Graham Bell

Senior Biz Dev @ AWS, Liverpool/F1/007 fan. FPL player. Ex-Psygnosis, Bullfrog, EA, Softimage, Autodesk, MPC & others. Can talk for England. Opinions my own.

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@andymac3d @JurassicLibrary @ILMVFX Animated in Softimage :-)

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@andymac3d @PurzBeats And he’s kinda stating a reality that’s already here.

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@vashikoo Such an underrated movie and overlooked movie.

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Happy New Year
Stay Fit, Keep Sharp, Make Good Decisions.

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@HugoCGuerra @beforesmag An O2, nah, try doing it on a blue SGl Indy, lol. Size of a concrete slab and weighed as much. :-)

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What a pic!

[Samuel @SamueILFC]

Darwin farewell photo for Liverpool. ❤️

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@SpyHards Spy who came in from the Cold
The Mackintosh Man
Telecon
Avalanche Express
The Black Windmill
The Conversation
No Way Out

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@LASTEXITshirts Cinema and loved every minute. Still do.

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Jota, what a player. Came to us and looked like he’d been a Liverpool player all his life. RIP Diogo and Thank you. #YNWA

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@HugoCGuerra And let’s also not forget Roland Ratzenberger who also tragically died at the same track and same race weekend.

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@angus_davidson @henningsanden Assumption though imho, and if legal approved it, they must be confident they’re getting k. Fact is, GenAi is being used and if more do their diligence, that will be it. It’s here to stay.

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@angus_davidson @henningsanden I’m not sure that’s 100% correct. If someone is using GenAi powered tools, I don’t believe that means it’s simply open season. Especially when custom models could be used, that are being trained using specific data derived from IP.

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@angus_davidson @henningsanden That happens with most shows it seems. What l was referring to though, was how GenAi was used for some sequences.

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@angus_davidson @henningsanden Also look up about the tv show House of David and the use of GenAi.

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@angus_davidson @henningsanden Not sure studios can afford to wait, they have to start looking at ways to adopt, in some way. It doesn’t have to be about the final image. Many are sitting on vast amounts of their own pipeline data, that can be used to train a model without copyright infringement.

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@angus_davidson @henningsanden Depends on the use. People immediately think it’s only about the final output and pixel. But there are other uses. The genie’s out of the bottle, so studios will need to embrace it in some way.

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@angus_davidson @henningsanden But all the main vendors provide their free for education, no?
After education that will be different for users of course.

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@xanzuls @angus_davidson @henningsanden It’s not about just procedural though. Houdini has had every beat for decades. It’s about how to implement GenAi into pipelines and workflows, while maintaining the integrity of the human artist.

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@xanzuls @angus_davidson @henningsanden My personal view is that Blender has have ‘firsts’ but it’s not been a big enough innovator imho. I’ve been to many studios over the years, including on your list and yes there’s Blender, but Maya, Max, Houdini was the true backbone of entire pipelines and remains so, imho.

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@xanzuls @angus_davidson @henningsanden The key point though. Maya, Blender et all, are all somewhat long in the tooth now. With GenAI we’re entering a new era of content creation. These packages all have to evolve and adapt. Whoever can do that, could have a huge influence.

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@xanzuls @angus_davidson @henningsanden Blender is a great package, feature rich and indeed loved by its community. And while it’s has many ‘firsts’ it’s hardly been the first mover in every area. Imho it’s not done big enough things to turn heads and make users and studios switch in droves. Maya/Houdini/C4D has…cont