g. a. mercado

Demand Generation Strategist & Creative Director ( writer • producer • director )

[g. a. mercado @flickmaking]

https://t.co/QAcYAxxxxl

[el.cine @EHuanglu]

omg.. AI is getting crazier..

you can now use this JSON prompt to create studio level commercial with
on one click.. prompts in comment

10 examples:

[A.I.Warper @AIWarper]

Luma AI released their "Reframe" feature today

This can be thought of as outpainting in the traditional sense

This was a promptless first attempt... VERY promising!

The black box in the middle is the source video... everything outside of that is inferred by AI 🤯

[el.cine @EHuanglu]

it's over..

Kling AI now can swap out any actor from any film scene.

fast shots, complex motion, doesn’t matter.

tutorial & more examples:

[PJ Ace @PJaccetturo]

AI video quality just 10x’d overnight. I’m speechless.

Kling 2.0 just dropped and I’ve already burned through $1,250 in credits testing its limits.

I’ve never seen motion this fluid or prompts this accurate.
Here’s exactly how I made this video, step-by-step 👇🧵

[el.cine @EHuanglu]

wow.. the world's first AI video editing software is here

Ponder AI can learn the style of filmmakers, analyse your footages, edit the full video all on its own and..

you can even edit the sequence using text prompt

link in comment.

[El cadaver @ESTRADAMETAL]

Aquí tratando de impulsar creadores de contenido que sirven de algo.
Este ñor da buenos consejos útiles.

[Oliver Stone @TheOliverStone]

I’m reposting #JeffreySachs's speech to the European Union – a clear and fair step-by-step account of what we did in the hopes of destroying #Russia. Trump, I believe, knows some of this, but the EU is deaf.

I’ve added my post put out in March of ’22 after the war broke out. Basically, nothing changes – unless the basic causes of the war are better understood in the West.

Sachs's Speech: https://t.co/6wTufIgXHF

My thoughts on the invasion of #Ukraine (March 3, 2022):

Although the United States has many wars of aggression on its conscience, it doesn’t justify Mr. Putin’s aggression in Ukraine. A dozen wrongs don’t make a right. Russia was wrong to invade. It has made too many mistakes -- 1) underestimating Ukrainian resistance, 2) overestimating the military’s ability to achieve its objective, 3) underestimating Europe’s reaction, especially Germany upping its military contribution to NATO, which they’ve resisted for some 20 years; even Switzerland has joined the cause. Russia will be more isolated than ever from the West. 4) underestimating the enhanced power of NATO, which will now put more pressure on Russia’s borders, 5) probably putting Ukraine into NATO, 6) underestimating the damage to its own economy and certainly creating more internal resistance in Russia, 7) creating a major readjustment of power in its oligarch class, 8 ) putting cluster and vacuum bombs into play, 9) and underestimating the power of social media worldwide.

But we must wonder, how could Putin have saved the Russian-speaking people of Donetsk and Luhansk? No doubt his Government could’ve done a better job of showing the world the eight years of suffering of those people and their refugees -- as well as highlighting the Ukrainian buildup of 110,000 soldiers on the Donetsk-Luhansk borders, which was occurring essentially before the Russian buildup. But the West has far stronger public relations than the Russians.

Or perhaps Putin should’ve surrendered the two holdout provinces and offered 1-3 million people help to relocate in Russia. The world might’ve understood better the aggression of the Ukrainian Government. But then again, I’m not sure.

But now, it’s too late. Putin has allowed himself to be baited and fallen into the trap set by the U.S. and has committed his military, empowering the worst conclusions the West can make. He probably, I think, has given up on the West, and this brings us closer than ever to a Final Confrontation. There seems to be no road back. The only ones happy about this are Russian nationalists and the legion of Russian haters, who finally got what they’ve been dreaming of for years, i.e. Biden, Pentagon, CIA, EU, NATO, mainstream media -- and don’t overlook Nuland and her sinister neocon gang in D.C. This will significantly vindicate the uber hawks in public eyes. Pointing out the toxicity of their policies (Yugoslavia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, NATO expansion, breaking nuclear treaties, censoring and omitting crucial facts from the news, etc.) will be next to impossible. Pointing out Western double standards, including Kyiv and Zelenskyy’s bad behavior, will likewise fall on deaf ears as we again draw the wrong conclusions.

It's easier now to smear those of us who tried to understand the Russian position through these last two decades. We tried. But now is the time, as JFK and Khrushchev faced down the perilous situation in Cuba in October 1962, for the two nuclear powers to walk this back from the abyss. Both sides need to save face.
This isn’t a moment for the U.S. to gloat. As a Vietnam War veteran and as a man who’s witnessed the endless antagonism of the Cold War, demonizing and humiliating foreign leaders is not a policy that can succeed. It only makes the situation worse. Back-channel negotiations are necessary, because whatever happens in the next few days or weeks, the specter of a final war must be realistically accepted and brokered. Who can do that? Are there real statesmen among us? Perhaps, I pray, Macron. Bring us the likes of Metternich, Talleyrand, Averell Harriman, George Shultz, James Baker, and Mikhail Gorbachev.

The great unseen tragedy at the heart of this history of our times is the loss of a true peaceful partnership between Russia and the U.S. -- with, yes, potentially China, no reason why not except America’s desire for dominance. The idiots who kept provoking Russia after the Cold War ended in 1991 have committed a terrible crime against humanity and the future. Together, our countries could’ve been natural allies in the biggest battle of all against climate change. In its technical achievements alone, in large scale science, in its rocketry, heavy industries, and its most modern, clean nuclear energy reactors, Russia has been a great friend to man. Alas, in our century so far, man has failed to see or reach for the stars.

[Roope Rainisto @rainisto]

Magnific 'Structure Reference' + RunwayML "Restyle video" to colorize old movies

... I think one might run this in a way you use this to help to determine the color layer and then apply the colors on top of the original black and white image...

... would work best if you would do a separate init frame for each cut...

[Jon Finger @mrjonfinger]

Comparing Ai directly with real footage of you is a great way to highlight the strengths and weaknesses of a given system. This test is Viggle 3, Adobe generative fill, Magnific, and Runway for the background at the end.

[el.cine @EHuanglu]

OMG, this is crazy..

the world's first 3D AI film production studio is here.

FilmAgent AI allows you to plan your film in a 3D virtual space, scripting, acting, camera angle, set design and more

it was just open sourced today..

here's how it works:

[el.cine @EHuanglu]

this is the first in AI world.

Adobe just secretly dropped TransPixar AI, it can generate video with transparent background, this changes the VFX game

It has been open sourced..

10 examples:

[Ame 🌱🌿🌸🌿🌱 @AciremiK]

Todo el que pueda sumar o difundir para que llegue a quien nos pueda ayudar a prestarle apoyo y atención digna a esta persona que actualmente se encuentra en situación de calle y presenta un grave estado de salud con un LOE en cuello que requiere estudios, exámenes y consultas.

[Ame 🌱🌿🌸🌿🌱 @AciremiK]

#ServicioSocial

Ayudemos al Profesor Manrique

https://t.co/4NLEvuc9CF

[g. a. mercado @flickmaking]

@AciremiK Gracias @AciremiK por tu apoyo con el profesor Yohnny. Acabo de crear esta campaña que estoy administrando personalmente. Ayúdame a difundir.

https://t.co/rbVVlA6ACy

[g. a. mercado @flickmaking]

Ayudemos al Profesor Yohnny Manrique a superar un tumor en el cuello
https://t.co/rbVVlA6ACy

[Variety @Variety]

Denis Villeneuve says “human beings are ruled by algorithms right now" and cell phones are banned from his film sets.

“Cinema is an act of presence. When a painter paints, he has to be absolutely focused on the color he’s putting on the canvas. It’s the same with the dancer when he does a gesture. With a filmmaker, you have to do that with a crew, and everybody has to focus and be entirely in the present, listening to each other, being in relationship with each other. So cell phones are banned on my set too, since Day 1. It’s forbidden. When you say cut, you don’t want someone going to his phone to look at his Facebook account.”

Read more here: https://t.co/zExmRTKcyA

[Jason Zada @jasonzada]

Introducing, The Heist. Every shot was done via text-to video with Google Veo 2. I did all the sound design, edit,ing and music. I can't wait to show you what's in store next year at @secret__level! 4K version here: https://t.co/oLgxWxYKCC

[PJ Ace @PJaccetturo]

This is insane 🤯

Here’s a step-by-step process for making your own world-class anime.

This would have saved us millions if we had Film Crux's guide (and this tech) two years ago.

Full prompts, processes, and cheat codes in the thread below 👇🏼

[el.cine @EHuanglu]

ChatGPT is Dead.

Google just dropped Gemini 2.0 Experimental Advanced & outperformed ChatGPT in almost every area, it’s insane.

1-month free trial for everyone.

Let’s dive in: