October 23, 2024
By: Stephen Toback
Extraordinary technology. Workflow and pricing model still need work. I'm working with a researcher who has 1,000 videos in Urdu that he wants dubbed into English. I expected that ElevenLabs would be the right tool. In testing, it did a...
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October 15, 2024
By: Stephen Toback
From Adobe MAX 2024, Lightroom Mobile got some powerful updates to help the mobile photojournalist edit their images on the fly. It includes both automated presets as well as tools and some AI image recognization that seems to work quite...
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October 14, 2024
By: Stephen Toback
One of the highlights of the Adobe Max keynote today was "Generative Extend". Ever needed just a bit more of a clip to transition or perhaps your talent didn't give you time to get out of the shot before they...
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September 4, 2024
By: Stephen Toback
I've tested a lot of these auto video creators in the last few months. Revid.ai just works. There is a free tier but because I used the best model for AI, I had to pay the introductory $39/month fee to...
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September 2, 2024
By: Stephen Toback
Playground.com allows you to select a design from their library or upload a design and then transform the text and images to your liking. I selected one of their logos to test first. I gave it the prompt: "Change the...
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August 21, 2024
By: Stephen Toback
Flux from Blackforest Labs has been called the "Stable Diffusion Killer" and lauded much praise. In my standard image testing, meh. Prompt: The Duke Blue Devil mascot holding a sign that says, "Welcome Class Of 2028!" in front of the...
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August 13, 2024
By: Todd Stabley
While Duke’s core strategy for classroom-based lecture recording continues to focus on Dell PCs managed by OIT’s AUDS group, there continue to be use cases where PCs aren’t the best choice, and so we have been continuing our efforts to...
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August 5, 2024
By: Stephen Toback
Gamma is a tool that leverages AI to help you create presentations, documents or websites. I got quite a bit of use out of their free credits to do some testing. I found their process easy and the content, both...
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August 2, 2024
By: Stephen Toback
At SIGGRAPH 2024, Autodesk unveiled new AI-powered tools aimed at enhancing creative workflows for artists and producers. Key announcements include the Flow Generative Scheduling for efficient production planning and new AI capabilities in Maya and Flame. These innovations are designed...
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July 22, 2024
By: Stephen Toback
As I mentioned in an earlier post, one of the challenges I had learning music theory at the University of Miami was my minimal keyboard skills preventing me from hearing the chords and scales that I was learning about. I...
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