Simon Dewey

Co - founder of We Are Covert - CGI/VFX/MOTION DESIGN

[Simon Dewey @deweysi]

@AIWarper Yep, but generated from single camera input

[Simon Dewey @deweysi]

…. Please ignore the sudden jump in performance, it was a naming error on the ply sequencing, all fixed now, but too tired to run out a new one

[Simon Dewey @deweysi]

😳4D Face reconstruction to generative pipelines…

We’ve busy building away, exploring some interesting new ways to create…. Combining 4d face reconstructing, with automated character reference and motion transfer allowing for more control in motion transfer generative camera

[Simon Dewey @deweysi]

moves and recapturing performance from different angles. Very early days with this tech but the potential really is mind blowing. Beginning to get some really interesting scene based test working, keen to really stress test this beast out, let’s hope it holds up at scale🤞

[Simon Dewey @deweysi]

Playing with new @LumaLabsAI Ray 3.2, so so powerful, sooo much control 🤤

[Simon Dewey @deweysi]

@andymac3d Thanks man! Hope you’ve been well 😊

[Simon Dewey @deweysi]

R&D making me hungry 🤤

Testing how far we can strip back CG and still get strong results. Giving AI more freedom creates great outcomes.

Simple proxy meshes for caramel control + basic particles for falling chocolate chunks help when precision is needed.

[Simon Dewey @deweysi]

@koh_terai Martini

[Simon Dewey @deweysi]

This was using Kling 2.6, been getting some impressive results out of Ray 3 modify also, which has so much more flex but needs a bit more fiddling to get around quality issues. Finding adding some subtle motion blur, grain, refocus/sharpen really make the difference

[Simon Dewey @deweysi]

2026 is gonna be a crazy year!

More experimenting with Al motion capture, holds up pretty well! Feeling like camera moves aren't translating fully so will need some re compositing over original and some flaws with the mouth for sure.
But damn it’s a big step forward

[Simon Dewey @deweysi]

@keenanisalive Ahh great thanks, apologies I was massively over thinking this, pipeline wise the displacement can be done normally in Blender etc, result looks great, thanks for the tip!

[Simon Dewey @deweysi]

@jianfengzhang95 Nice! Really interested in testing this out!

[Simon Dewey @deweysi]

Fun lil film for Kinsal Shark Awards with a bit of help from AI 😊 #ai #vfx #animation

[Simon Dewey @deweysi]

Testing a bit of a new pipeline going from from @Blender into @LumaLabsAI then on to @Magnific_AI to upres keyframes and on to moonvalley Marey for keyframe control. Early days but can see a lot of potential!

[Simon Dewey @deweysi]

New AI pipeline to gain more control over AI generation, more info in the thread 🙂 #vfx #ai #higgsfield #blender #magnific #LumaDreamMachine

[Simon Dewey @deweysi]

R&D into some video AI relighting techniques using Switchlight 2.0, Topaz, Blender & traditional compositing work. Potential to be a super powerful pipeline 🚀 #ai #VFX #switchlight #Topaz #blender