Do you have kids around? Here's a fun and easy animation project you can do with them.
1. Have them draw a humanoid character (a head, two arms and two feet).
2. Go to this link "Animate a cartoony drawing". (It's an AI research project from Facebook / Meta.)
3. Upload their drawing, following the prompts, and choose a style of action, such as walking, jumping, or dancing.
(The artificial intelligence will do the pose and silhouette detection, joint placement, rigging, and animation.)
4. You can share or download the animation, add music, etc. (I used music by Kevin Macleod from YouTube's free Creator Studio collection. The animation algorithm only lets you download once, so you can use QuickTime to record more.)
Meta's researchers say: "Someday, perhaps, an AI system could take a complex drawing and then instantly create a detailed animated cartoon using multiple fantastical characters interacting with one another and elements from the background. With AR glasses, those stories could even seem to come to life in the real world, dancing or talking with the child who drew it just moments earlier. The possibilities are as limitless as the human imagination."
Why give Meta access to children to make their drawings "come to life in the real world, dancing or talking with the child who drew it just moments earlier" and when they themselves say that "The possibilities are as limitless as the human imagination"? Indeed! Meta has successfully addicted teens to Instagram and now they have their sights set on toddlers. Why are they marketing this to toddlers and not college aged animation students?
ReplyDeleteI shared this with my 8 year old grandson and embarrassed when he didn't want to waste his time with this as it "took him right to facebook" which he told me has a too much spam.
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