https://www.cartoonbrew.com/artist-rights/lionsgate-signs-deal-with-ai-company-runway-hopes-that-ai-can-eliminate-storyboard-artists-and-vfx-crews-243035.html

The goal is to reduce costs by replacing traditional storyboard artists and VFX crews with AI-generated “cinematic video.” Lionsgate hopes to use this technology for both pre- and post-production processes. While the company promotes the cost-saving potential, the creative community has raised concerns, as Runway is currently facing a lawsuit over copyright infringement.

At the age of 94, this is what the great Clint Eastwood looks like.

Standing, lucid, brilliant, directing his latest film. Eastwood himself says it: “I don’t let the old man in. I keep myself busy. You have to stay active, alive, happy, strong, capable. I don’t let in the old critic, hostile, envious, gossiping, full of rage and complaints, of lack of courage, which denies to itself that old age can be creative, decisive, full of light and projection. Getting older is not for sissies.”

~Clint Eastwood

https://midlibrary.io/

https://andrewzeller.ca/vfx-studio-departments-pipeline-chart/

https://simongiebenhain.github.io/NPGA/

https://peterszasz.com/how-to-lead-your-team-when-the-house-is-on-fire/

The three focus areas of an Engineering Manager

1. Ensuring delivery that’s aligned with company goals;
2. Building and sustaining a high-performing engineering team;
3. Supporting the success and personal growth of the individuals on the team.

https://www.creativebloq.com/entertainment/vfx/zibra-ais-new-unreal-engine-plugin-brings-real-time-volumetric-vfx-to-games

https://www.smpte.org/motion-imaging-journal

High res PNG version in the article

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