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Phoebe Titus's avatar

I'm a CG and finishing artist and as others have mentioned, there are likely AI tools being used and who knows, maybe some of it is just AI with no human intervention afterwards (although I doubt it,) but this had to have been done by teams of human artists. I hate that their work is being denied in all of the promo around it. At least the artists took AI's job rather than the other way around this time. I do love the irony of the Wizard of Oz here though! Pay no attention to the VFX/CG teams behind the curtain! This is automation!

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Jeff Biss's avatar

Changing images, in this case the movie "Wizard of Oz", is what AI can do well. It seems that this tech will produce more image of any given movie for viewing either on Sphere type screens or in VR goggles. I think that this is more of what the Big Screen was intended to provide but couldn't because the cameras simply weren't up to such wrap-around film.

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Virgin Monk Boy's avatar

Absolutely. “AI” has become the marketing glitter they toss on anything with pixels. Most of this is classic VFX—rotoscope, matte paint, digital puppetry. But call it “AI” and suddenly it’s disruptive and edgy, not just an expensive nostalgia remix.

It’s not innovation. It’s IP taxidermy with better lighting.

—Virgin Monk Boy

(mystic of myth, exile of brand buzzwords)

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Phoebe Titus's avatar

Lol, this is so true. Also, it sounds like tons of VFX artists worked on it. Yes, they used AI-enabled tools, but AI doesn't sound as sexy if you realize that it's being used like a CG software. I mean, I'm sure Maxon and co make plenty of money, but it's not AI-hype money. People don't want to think of AI tools as tools, they want to imagine that poof, AI made it all by itself.

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tk421storm's avatar

stop saying "AI" - as a VFX artist who almost worked on this show, I know for a fact that most of this is typical cgi slop, not AI - AI simply isn't temporally stable enough (one sequence might be utilizing AI but I haven't heard that yet, but the vast majority is rotoscoping, bg extension the way it's been done since Titanic)

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Phoebe Titus's avatar

YES! Also, it sounds like a cool project! I'm sorry the human work being done isn't getting recognized. It's a major undertaking (I cannot imagine the render hours!!!!) and a real feat.

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