🎥🤖 AI Video Revolution: Paul Trillo's Mind-Blowing Washed Out Music Video

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Creator Spotlight

Paul Trillo Pushes Creative Boundaries with Washed Out Music Video, Marking OpenAI’s Sora Debut Music Video Release

I've got to tell you about Paul Trillo, this insanely talented artist, writer, and director who's been blowing my mind with his experimental films. His work is next-level, and he's not afraid to push boundaries and embrace new tech like Generative AI (GenAI) to create some seriously groundbreaking stuff.

What I dig about Paul is how he brings this sense of play and curiosity to his projects, thanks to his background in experimental film. It's no surprise he's racked up 19 Vimeo Staff Picks and been featured all over the place.

Paul's not just talented; he's innovative and thought-provoking too. He's been recognized as one of D&AD's Next Directors and has won a bunch of awards, so you know he's the real deal.

Trust me, you need to check out Paul's work. His unique blend of technical skills, creativity, and willingness to experiment is straight-up inspiring.

Tool Spotlight

Story Diffusion

I came across a fascinating video discussing Story Diffusion, a groundbreaking open-source AI video model developed in China by ByteDance. The research paper mentions ByteDance, the company behind TikTok, hinting at their involvement. Story Diffusion can generate incredibly consistent and realistic videos up to 30 seconds long, using innovative techniques to ensure coherence between images in a sequence.

As a creator, I find Story Diffusion exciting for five key reasons:

1. Consistent characters across scenes

2. Longer, more engaging AI-generated videos

3. Diverse scene handling, from realistic to animated

4. Potential for AI-generated comic strips

5. Cost-effective and accessible for creators

The model is available on GitHub, where you can download and run it locally or use it through a cloud server. There's even a Hugging Face Space with a demo to explore. Story Diffusion has the potential to revolutionize the way creators produce high-quality video content, making it more accessible and affordable than ever before. Being that it is open source this could make it cheaper to create on compared to OpenAI’s Sora product.

Given ByteDance's involvement, I can't help but wonder if TikTok creators might eventually use Story Diffusion to automate their video creation process. It's possible that TikTok itself could integrate such technology into its platform, making clips via bots that are professional-looking content without needing creators. The implications of this technology for content creation and social media platforms like TikTok are truly interesting to consider.

Using Creative AI Tools

Let me tell you about my wild ride through the world of image generation and upscaling. It's been a total game-changer for me, and I can't get enough of it. These days, I'm all about Leonardo.ai for whipping up some sick visuals. Don't get me wrong, Mid Journey still holds a special place in my heart, but Leonardo just hits different when it comes to having control over my creations.

But wait, it gets even better. When I take my Leonardo-generated images and throw them into Magnific.ai for upscaling, it's like my mind explodes 🤯 every single time. The details and clarity that Magnific brings to the table are straight-up insane. I catch myself getting lost in the process, tweaking and perfecting until I've either nailed it or my brain taps out. BTW give Javi Lopez @javilopen he is the founder/maker of Magnific and he deserves mad attention and props for his app.

Next up, I jump into Photoshop Beta, where I unleash their mad powerful tools to generate extra background elements. This is where I really get to let my creative jams flowing and take the image to the next level. IHMO

Leonardo.ai, Magnific.ai, and Photoshop Beta have become my ride-or-die crew for image generation and manipulation. The possibilities are endless, and I'm constantly blown away by the fire visuals I can create with these cutting-edge tools. It's a wild time to be exploring the digital art scene, and I'm hyped to see where this journey takes me next. Stay tuned, fam, because I'm just getting started!