The middle paragraph is hand-waving some software I either never published or never wrote. One concept involved drawing a map for copying pixels from each frame to the next, preserving details as they’re added. Another concept involved drawing fake 3D boxes over an image to then warp parts of it in ways that move like 3D models. Another concept involved having people animate “normal passes” to allow later projection of patterns, texture, shading, and shadows, onto parts of the animation.
Pursuing any of these to the point of being a tool usable by normal people (and artists) would take years. I had been toying with prototypes and avoiding commitment until suddenly some neural-network curiosities from Two Minute Papers became a tool for instant pornography with almost the right number of fingers. Those acts of wizardry still suck at movement, but Sora proves we’re headed the right direction in a hurry. There will be tools that let you sketch at 1 FPS and get television-quality cartoon. Or not-quite-CGI. Or shockingly plausible “live action.” The timeline for that is months, not decades. I am looking forward to all the weird shit people can do with it. Hollywood should not be. They are in deep shit.
… oh, I did miss the word “seconds.” Lemme fix that.
wait do you understand what this post means? genuinely it reads like a satirical stringing together of catchwords to me
The middle paragraph is hand-waving some software I either never published or never wrote. One concept involved drawing a map for copying pixels from each frame to the next, preserving details as they’re added. Another concept involved drawing fake 3D boxes over an image to then warp parts of it in ways that move like 3D models. Another concept involved having people animate “normal passes” to allow later projection of patterns, texture, shading, and shadows, onto parts of the animation.
Pursuing any of these to the point of being a tool usable by normal people (and artists) would take years. I had been toying with prototypes and avoiding commitment until suddenly some neural-network curiosities from Two Minute Papers became a tool for instant pornography with almost the right number of fingers. Those acts of wizardry still suck at movement, but Sora proves we’re headed the right direction in a hurry. There will be tools that let you sketch at 1 FPS and get television-quality cartoon. Or not-quite-CGI. Or shockingly plausible “live action.” The timeline for that is months, not decades. I am looking forward to all the weird shit people can do with it. Hollywood should not be. They are in deep shit.
… oh, I did miss the word “seconds.” Lemme fix that.