FastCompany Wednesday September 7, 2022
The text-to-image AI tool DALL-E 2 has been wowing artists, researchers, and others, but now, notes FastCompany, developer OpenAI is giving DALL-E 2 a new trick: the ability to extend the original images it creates beyond their original borders in logical and creative ways. The new feature, which OpenAI calls “outpainting,” could be useful to graphic designers who need to create multiple sizes and shapes of a particular image to present in different contexts. Now to the bigger question: Is AI art? Read the full Story >>
Visa Pour l'Image Wednesday September 7, 2022
Ukrainian photojournalist Evgeniy Maloletka is the winner of the VISA Pour l’Image Visa d’Or prize for his coverage of the Russian siege of Mariupol. The 35-year-old journalist, who works for the Associated Press news agency, was – along with his AP colleague video journalist Mstyslav Chernov – one of the first journalists to enter Mariupol on February 23, an hour before the first Russian bombs fell, notes France 24. He finally quit the city on March 15, by which time it had been almost entirely destroyed by Russian shelling. Read the full Story >>
Adobe Wednesday September 7, 2022
The creator economy is booming, says Adobe in a new “Future of Creativity” study. More than 165 million creators joined the global creator economy in the last two years, including significant growth in the U.S., with 34 million new creators, the report says. Adobe says that the continuing growth of the creator economy “is reshaping every aspect of culture and society, from the future of work to social causes to mental health.” One in four people are creators contributing photography, videography, creative writing and more to online spaces, notes Adobe. Read the full Story >>
By
David Schonauer Wednesday September 7, 2022
Eadweard Muybridge is big in 2022. We recently noted that director Jordan Peele spotlighted the 19th century motion studies made by Muybridge in his sci-fi film Nope. You can delve deep Muybridge's
eventful life and his legacy of technological and artist creativity in a new documentary called "Exposing Muybridge." (The film is available Rent or buy on Apple TV, Google Play and other streaming … Read the full Story >>
