How do you combine Old School Techniques and AI to make video?
Mike Browne
??Black Belt Visual Creator I Traditional artist leveraging AI I Creator of “ZūmBak”, animated background loops for Zoom
10,000-hour prompt
Art creation has evolved significantly with the integration of AI technologies. While traditional methods involve storyboarding, character building, and voice-over by human professionals, AI has introduced new approaches to the art creation process. Apps like Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Premier, Toonboom, and Maya have been the mainstay of traditional production methods. Using these tools required you to study and experiment with the software for years. AI is a different ballgame, it doesn’t require the experience needed to be an illustrator, animator, or video editor. The practice required to be an expert used to have a 10,000-hour prerequisite. No one has 10,000 hours of AI experience, yet everyone can borrow from previous lessons learned by the masses. AI is 10,000 hours accessed by a prompt.
AI in Production
AI has revolutionized the art creation process by providing multiple versions of a prompt within seconds. Tools like?Midjourney,?Stable Diffusion,?Firefly,?Leonardo, and?Ideogram?create multiple finished versions in about 30 seconds based on a description. However, the use of AI in art creation also presents challenges, such as the need to make adjustments and the potential for minor imperfections in the generated content. “That’ll work” is a phrase to live by. Six fingers are quite common.
Rinse and Repeat
When it comes to video storytelling using AI, the process differs significantly from traditional techniques. Instead of drawing extensive storyboards, the production revolves around crafting a robust prompt to potentially achieve the desired outcome. Sometimes AI doesn’t approve of your request, or it leaves out specific details. The pain of creation shifts from craftsmanship to unfulfilled expectations. Another challenge lies in interpreting the audience's perception and ensuring that the storytelling effectively conveys the intended message. The fight used to be with an eraser, but now it is with an iteration. Trying to get what you want means doing it over and over. Rinse and repeat.
AI-Powered Video Tools
Several AI-powered video generation tools have emerged as leaders in the field, including?Sora,?Runway?Pika Labs,?Haiper, and the newly announced?Google Vids. These tools enable users to transform text prompts into highly realistic videos, offering a wide range of capabilities and quality levels.?
Integration of AI and Traditional Techniques
The integration of AI and traditional techniques has led to the emergence of specialty shops like AnimatedShortz, which aims to create animated video campaigns with speed and consistency. This approach represents a hybrid of old-school and new-school techniques, emphasizing the importance of human creativity in the initial scriptwriting process. The combination of Adobe Animate with AI art apps like Midjourney allows for the creation of character templates and the generation of voice, titles, descriptions, and keywords using AI, while maintaining a focus on human interaction and embracing minor imperfections.
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Life Experience
Experts emphasize that AI cannot fully replicate the artistic creativity of human artists, as it lacks the ability to make choices based on life experience. While AI has significantly impacted the generative process and the ways in which ML outputs are conceptualized, it cannot replace the unique perspective that human artists bring from their life experiences. Your horse needs to run away, your partner needs to leave you. Adversity develops your sound. AI skips the pain. This may be what you want, but I don’t consider myself a musician because I use GarageBand or Suno.?
The Puzzle
There is great pleasure in figuring out a puzzle. Let’s look at this from a musical perspective. Do you get the same level of satisfaction from using Spotify compared to playing an instrument? There is a difference between knowing and knowing. Do you know how to play or just prompt? Slowing down is hard to do. AI expectations are similar to using a microwave, pushing a button and wait the amount of time allotted. What is lost in the translation is the struggle. Learning how to play the guitar takes introspection and dedication. Your perspective changes when you immerse yourself
Hybrid
The tools are there for almost anyone to become a creator. This is a good thing, everyone has a crayon. AI raises the bar when it comes to visuals. But being a good storyteller takes more than just creating amazing scenes followed by amazing scenes. Knowing how to edit and test audience perception affects the success of your creation. By constructing your idea in a slow thoughtful process you achieve different results.?
Cartoons
I am a cartoonist by nature. My dilemma is how do I use all these tools yet still hold on to my artistic identity. That’s where I developed my hybrid technique. I want to be different. My characters have a look and style that has evolved over my lifetime. I started drawing with pencils. Print requires a book, magazine, or card to display your work. Today, the main platform is the smartphone. That part is great. I have figured out how to make a vertical video faster than it would take to craft a single-panel cartoon. AI will be used to wow the crowd in short increments to sell a concept or product. I want to combine my work and use AI to enhance the process.
For more information on AI in art creation you can visit?https://animatedshortz.com.?