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Sony Turns to AI to Tackle Rising Animation Costs and Animator Shortage

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Re: Sony Turns to AI to Tackle Rising Animation Costs and Animator Shortage

#11

Post by JBits »

GiorgioG wrote: post #2

There is no animator shortage. They just don’t want to pay up.

There really is an animator shortage in anime. There's a popular blog with multiple articles on it: https://blog.sakugabooru.com/2022/08/05/the-layout-crisis-th...

Though simply paying more sounds like it would fix the issue.

Re: Sony Turns to AI to Tackle Rising Animation Costs and Animator Shortage

#15

Post by altdataseller »

GiorgioG wrote: post #2

There is no animator shortage. They just don’t want to pay up.

Its the same thing as people claiming there’s an “accountant shortage”. Both are nonsense. There’s a shortage of people who want to do the job for pennies

Re: Sony Turns to AI to Tackle Rising Animation Costs and Animator Shortage

#16

Post by johnny22 »

JBits wrote: post #11
GiorgioG wrote: post #2

There is no animator shortage. They just don’t want to pay up.

There really is an animator shortage in anime. There's a popular blog with multiple articles on it: https://blog.sakugabooru.com/2022/08/05/the-layout-crisis-th... Though simply paying more sounds like it would fix the issue.

They are suggesting the shortage exists because nobody is getting paid well enough to continue onwards or join in. These folks are also necessary to raise the next generation of animators.

Re: Sony Turns to AI to Tackle Rising Animation Costs and Animator Shortage

#17

Post by JBits »

johnny22 wrote: post #16
JBits wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There really is an animator shortage in anime. There's a popular blog with multiple articles on it: https://blog.sakugabooru.com/2022/08/05/the-layout-crisis-th... Though simply paying more sounds like it would fix the issue.

They are suggesting the shortage exists because nobody is getting paid well enough to continue onwards or join in. These folks are also necessary to raise the next generation of animators.

It's not just that, it's also that training opportunities have become rare.

Re: Sony Turns to AI to Tackle Rising Animation Costs and Animator Shortage

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Post by krapp »

elphinstone wrote: post #14

I see this as one of the few legit use cases for current tech so far. The animators can draw key cels and the ai can do inbetweens.

Isn't drawing inbetweens one of the ways a lot of animators break into the industry? Key animation is usually an expert position for lead animators, but how will anyone become a key animator without being able to learn the process?

Re: Sony Turns to AI to Tackle Rising Animation Costs and Animator Shortage

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Post by dgfitz »

JBits wrote: post #17
johnny22 wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They are suggesting the shortage exists because nobody is getting paid well enough to continue onwards or join in. These folks are also necessary to raise the next generation of animators.

It's not just that, it's also that training opportunities have become rare.

Expecting to hire employees that are 100% trained to do the specific vacancy on day 1 is why the market is shit right now.
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