Karen X. Cheng: Rotate Your Phone

• Karen X. Cheng’s new flipbook-style video combines photography, background removal, and choreography testing to achieve a seamless flow.

• Using Intel-optimized Adobe tools, Karen repeated photo edits and motion tests, ultimately creating her stop-motion effect with printed images.

Nicolas Neubert: The Schnitzel Dilemma

• Nicolas Neubert's short captures two colleagues navigating the surprisingly complex choice of schnitzel varieties for lunch.

• Created using Runway’s Act-One, the film brings a light-hearted dilemma to life, blending casual conversation with AI-generated animation.

James D. Phillips: The Last Immortal

• A 90-second transhumanist film explores immortality and identity, crafted entirely with AI tools like Midjourney, Topaz, and KlingAI

• AI-powered denoising, upscaling, and narration helped transform raw concepts into polished, cinematic scenes.

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Runway’s Act-One

• Runway’s Act-One brings character animation to life by capturing nuanced expressions and movements from simple smartphone videos, making advanced animation accessible to all creators.

• With Act-One, creators can bypass complex motion capture, generating expressive character performances that enhance storytelling in animation and filmmaking.

'Amazing' AI De-ages Tom Hanks In New Film 'Here'

• Tom Hanks praised the real-time AI de-aging tech used in his new film Here, allowing him to see his de-aged performance instantly.

• In Here, Hanks plays a character across multiple life stages, with AI providing rapid transformations from youthful to elderly looks, sparking conversation around AI in Hollywood.

• Directed by Robert Zemeckis, Here uniquely uses a single static camera setup, giving the film an intimate style true to the original graphic novel by Richard McGuire..