Disney has come under fire after a video resurfaced showing horribly CGI-generated background actors in the movie "Prom Pact."
  • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 year ago

    well that technically exists without “AI”, it’s just regular VFX. No AI needed.

    The AI part is to prevent paying an actor and/or an animator.

    Can the AI handle realistic, non distracting fake humans when they might walk behind a tree, or a railing, or its raining…? if not then you need to employ a VX team, you can’t just tell AI to do it.

    And then if you need that AI to be drafted, redrafted, changed, edited, tweaked… each iteration costs money. Is that cheaper than having someone just walk down a street?

    • grayman@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Where I see AI coming into play is unique faces and such and organic body movement. I don’t think we’re there yet with the second, but I don’t think we’re far off either. But I agree there’s still a lot of traditional VFX.

      • funkless_eck@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        1 year ago

        I still don’t think it’ll be cheaper, quicker or easier than getting a bunch of people who live locally to turn up at 5am for a couple of hundred bucks and free meals for a relatively easy gig.