Premiere 26, (They've removed "Pro" from the name for some reason?) and this one feels like more than incremental polish. A few highlights that stood out to me as someone who’s been using Premiere since version 3: One-click object masking & tracking: Hover, click, isolate. AI-driven masks that actually track moving subjects, without frame-by-frame pain or immediate round-trips to After Effects. Massively faster shape masks: Ellipse, rectangle, and pen masks rebuilt to track up to 20× faster, with live previews and much better refinement controls. Frame.io built directly into Premiere (beta): Review notes, comments, versions, and media ingest without leaving the timeline. Less context switching, tighter collaboration. Built-in Adobe Stock access: Browse, license, and drop clips straight into your edit. Not flashy, but very practical. Firefly Boards import: Early ideation and visual development flowing more directly into the edit. Now, a fair question some people might ask: What does this have to do with AI? Isn’t this just a Premiere update? Here’s my take: If you’re making films with AI, you still need to edit them. There are tools out there calling themselves “AI editors,” but that term is often misleading. Editing isn’t just cutting silences or removing flubs from a talking-head video. Film editors create stories. They shape pacing, emotion, clarity, and meaning. That requires both technical skill and creative judgment, whether the footage came from a camera or a prompt. Generating AI video clips is only the first step. Someone still has to assemble those pieces with intention and care to entertain, educate, or move an audience. That’s why improvements to real editing tools still matter... A lot. One last thought, as someone who’s also seen Premiere grow over decades: As it’s evolved into the Swiss Army Knife of NLEs, it’s also gotten heavier. Not crashy for me, but slower. That’s the tradeoff of being able to do almost everything. Compared to something like Avid, which excels at a few mission-critical things for long-form work, it’s a different philosophy.

This is My First Cinematic A Video with my own face I try with Photoshop nano bana and Google veo3.1

Hello I am Sarfaraaz From Mumbai India, I work as Motion visual designer and now ai artist also. I join this community to learn and upgrade my Ai Skill. also I want to learn more Ai Film Making. I have done 20 Bollywood movies as Lead Motion Designer and Texture Artist. and Right now I am doing Freelance or Project base work.