Progress and the Cycle of Creativity
A gentle reminder to my animation colleagues.
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Category: AI
3 Animation Guild Leaders to Vote Against New Contract
Several members of the negotiating committee have expressed discontent on social media over the guild’s new AMPTP tentative agreement, citing a lack of protections for artists against generative AI and staffing minimums.
The Animation Guild Unveils New Contract Terms
Members have expressed discontent over the agreement negotiated by the guild (TAG 839), citing a lack of protections for artists against generative AI and staffing minimums.
EdenX Unveils ‘AI Movie Theme Park’ Software
The gen AI-powered video platform allows fans of film and TV to create highly personalized and interactive movies based on a single selfie with their gen AI software.
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Adrian Rashad Driscoll Joins RADiCAL Advisory Board
The teacher and EAST Initiative advocate plans to promote RADiCAL’s mission of democratizing content creation by empowering young people in underprivileged and under-represented communities via emerging technologies.
Pixotope Launches AI-Powered Real-Time Graphics Integration Tool
The background segmentation tool allows broadcasters to integrate real-time 2D and 3D graphics into live productions without greenscreens, manual rotoscoping, or match moving.
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Watch De-Aging Featurette on Robert Zemeckis’ ‘Here’
Releasing today on Digital and January 21 on Blu-ray and DVD, the film reunites the ‘Forrest Gump’ director, writer, and stars Tom Hanks and Robin Wright, who through AI-enabled VFX tools from Metaphysic, travel through several generations of family love, laughter and loss.
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Fantoons Drops Animated Music Video for Brenda Lee's ‘Noche Buena y Navidad’
The new Spanish language adaptation of Lee’s holiday hit ‘Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree’ was created with the singer’s full authorization via ‘responsibly sourced’ AI.
The Animation Guild and AMPTP Reach Tentative Agreement
After 3 months of bargaining, the guild (TAG 839) has negotiated a new deal centered on fair wages, job security, and guardrails around Generative AI use.
Metaphysic De-Ages Robert Zemeckis’ ‘Here’ Via Generative AI
The AI-powered visual effects studio built neural network models to portray actors Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Paul Bettany and Kelly Riley through time at different ages.
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Animation Workers March on Warners Bros, Cartoon Network, Present Petition for Fair Deal
The Animation Guild, TAG 839, continued ramping up negotiations with a third ‘March on the Boss’ to remind animation industry execs that members will stand together to achieve fair wages, job security, and guardrails around Generative AI use.
FMX 2025 Shares First Program Updates
Paul Debevic named chair of the 4-day conference on animation, VFX, interactive and immersive, which runs May 6-9, 2025 in Stuttgart.
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Animaj Introduces ‘Sketch-to-Motion’ AI Tool
Tailored for high-end projects like the upcoming 'Pocoyo Season 6,' the software turns rough sketches, even rough storyboards, into fully-rendered 3D animations with one click.
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Disney Establishes AI Oversight Unit for ‘Responsible’ Tech Research, Advancement
A newly-created Office of Technological Enablement will be headed by previous Walt Disney Studios CTO Jamie Voris, and will explore opportunities and risks associated with AI, mixed reality, and other current and emerging tech.
The Animation Guild, AMPTP Talks Continue, Additional Bargaining Dates Set
The two groups will reconvene the week of November 18 for a series of negotiation sessions; TAG also voted to extend the current contract through December 2.
Animation Workers March on Netflix, Present Petition for Fair Deal
The Animation Guild, TAG 839, ramped up negotiations with a ‘March on the Boss’ to remind execs at the streamer that members will stand together to achieve fair wages, job security, and guardrails around Generative AI use.
NVIDIA Releases New Tech Driver to Power Adobe’s AI Technologies for Creators
The latest NVIDIA RTX and GeForce RTX GPU accelerated technologies were revealed at the Adobe MAX creativity conference; the new NVIDIA Studio Driver is now available for download.
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Yellow Launches ‘AI Character Generator’
Now available to the public in Beta, the DAZ Studio plug in streamlines 3D character creation.
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XTR Acquires AI Animation Studio Late Night Labs
The film and television studio known for its feature documentary ‘Daughters’ will utilize the AI studio’s proprietary technology to help launch holding company Asteria Film Co. to produce animation, fiction, and non-fiction film and television.
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The Animation Guild Releases GenAI Study
The AI Task Force’s report, ‘Critical Crossroads: The Impact of Generative AI and the Importance of Protecting the Animation Workforce’ describes the impact of GenAI on animation workers and the animation industry; report drops as The Animation Guild resumes previously failed negotiations with AMPTP.
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Metaphysic Resurrects Eminem’s Alter Ego ‘Slim Shady’ in MTV Video Music Award Win
Eminem’s 1999 alter ego returns, via AI, live onstage at the ceremony and on the music icon’s ‘Houdini’ video, which scored the first VFX VMA honor for a digital character recreated in an AI-powered pipeline – watch it here!
Autodesk University 2024
Begins: October 15, 2024
AU 2024 runs October 15-17 in San Diego and invites artists and creative professionals to learn about emerging technologies, innovative techniques, and hear from leading industry experts both in-person and online.
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MIPCOM Cannes 2024
Begins: October 21, 2024
The world’s largest entertainment content market returns to Cannes October 21 – 24.
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Shutterstock and NVIDIA’s Text-to-3D Modeler: A Helping Hand for Sleep-Deprived Artists
Releasing to the public in early fall, the asset platform company’s new gen AI-based service, drawing from its library of over 500,000 ethically-source 3D models and 650 million images, will provide creators the ability to generate elaborate new models in seconds, helping them simplify their early design process, bypass busywork, and focus on customizing and animating their characters.
The Animation Guild, Studios Fail to Reach Deal
Negotiations between TAG and AMPTP have concluded unsuccessfully after a week of bargaining; additional negotiations scheduled for September to continue talks on a new three-year contract.
