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niwrad

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    Show HN: FLUX.3 Video 1k generation test (180 mins of footage)

    I've always been a fan of Black Forest Labs' FLUX image models. Specifically how "un-AI" their look is. (One might even describe it the opposite of Midjourney which feels like it e…

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    Comment #45998244

    This is a good question -- I've wanted transparency from image models for a while. One work around is to ask for a "green screen" and to key out the background but it doesn't alway…

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    Comment #45509609

    I've also added a text-to-image versions of the same test here: https://www.cinemodels.ai/benchmark?test=wink&type=text-to-v... Prompt: "A white female in their 30s winks at the ca…

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    Show HN: Getting AI Models to Wink – The Wink Test

    I’ve been trying to create long form GenAI films and found myself struggling to generate video of a character to wink. I found myself quite amused by the results. So I built a benc…

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    Comment #44438049

    That’s really cool — it makes me happy to hear from someone that appreciates the novelty and feat of his experiment just through perceptual matching! The precision he achieved with…

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    Comment #44437940

    Absolutely — these old papers are fascinating. I was also surprised by how much insight is packed into them, especially considering how non-trivial some of it is to unpack. My prof…

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    Comment #44437910

    Thank you! Maxwell's "color wheel" experiment ( https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/view/PH-CAVENDISH-P-02000/1 ) is more commonly known, which preceded this experiment I wrote about. (Whic…

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    Comment #44416632

    An audience-driven GenAI rom-com w/ Daily Episodes. How We Met – https://how-we-met.c47.studio/ Each day, I create a new 30-second episode based on the plot direction voted on by t…

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    Comment #44414774

    Thank you for the encouraging words! I’m glad you enjoyed it.

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    Exploring Trichromacy through Maxwell's Color Experiment (2023)

    I built an interactive which recreates one of James Clerk Maxwell’s lesser-known color experiments that helped discover the trichromatic theory—remarkably accurate, even by today’s…

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    Comment #37226944

    I was genuinely confused when I saw the difficulty in getting these IC cards in July. I’m even more confused to see them completely stop the sales all together. These cards are ubi…

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    Comment #35553824

    I ended up subscribing to the $60 plan, mainly to get access to the Stealth Mode. I used about ~4h of fast time during the project. With that said, I could have created this with t…

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    Comment #35553307

    Thanks for your kind comments! I'm glad you pointed out the music. The music was also AI generated with a tool called AIVA [1]. I'd never composed a piece of music before, and I wa…

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    Comment #35552428

    I feel that Midjourney v5 really lets you explore different worlds. One recent feature the guide missed is the permutation and repeat features [1]. They're quite helpful for power …

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