Artificial Intelligence is not just an overhyped set of keywords buzzing around the internet. It’s also a rapidly evolving new system of tools that are already changing the industry immensely. Putting aside the worrying question of whether neural networks will take over our jobs, we’d rather talk about how filmmakers can use this technology to their advantage. Let’s start with image generators like Midjourney and Stable Diffusion for creating mood boards with AI tools! I’m sure every one of you has tried to generate an image from text using AI at least once. There are dozens of them out there: from the famous DALLE-2 to Deep Dream Generator and Nightcafe, just to name a few. It’s easy to get lost in the ocean of opportunities, so in this brief overview, I’ll show you a couple of selected tools that don’t require coding skills and that I myself use at the beginning of a new video project. Midjourney – AI-based tool for the first creative ideas and mood boards Midjourney is a small independent research lab with a huge community. Their AI creates images from text descriptions via so-called “prompts” and operates online through the simple Discord bot. They are still in the beta phase which means Midjourney constantly brings new features to the table. Probably, even while I’m writing this text. Screenshot of the Midjourney server on Discord. Image credit: Mascha Deikova / CineD After you’ve created a Discord account and joined their beta, you will be redirected to the...
Published By: CineD - Thursday, 9 February, 2023