Honestly I feel it would be significantly faster and easier just to use it as a standalone app and import the images rather than go through all of the mumbo-jumbo with Final Cut and its markers, XML and what have you. Can the app be used as standalone? They're missing out on a ton of customers if not. Can't wait to eventually hand over all my creativity to the robots.
If you are going to use a standalone app, why not just directly use Stable Diffusion in something like Automatic1111, or Midjourney on Discord, or Dalle3 on Bing? With all of those options, you can do much much more with your prompting and image creation, like in-painting, out-painting, and uploading reference images.
I agree. This process is not intuitive. OK, yes, this is just the beginning, but I can't wait until I can say, "Hey, Siri, give me a CU shot of chillis!"
@@markspencer4557 Do those work locally with no internet? That's why I'd want for this to work in a far more straightforward and faster manner. I'm surprised it never even occurred to the authors of the app to do this. Generally I'm of the opinion that AI-generated stuff is only for the lazy and the talentless, but it's fun to mess with. Its also good for repairing small parts of an image here and there.
I am 100%, emphatically behind ai integration to speed up my fcp workflow, but this just feels like, a lot, for what you’re getting. Brining in Stock or midnorney still feels like the way to do this. I’m looking forward to see something a little more native, maybe some generative fill. And of course, video once it’s no longer a fever dream nightmare. But for real, keep exploring this stuff with us and thanks for your work. It’s only getting better from here! 👍🏼
Actually this tiny app saves an incredible amount of time - you don't have to go outside of Final Cut...just "order" your images and pick the one you want..I am using it on my documentary to create "archival" style photos of historical events... :)
Mark, I am amazed that this "Picture This" app can create images without having access to the internet. The technology is a little scary but I think it is the future.
That's great! It makes the process faster, and you don't need to download images from a stock site. Plus, you can even use it for commercial projects. I can also see the potential for generating videos down the road. Thanks for sharing!
I can't get on Sonoma (don't want to) until I'm done with a long term project but I'll play with this as soon as I can update. Stupendously interesting if nothing else.
So now we've put photographers out of work I guess it's just a matter of time until we editors will be out of work? I find it odd that AI's first foray is in the arts. I always thought AI would replace the work we hate doing not the work we enjoy doing.
As a CTO in a software company I can confirm that I have developers who have the same concerns and they are about as far from artsy types as you can get. AI is very disruptive for all fields, just like cars were in the early 1900s, computers in the 40s-50s, spreadsheets and industrial robots. When disruptive changes hit mainstream we all have to adapt. Peace my friend.
Wow! I can imagine stock image companies are putting their desk plants into banker’s boxes now. Thank you for such a great demo! Embarrassingly, I don’t know what “finalize” is?
Brilliant introduction to this workflow and its potential. Very useful information indeed, especially the macOS specifications. Just need a new iMac now!
It does better than the diffusion bee app. Diffusion bee lets you make stable diffusion Images on the Mac. Also, that you don’t need to go somewhere else, audition images, uprez the images, yadda yadda. But this is right in place is awesome.
Thanks again for a great tutorial Mark, I really feel for the photographic industry as a whole with where things are headed - a little scary for sure, and food for thought.
Wish it simply created an AI Images event and placed the images there. Too many hoops. If it’s in an effort to free the machine to keep working, I’m ok with a 6 minute break here and there.
I was wondering when this AI generated images feature will show up in Final Cut Pro . I'm pretty sure Apple will implement this option for short video clips in the next few years. The next generations of M Silicon chips will have the power to do this. It's an absolutely crazy time for creative , which possibilities these tools already offer us today . Will definitely take a closer look and follow the app updates . Thanks for the interesting review and also like that you guys thinking outside the box. AI will definitely change the creative workflow in future.
Haha, yeah his thumb turned into a Chile pepper. Common problem with stable diffusion generated images. Sometime seems nearly impossible to generate realistic hands.
Very interesting. Thanks for bringing this to our attention. Btw, did you see the farmers hands? The hands are always the indicator for AI images. I am wondering, when AI is able to produce people with 5 fingers on one hand.
If I understand (some) of what you said... I pay over $500 for a MidJourney annual subscription. This $30 spend gives me AI image generation FREE. That's a bargain, but I'll still renew my MJ sub, because of the cross-platform ability to generate from my iPad or iPhone. But, a real bargain for one more budget-conscious.
First time to your channel. Very intuitive, love the look & pace. 5-stars!!! Question: How do you insert breaks in the RED play line? I did chapter breaks on my youtube videos but the RED play bar is still solid. I noticed you guys have that on a lot of your videos. It is VERY convenient. If I hover over each area I can quickly see what that segment is about as well as get a quick idea as to length and placement. Much easier than scrolling down into the description and clicking on chapter timestamps. Maybe you guys will make a tutorial on How to do this? Great channel. Thank you for all you do!!!!!
Excellent review Mark, as usual! Thank you for your time and effort. I am looking very much forward to this technology. I wonder if I can buy it now and install later when fcp will be stable enough on Sonoma together with the 300 plugins that I have installed over time.
1. Im assuming this requires your Final Cut Pro to run the app 2. Can you export the image in a high resolution PNG for other use it is it just for your FCP projects? Great review. 😊
@@markspencer4557 thanks I appreciate the information. I’m just a bit confused on why the app requires images to be generated in FCP instead of just having the option to be integrated into FCP.
The images aren't generated inside FCP, they are generated in the Picture This app. But I think you mean why start in FCP. It makes sense to me since while you are editing you know exactly where you need a shot so you can drop a marker and keep working. Then you can have the app automatically generate shots for all those markers in a batch and place them exactly where you want them in the project. Otherwise you would need to manually import them to the Browser, then manually place each on at the right location in the timeline.
it has nothing to do with this video but I'm new to Final Cut and simply can't find any help about this problem on google. How do I edit or add handles to sound curves? It's so easy in Premier but in Final Cut I can fade sound in and out but can't flatten out the fade curve so it's not so agressive at the end..
Thanks very much. It seems I had to quit the app then open it again for it to show up. Your work with this, and with Motion, is greatly appreciated. Thank you.@@markspencer4557
Anymore info regarding the specs of the used Mac? It takes way more time (60mins+) on my M1 Mac mini than the 6 mins in the video. I guess this has to do with the amount of memory.
If you make a living making stock footage/images/music, time to start looking for something new 😢 I was thinking about a shift into this type of a career… not anymore.
You may not like it, but it is fast imposing itself on all of us in the form of tools and workflows we will have to come to terms with in one way or another
