THE VERGE Friday August 26, 2022
AI text-to-image systems like DALL-E are booming now, and now TikTok is getting into the act, reports The Verge. The video platform recently added a new effect it calls “AI greenscreen,” which allows users to type in a text prompt that the software will then generate as an image. This image can then be used as the background to a video — potentially a very useful tool for creators. When will Instagram offer its own version? Let’s start the countdown: T-Minus five, four, three, two, one…. Read the full Story >>
The New York Times Friday August 26, 2022
“Atrocities against civilians. Thousands of casualties, with the toll rising. Millions of refugees. Thriving cities besieged and reduced to rubble.” That, notes The New York Times, is what has taken place over the past six months in Ukraine, since Vladimir Putin launched his ill-planned and poorly executed invasion of the country. The Times looks back at the war in images from photographers “in and around” Ukraine, including David Guttenfelder, Daniel Berehulak Lynsey Addario and Tyler Hicks. See also: NPR. Read the full Story >>
National Press Photographers Association Friday August 26, 2022
A decision that enjoined commercial film permit requirements on federal lands has been reversed, meaning that commercial videographers and filmmakers once again must obtain permits for filming in national parks, forest land and other federal lands. Previously, a district court found that the statute requiring permits was an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment, notes the NPPA. But the recent 2 to 1 appellate decision held that although some portions of the national park system are public forums, a public forum analysis does not apply to filmmaking. Read the full Story >>
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David Schonauer Friday August 26, 2022
Tsuneko Sasamoto was a pioneering photographer. Considered to be Japan's first female photojournalist, she captured the lives of civilians under the country's tumultuous Showa era, noted CNN this
week. Sasamoto died on August 15, just over two weeks before her 108th birthday. Born in Tokyo the year World War I began, Sasamoto originally wanted to be a painter but was discouraged by her father. … Read the full Story >>
