This K-Drama Used Dramatic Visuals from Gen AI

Generative AI (gen AI) is a type of artificial intelligence that creates new content or generates output that is similar to what a human might create. Aside from text, the things gen AI can produce include images, music, even entire videos.? ???

ChatGPT has been commonly used to get writing help, and in this article, we explore how TV production is benefiting from gen AI for visual effects.? TV production teams are enjoying greater efficiency, because gen AI can help them achieve their desired visual effects and do so fast.??

Capture the desired visuals fast?

A scene from Queen of Tears, one of today’s top Korean dramas, may be the most relatable example of gen AI use for production.? The producers wanted a snowy forest and they could not find one in real life.?

Gen AI technology created this visual effect for the background: it “learned the structure of complex trees and created patterns in a short time and, according to one producer, was a task that wouldn't have been possible for a human designer.”??(Source: The Straits Times video.)

The scene was then shot at the production company’s virtual production stage which has a large-scale LED curved screen over 20 feet high.?(Source: Reuters video from msn.com)

Using this technology no longer requires producers and actors to be on location.?

Get that perfect image right?

K-dramas are not the only ones taking advantage of gen AI for production. Another production company based in California talks about creating visuals in this article.? The company’s creative services director explains how gen AI has been helping them: “We’ve all spent hours looking for that one perfect image. It has the right lighting, but not enough people. Or it’s shot at the right angle, but the wrong time of day. Or maybe it doesn’t exist at all. Now you can create that one elusive shot almost instantly....”.

Create realistic and fantasy-like images?

We may not be in production work, but we can still use gen AI to improve our creativity and efficiency!? With gen AI, you can create images out of scratch. ?

You can polish your images by being more specific with your prompts.??

Prompts are the instructions or questions you provide to gen AI platforms. With prompt engineering, which is the art of asking the right question to get the best output from gen AI, you can achieve desired visual results with AI image generation tools. ?When creating images, adding styles and perspectives to your instructions can make the gen AI output closer to what you imagine.??

Creating an image using gen AI? This cheat sheet is a great guide for your prompts:

It’s such an exciting time to be creative. Go out and try. Create unique images using generative AI!? ??

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