Here I describe end-to-end tools and supporting practices I use.
Blog pages
ComfyUI and Cropping from 360 Images
I am interested in ComfyUI for creating films where you have a scene with multiple shots at the same location, from different angles. An example can be seen in one of Mick’s videos where he improves the reliability of the background using a 360 location image. He uses Olm DragCrop to select a rectangular portion…
Solo Production using Generative AI for Video
Can you, by yourself, use all the recent advancements in AI to create your own TV series on YouTube, starting with say 5 minute episodes? That is the challenge I have set myself to explore, writing blogs of my findings as I progress. My background: I have been text-based AI (ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, etc) with…
NVIDIA and OpenUSD at CES 2025
NVIDIA had a number of announcements at the recent CES 2025 and the OpenUSD team at NVIDIA had a great round up of announcements relevant to 3D aficionados. While my personal interest is more into animation, technologies related to 3D modeling always interest me due to their potential application. For example, can robot animation techniques…
Extra Ordinary, the Series 