November 3, 2025
By: Stephen Toback
Here's an AI assisted summary of the AI assisted development of an infographic talking about AI assisted production. The results are not final, just thought the process was interesting. I used ChatGPT (Duke's version) to try to create an infographic...
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July 9, 2025
By: Stephen Toback
We're working on the first production test of my Gemini/Veo 3(Flow) production workflow. The voice over is cloned VO generated in Eleven Labs. All of the animation was done by using Gemini to great a two part prompt. The first...
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June 23, 2025
By: Stephen Toback
I've been testing AI powered video generation tools since they existed. Veo seemed like a quantum step forward so I've been working with it for the past several weeks. Many of these engines excel at creating whimsical videos but I've...
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May 15, 2025
By: Stephen Toback
I recently had a chance to experiment with Colossyan.com, a tool that lets you create AI avatar videos from text scripts—and even in different languages. To test it, I used the Italian translation of a script on the Lense-Thirring effect...
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May 1, 2025
By: Stephen Toback
Or... maybe not. https://warpwire.duke.edu/w/jdQIAA/ Positives: Super inexpensive Markers are great Text is super bright Runs off USB power (just plugged in into the hub on my desk Very portable Issues that need to be resolved: Stability - not practical if...
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March 12, 2025
By: Stephen Toback
Brandon Johnson and I have been working to develop a streaming "kit" that can be checked out as one possible way of filling the gap of the lack of internal live streaming services at Duke. The goal is for something...
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January 23, 2025
By: Todd Stabley
I’ve been doing a few updates at home, and as part of that ordered three pendant lights to replace the existing ones in the kitchen. When they arrived, I was disappointed to find that the part that attaches to the...
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January 3, 2025
By: Stephen Toback
Please comment if you experience this as well, but sometimes, AI just flat out does not work. Sometimes it's brilliant, but there are times when even the most simple things absolutely don't work. I hope someone who understands AI better...
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December 24, 2024
By: Stephen Toback
I had posted a while ago that I found an app that allowed me to replace the audio track of a video file without re-encoding the video (which creates a loss in quality). Of course, I've been so busy the...
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November 4, 2024
By: Michael Blair
Since our overview of Blackmagic Camera last year, new entrants into the mobile camera app field have made the topic worth revisiting. Here I’ll compare the updated Blackmagic Camera app to two more recent apps - Final Cut Camera and...
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