Adobe at IBC focused on the capabilities of content-aware fill quite a bit—not that the technology is new, but that it can do so much. This demonstration showed that it’s possible to remove the orange ball from all video frames of the game. It works, but it makes people look pretty excited about nothing. (Source: JPR) At IBC 2019, … Read more
Uh, oh there’s no one here! Walking into Siggraph that first day, full of excitement and expectation, we were horrified to find the halls quiet, the tiny exhibition area dark, and the nearby area for R&D exhibits relatively quiet. What the hell, is Siggraph dying? School bell’s ringing and the crowds stream into the halls of Siggraph. These aren’t faces … Read more
Deep fakes have got the world creeped out. Photo manipulation techniques joined with AI are enabling people to create very convincing, very fake images and videos. The authenticity of audio is also up for grabs, and in fact in this paper, “Text Based Editing on Talking Head Videos,” researchers demonstrate a technique for editing a speaker in a video by … Read more
It’s been a while, but the cover for our New Year’s issue was created using Dimension, Adobe’s tool which enables users to combine 3D models with 2D backgrounds to create a new artwork. We didn’t do anything really special, put paper bag on the foreground, created a texture for with Adobe’s Capture app, added the JPR logo as a decal … Read more
The Academy Awards have been announced and now the jockeying for position has begun, but all the deciding has been done for Academy’s Science and Technical Awards and the usual suspects welcome a new entrant to the ranks. Maxon’s Cinema 4D has been recognized for the first time by the Academy. Per-Anders will be awarded an Academy of Motion Picture … Read more
Allegorithmic, one of the most interesting companies in the graphics business, today has been acquired by Adobe. As a small company, Allegorithmic's revenues represent a drop in the bucket to Adobe, so there’s no financial information provided. Since the company's founding in 2002 in Auvergne, France, the company has captured the interest of graphics professionals and lately has been growing rapidly. For … Read more
Just a whole lot of stuff going on at Adobe Max 2018. (Source: JPR) This year’s Adobe Max, the company's user conference featured familiar tools in new packages. Last year, Adobe introduced a cloud- based version of Lightroom. At that time, we were pretty sure it was a harbinger of the future and this year, Adobe confirmed it with the … Read more
In honor of IBC, Adobe updated its video tools new features and long-awaited fixes. In addition, Adobe introduced new mobile tools called Project Rush. This latest update pushes Adobe’s video tools into new territory and gives it more power for finishing as well as animation and immersive content. As the film and video industry move into awards season, Adobe is … Read more
Allegorithmic has been throwing itself parties all around the world to show off its capabilities, to teach users new tricks, and to preview upcoming software. Allegorithmic, with the help of industry partners, is defining new territory for content creation. Fun with procedural textures: all of these images are made of textures on simple shapes by people with too much time … Read more
It was just a few years ago, 2015 actually, that Adobe introduced its character animation tool to the world at NAB. At that time, it was part of Adobe’s After Effects and seemed a cute feature and something of a quirky addition to After Effects. Back then, a quick look at Character Animation made it seem similar to facial animation … Read more
Magic over machines: more Harry Potter than the Terminator The overweening theme at this year’s Max is extending creative tools every everyone and brand new apps unveiled this year is enabling the creativity that resides in everyone. In addition, the new apps seem to be built on a continuum that reaches from absolute beginners to professionals and occasional users to … Read more
