Now that was a surprise standout sequence if I've... ever seen one. This small SHAFT-like/Monogatari-esque exposition scene in Uma Musume Cinderella Gray #19 caught me off guard. Very unique creative direction here alongside some kagenashi touches just to underscore the severity.show more

Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver was heavily influenced by the... hitman-for-hire classic Murder by Contract. Travis Bickle’s home workout sequence was inspired by a similar scene in the film. As Scorsese has said: “This is the film that has influenced me most… There’s a getting-in-shape sequence that’s very much like the one in Taxi Driver. The spirit of Murder by Contract has a lot to do with Taxi Driver.” “It gave us an inside look into the mind of a man who kills for a living, and it was pretty frightening.”show more

Interviewer: Zendaya, what would you do if for one... day you could forget that you are a movie star? Zendaya: I would go to the mall again, it wouldn’t even be to buy anything, I just wanted to walk. I miss it, eating some snacks… This line from Z left me particularly very sad, because she really seems to like going to the mall a lot and meant that she probably can’t anymore… the last time she and Tom were seen in one was in 2024 if I’m not mistaken… imagine not being able to do what you like the most… 🤧🥺show more

Hey guys! Today is my birthday 🎉 To celebrate,... I decided to drop a little before/after comparison from one of the projects I worked on. This was a small animated sequence for a feature-length film and the main challenge was achieving very realistic, hand-drawn textures in every single frame. I think it turned out pretty great, literally every frame here is unique and made purely by human hands. No shortcuts, just love, patience and a lot of pixels🤙🏻✨show more

Honestly... this makes a lot of sense. I've lost... count of how many times I've regenerated an AI video just because someone was standing in the wrong place or the camera angle felt off. If I can quickly lay out the scene first and then let the model generate from that, I'd much rather work that way than keep tweaking prompts over and over. Seems like a really useful addition for anyone making AI videos. Props to TopviewAI for building this.show more

If you ever played World of Warcraft, you might... see some inspiration here! I've been a player since day one, 2004! FF14, EverQuest, RuneScape, Lineage, Guild Wars, etc. I've seen it all, which also caused me to fail 2 years of high school lmao. Dungeons and boss fights will play a big part in where we're heading. We'll be adding an optional hard mode to a lot of the bosses, so we can get that souls vibe a bit.show more

one year has officially passed since SU!! when i... got accepted, i was an overwatch streamer that had no idea how to break out of my niche. it felt like if i wasn’t playing a specific game no one cared what i was doing. now i get to do anything and take yall along with me 🥹 SU introduced me to such a broad audience, new collaborators, and new friends. it’s so strange to think that SU was the catalyst for having a friend convince me to move to LA LOL it’s crazy that i get to work alongside some of my favorite creators now. it’s insane that i get to put together projects that people want to see and be part of. i’m so grateful to have mentors behind the scenes that push me to thrive in this wild world of content. thank you to everyone that’s supported me in my streams, on my socials, and even if you just say hi to me in another chat. i appreciate yall more than you know 🤍 even if you don’t see me often now, you will soon. always going bigger and better.show more

This is the exact moment that I decided to... go off-grid in 🇵🇹 Portugal 😂 After being connected to another department and put on hold for 30 minutes, Portugal's electricity provider EDP hangs up on me, for no reason, the second time If you've ever dealt with companies in Portugal, you'll know that every single interaction is just hair pullingly bad: every small problem turns into a giant Kafka-esque nightmarish ordeal that'll stretch out for months trying to get it solved. The level of sheer incompetence of Portuguese companies is just beyond your imagination, I've never experienced this anywhere living all over the world, and I've lived here for a few years now and speak Portuguese Why are Portuguese companies so bad? - nepotism -> they use gov connections/bribes to get monopolies on entire markets, so they don't have to compete much - low competition -> low quality products and services - very exploitative of their workers -> they pay low, treat them like shit, so workers don't care about their work - that makes the companies anti-customers -> they treat you like shit too - all of this is -> very very bad for Portuguese society at large and good for a few rich Portuguese families who control things here People regularly ask me "why are you still in Portugal if so much stuff sucks?", well, because I love it here for the climate, the clean air, the nature, the food, and the people are amazing I feel there's no other solution for me than to just go completely off-grid for my sanity: 📡 I already got Starlink to get internet from space 💸 I've closed my Portuguese bank accounts, and use Revolut to pay my tax 🔋 I'm now getting solar panels + batteries (to quit EDP) 💧 Possibly harvest rain water? If it's not too hard, anyone knows? 🔌 Then disconnect and go 100% off-grid Everything in Asia is so easy and fast compared to here, but that might have made me weak over the years... Being in Portugal everything is difficult, so maybe that makes me stronger? Or maybe I'm just coping though (I can see all the ppl in Asia like Dominik Sobe ツ laughing now over their perfectly cooked Nasi Goreng delivered to them with a smile 😁) P.S. the reason I had to call today was as Kafkaesque as you can imagine: when changing the name on the electricity contract to me, EDP signed me up to their healthcare plan (who knew an electricity provider had healthcare?), they also signed me up to pet insurance (I don't have a pet), and a EUR 600 on-call technician per year (I also don't need that), when all I asked was to change my name on the contractshow more

🚨 one person can now do the work of... an entire creative team. i just tested it on a real one. a friend needed an ad for his brand, so I opened the new Runway Agent 2.0 to try it out. here's how it went: → it generated the music and the key image first, so I could approve the direction → once I gave the ok, it built the full video around it → and when something was off, i changed just that one piece, without redoing the rest one prompt, and I had the ad we needed, work that used to take weeks. this is what it made 👇 if you want to try it → · 30% off 3 months with code RUNWAYAGENT — made with Runway · #MadeWithRunway · #adshow more

This is quite funny. We're visiting Kamakura in Japan... and we came across a large group of Chinese tourists in a place that, at first glance, looked nothing special. Turns out that this very spot is one of THE most iconic locations in Japan for Chinese people who grew up in the 1990s. Why? Because in the 1990s there was this Japanese basketball manga called "slam dunk" that every kid was watching in China, and the opening credits featured an image of this very spot: a railroad crossing on a small street leading to the beach in Kamakura. Apparently this place is so popular with Chinese tourists that they had to cordon it off at some point. Now it's obviously reopened with 3 guards assigned to handle the traffic. And now that they've heard about it, it's my daughters' turn to be hooked on the series so maybe in 20 years' time they'll be perpetuating the passion and come back to this "Slam Dunk" shrine ☺️show more

"I was filming a K9 memorial service today and... I'm still trying to process what I witnessed. Everything was quiet until his handler suddenly rushed the funeral car. The entire crowd gasped. I've never seen anything like it. He just needed one more moment. The grief in that moment was the most real thing I have ever captured on camera. Seeing him place his own medal on his partner’s vest… I'm speechless. He gave him his highest honor. This was their final salute. A bond that truly never dies."show more

I just dropped myself into a Taylor Swift-style music... video without writing a single prompt, timeline, or storyboard. I uploaded one photo and the song. That's it. Atlabs AI took over from there: • Built the character sheet • Planned the scenes • Generated the prompts • Synced every cut to the beat • Delivered a finished edit Most AI video tools promise automation, but the tradeoff is usually creative control. This was the opposite. The agents handled the production work while I focused on direction. Every scene, transition, framing choice, and creative decision stayed in my hands. When the edit was ready, I could jump in, swap shots, rework sequences, change the mood, and fine-tune the story. It felt less like using a tool and more like working with an AI production crew. We're moving beyond prompting. The next wave is directing autonomous creative workflows that understand the music, build the narrative, and still leave the final call to you. Character: ChatGPT Image Video: Seedance This is the most fun I've had making a music video in a long time.show more

This is the person behind the "Daily Monogatari" account...... 💀 It really disgusts me to have such a horrible person like this in the Monogatari fandom, bruh. I kindly ask the good and respectful people who follow me to please stop giving this moron any attention. He’s nothing but a stain on both the Daily accounts and the Monogatari community itself. In fact, there are some really cool and important people in our community who have been hurt by his nasty and gratuitous insults against trans people. I apologize for breaking the gimmick and for bringing such a sensitive topic here, and I really hope it never happens again, but I thought it was important to use my reach to expose what an asshole this guy is, although many of you may already be aware. And for those who agree with his stupid opinions—which I hope is just a small minority—you’re free to be idiots and there's nothing I can do about it, but do us both a favor and don’t waste your time writing shit in the comments.show more

One of the biggest AI video updates yet is... almost here. What I'm paying more attention to now is how much control they give you during the creative process. Dreamina Seedance 2.5 looks like a big step in that direction. A few features that caught my attention: • Mix up to 50 reference images, videos, and other assets in one generation. • Generate longer, continuous videos up to 30 seconds. • Use white-model and green-screen references for more consistent outputs. • Localize videos for different languages and audiences. • Refine only the part of a scene you want instead of generating everything again. The focus here isn't just generating videos; it's making the entire workflow more flexible and easier to iterate on, especially for creators who rely on references and precise edits. Learn more: #dreamina #dreaminapartner #seedance #dreaminaseedance25show more

A half eaten apple, the cross that was placed... on their clothes, and their name that was finally carved together. #TicketToHeavenEP4 ☆ That apple reminds me of the apple in Adam and Eve story. It's like a symbolic way of how they gave in to something that was considered as 'forbidden' ☆ The cross. I saw the hesitation in Tanrak's eyes when he took it off. It didn't feel like he removed it simply because he was afraid of losing it. Instead, it was as if guilt was gnawing at him, like if he kept it on, he would feel the heavy weight of God watching him. Taking it off was like the choice to let go of that guilt and judgment ☆ The names on the tree. Carving their names into the tree feels like their permanent vow. As if a physical mark that Tanrak chose Barth, for now. To accompany him, to face the world with him // I genuinely didn't know what they actually trying to convey, it's just my personal point of view when I saw thisshow more

Hi everyone Great news, we have sucesfully cashed out... all the money from the wallet that the mom gave us, and this morning me and my brother, went to their village to give them the money in exchange for the solanas raised It took some effort and help from 28. Jun to prove that the crypto community actually raised all this money, but luckily they managed to pull it off. With the 19 000$ that we have raised + what 28Jun has raised, we have purchased a new home for them in their village ( il get the photos of that too) , as this one was not in great condition and it is too small for such a big family. I would like to thank u all for participating and proving that when its a good cause, we can all come together and help, no matter the country, race or nationality Here are some photos i took from this beautiful familyshow more

As a graphics engine coder I think when you... look at a flickering bug like this one in the video below it’s not immediately obvious what is going on. The key here is observation - to study this flickering/bugged render carefully - what do we see? Firstly for me it was very obvious that nearly all of the scene shadows were flashing on and off - but (but!) there was a secondary issue where some buildings and parts of the sky were also flashing purple. Hmmmm. Interesting. I initially thought then this might be two separate bugs - but because the sky purple element could only based on full screen post fx and not 3D rendering I looked at this first with a few GPU captures to step through all our post processing to find the rendering stage which made these pixels turn purple: When I did this I found the colour 3D texture LUT grading that makes our different biomes have unique colour palettes was going very wrong - colours near 0 or 1 were wrapping and making the purple elements that we see in the said sky and base parts. The only way this could happen was if the texture was corrupt (which it was not) or if the 3D texture sampling was wrapping and not clamped as intended. That was the Eureka moment - because if the post fx had the wrong texture sampler then the disappearing shadows which also require an exact texture sampler for comparing depth might be also wrong because of the same kind of texture sampling issue! So with this idea that the engine was using the wrong texture samplers, but only in very high draw call scenes like the big base here I the looked at some engine limits and found the bug very quickly - a circular dx12 descriptor buffer for samplers running out over multiple frames, reusing the wrong data for new scenes inflight. Hence the flickering, as the GPU randomly got wrong samplers for some post textures or shadow depth. Easy to fix with triple limits for future expansion and also adding an assert/debug spam in case this limit is ever reached again - QA testers would see this message and report if they ever saw a flicker with this style of bug. My bug and my bad from 2017 porting NMS to DX12 without foreseeing how massively complex bases and our game would grow.show more

Someone left him here with a note that simply... said: 'Can't keep him anymore." I was driving through a quiet neighborhood when I saw a little French Bulldog sitting beside a cardboard box. He didn't bark. He didn't run He just looked at every passing car like he was waiting for someone to come back. For 20 minutes, he stayed there. hoping. When I finally walked over, he leaned his tiny body against my leg and let out the softest sigh I've ever heard. Some dogs ask for food. Some ask for toys. This one was just asking not to be left behind again. Drop a ❤️ if you believe every dog deserves a second chance.show more

I'm very impressed with the Streaming quality of the... #PSPORTAL , From button press to game loads in about 10 seconds. I never used it before because I was always running this via Remote-play, but now that I've been playing this way for a few hours.... I'm at a Loss for words, this feels just like I'm playing it on my PS5, I even tried Fighting Games and the input lag was almost non-existent, I've tried streaming services in the past (Stadia, GE Force Now, X cloud) But none of them felt this good, this is crazy, if the PS6 Handheld has this feature I'm definitely going to be using it more often, this save me a lot of memory/storage and download times. #PSportal 👑 #Playstation 💙show more