Justin McClure

Recent 3D artwork for IEEE Spectrum magazine. This article titled "INKJETS ARE FOR MORE THAN JUST PRINTING" can be read here https://lnkd.in/gsgk_6sa. Thanks again AD Brandon Palacio! #eddieguy #guyco #3dart #3dillustration #ieeespectrummagazine #editorialillustration #illustration #digitalillustration #scienceillustration #newillustration #modernillustration #contemporaryillustration #eddieguyillustration

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Call me cuhh-razyy, but I think animation is the perfect place to stretch your brand's existing look and feel. At Pixel Park we mindfully push the visual envelope when we take this approach. Check out how. ⬇ #creativityoverrigidity #artdirection #animation

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Luma’s cinematic motion (both camera and subject moves) are a big step for AI video, breaking that “floating pause” feel every video seemed to have until now. Behind that specific improvement, there’s more evidence that we shouldn’t take for granted the limitations of the technology. Whatever they are, they may just be a matter of having the project list finally hand on it to get it solved. It happened to the multiple fingers, it reached the rovering… which makes sense if you think there are real people, but not enough, and real compute power but not enough, working on these problems. So the resources are limited and they have to go for the bigger, more frequent, more impressive or fundamental ones first. But once any problem lands on the hit list… it’s done. So don’t look at the current problems of AI as essential limitations. Most of them will be solved as soon as the project manager says it’s time. Most of them, not all, I said. The question I keep asking myself is: what are the problems that will never be solved because they are inherently part of what being AI is?

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Quick and easy single light setup for talking head educational content. When you're on the go and are trying to fill in a quick 2Hr shoot, using the Aputure Amaran 200X S with the Aputure Lantern makes for a great keylight while also filling in the background. #videography #videographer #ContentCreation #socialmediacontent

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Here’s an 8K resolution captured 360 immersive video walk right after work; using a $500 camera:) (Rendered out as HD for LinkedIn posting purposes) #360video #video #immersive

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Explore the AI frontier with StudioBDC! Witness our innovative AI integration enhancing client workflows, drawing inspiration from "Gattaca," directed by Andrew Niccol. Let's craft narratives that transcend limitations! #StudioBDC #AIIntegration 🚀📽️

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“Until people understand what we do and what goes into it, the world will fail to value our work.” For quite some time now, I’ve been wrestling with the realities of our industry. People don’t know/understand what it is we do. Oftentimes, our work is reduced to production. “How fast can you make this?” As someone who works in the industry and who teaches, I find it extremely difficult to justify stressing to my students a very intentional design process, which requires research, ideating, and iterating— only for the reality of the work industry to throw all of that aside for the sake of “making things pretty”. I think one of the responsibilities that we have as designers is to educate the public on the importance of design and the realities of the work that we do. It is strategic, it is thoughtful, and it is purposeful. If you do not allow designers the space to engage in true design work, you can’t truly reap the benefits of their services. https://lnkd.in/eemkMksc

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This was an animated graphic I made for a presentation about the #SpiderManSpiderVerse Movie (The first one, 2018). I used this as a background for the #PowerPoint project. The presentation was for a film class: Film History. I was supposed to talk about a movie that I really liked and admired and it was this movie. It was a living example of "Quality over Quantity" and true teamwork. That movie took 4 years to make. That's sheer dedication and discipline made in the craft. I remade the Kirby Krackle portal using one of the scenes in the movie (the Infinite Web scene), I used Particular in After Effects, and the original illustrated models made by #Sony #SonyPicturesAnimation, ultimately exported it as an MP4 file so I can successfully import into PowerPoint. I really love the concept of an animated movie poster. It seems much cooler than a static one. Animated Movie Posters are the future. Trust me on that! I would love to make another one for the Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse Part 1 #GraphicAnimation #MotionGraphics #Motion #Graphics #Animation #SpiderMan #SpiderVerse

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https://lnkd.in/g3zFciWw It's that time again for another episode of GET THINGS DONE, where Zeus Cruz of Olympian Multimedia discusses how to create musical templates while utilizing a Maschine MK3 for your production. Zeus highlights the different components the MK3 has to offer and features that can give a boost to your beat making process. Like, subscribe, and share!

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Yes it's AI... but not totally! I’ve drifted into the “AI can be leveraged for creative development” camp. Artists will perfect, innovate, and integrate these tools into workflows, while pedestrians will dabble in prompt rip-offs. I was inspired by work from Boldtron and ai.s.a.m, who are showing us how much you can twist and break AI if you really want to create something new. What they're doing with Luma AI and ComfyUI IS original, in my opinion. Process is here https://lnkd.in/gxdkBp66 #ai #midjourney #aiphotography #stablediffusion #comfyui #lumaai

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Check out that input speed. Imagine what this means for AI applications with the heavy weight towards input tokens. Conversational AI applications, streaming data inputs, caching for summarization, etc. The horizon looks really bright for Groq.

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When COVID let up, we started a new practice in the studio called "Weekend Bootcamps." It's usually two days (during the week) that we don't work on client projects, but we land in one place and put our heads together to see if we can break some software, fry the render farm, and/or learn something. I recently spoke at KeyShot World about tips and tricks #photographers use in #keyshot and to kick it off I showed this #bootcamp video. #visualization #soundscape #video #cgi #editing #animation #marketing #learning #render

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🚀 Last month I had a chance to do a live VFX workshop at Liminal Space Productions in Cleveland. ⏪ Actually, let's rewind for a second. 🎥 Andrew Santin is throwing a yearly Crew & Gear Expo at Liminal Space to show off the Motocrane & camera department demos. Ryan Forte says let's actually shoot a short film that day. 🎬 🎞️ So many talented people in Cleveland came together & donated their time to not only help the Cleveland film community learn from them, but also to end up with a pretty cool short film. 💻 And then when it came to post production, I had the honor to work with Ryan and Brandon Jones to get it to the finish line. ⏩ Back to the workshop. While the coolest VFX shots in this thing are definitely the muzzle flash scenes (don't worry I show off those scenes), I think the process of creating a matte painting, either for a set extension or in this case, to hide something, is one of the most applicable VFX that someone can learn. And it's easier than ever with tools like Mocha AE, Generative Fill, Rotobrush 3 & Mask Prompter. 💥 I need to shoutout Luke Thompson of ActionVFX as well for donating prizes for the workshop & in the spirit of this community short film he leveled up all of muzzle flashes & stock assets 💡 Hopefully these techniques can come in useful for your work. Cheers! #VFX #VisualEffects #Workshop #Learning #Creativity #MattePainting #CameraTracking #VFXWorkshop #Networking #SkillsDevelopment #CareerGrowth #Innovation #ArtistsCommunity #Film #Animation #SpecialEffects #SetExtention #CleanPlate

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I put together a quick and easy guide on how I'm using my Character Generator LoRA to create consistent characters to animate. It covers how to one-shot a character sheet, then use that character sheet of 4-6 poses to train an original character LoRA. #StableDiffusion #AIArt #CharacterDesign

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In this current landscape filmmakers are exploring, and having success with, alternative forms of distribution. I only recently discovered the folk filmmaking movement. In short, it is where filmmakers shoot feature length films and release them for free on YouTube or similar platforms. While I understand the apprehension to release a finished feature for free considering how much work and time goes into creating one, there are several takeaways from this video: 1. Create work for the love of the process of creation. 2. Getting work out there. 3. Growing an audience for your work. There are a few things that I might change regarding the process. I would give my film a chance to be noticed in festivals. It can’t hurt to have a few laurels to add to your poster. Also, I would be open to distribution using services such as Indie Rights or Film Hub to seek distribution. However, I strongly agree with finding a tribe who is not overly concerned with with making tons of money immediately, and places the emphasis on creating. Often, film movements birth successful filmmakers i.e. Dogme 95-Lars Von Trier Mumblecore-Jay and Mark Duplass Web Series-Issa Ray Folk Filmmaking-? I have been playing close attention to filmmakers lately like Peter Ohs (who I’ve posted about before) who crew improv features starring their actor friends. Hopefully, as more producers anticipate the decline of the conventional Hollywood model, creative minds will be more open to new and exciting processes of content creation. https://lnkd.in/gPwPRRHa

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"Why does your footage look black and white?" Most of the time when I show clients footage, I like to add a "color grade" When cinematographers shoot video, we tend to capture images in a "flat picture profile", which literally means that the image is flat! This is for maximizing how much information you get from the lowlights and highlights of a frame As a colorist, I love having as much flexibility as possible when editing the contrast, highlights, saturation and color of the image :) (A series of interviews I did with AFSCME) #interview #colorist #video #corporate

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Here's a BTS vid detailing how I made my latest video "Gridlock" utilizing Fable AI's "Prism" feature, such an inspiring tool! #AIFilms #AIFilmmaking #AIAnimation #GenAI

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