VFX Artists Compete Against Artificial Intelligence 

Holding on to my papers here. 📜 Great video Niko!

"Dear fellow VFX artists, this is Two Minute Rotos with Niko Pueringer."

*wren finding out AI can save him weeks of time*: “oh that’s cool” *wren looking at a Shrimp playing the guitar*: “OH MY GOOOOOOOOD”

Great way to present the different techniques. I've always been curious how they stack up against each other. Exciting times indeed!

“How many frames are there?” “I don’t think there’s too many. There’s one, two, three, f- oh…oh…” 😂

Clint: *shows off his best martial arts moves* Niko: Look Clint's dancing

I'm a music producer and I recently found an AI program called spleeter that takes an audio file like a song and is able to split it into its best interpretation of individual instruments (vocals, drums, bass etc) and yeah theres a little artifacting still but god damn is it impressive, I 100% agree that this year is gonna be a massive turning point for AI in every industry.

How insane is to watch this video today, I thought it was a recent post. How far we've gotten in 2 years with AI and this progressing exponentially 🤯

I love how Niko just nonchalantly reveals the prize as a chocolate bar and the Corridor Crew's reaction is like it's the best news they'd ever recieved

I hope to live to the day where I never have to rotoscope again

Just saying, this was probably one of Jake's best sponsor segments.

As a graphic designer (and sort of a vfx artist) im amazed by the power of whats to come next on AI, but at the same time, im so overwhelmed and fearful of the moment when i wont be necessary to do my job.

This video had an eerie yet exciting feel to it

I was promised a dinosaur by the thumbnail. I want my dinosaur!!!

The future is really intense

I love that you guys are showing this off and your response isn't, "oh no, our jobs will be gone," but instead you're saying, "guys, look at the possibilities!" Awesome!

"You win a candy bar." ...The stakes have never been higher.

fun fact: Niko has been digitally added to every shot in this video as he is actually in a DARPA AI lab.

"Let's see who renders faster!" Didn't Peter win the PC with the RTX3090 in it? I think that contest is in the bag.

Nobody’s going to talk about how dope the sponsored segment was? 😂😂

Niko keeps everyone hostage and starves them giving them food as an incentive to work faster. Good boss if I ever seen one.

I'd recognize that blender tutorial dinosaur anywhere

Former professional Roto and Paint artist here. The only technique we would normally use was a sort of hybrid of the mochapro and "limb" approach. On some things you can track in a shape and do some minimal fixes along the way. Much more likely was the limb approach. The benefit of this approach is that you can use a program like Silhouette to give you some pretty good motion blur. From a professional standpoint, both the AI and RotoBrush 2 techniques fall down significantly in the blur department. There is no motion blur to be found, no blur at all (though you could probably just throw a quick blur on the mask and make it look a little better). Both of these techniques also seemed to have trouble with the edges, with the AI version cutting in and the RotoBrush2 expanding a pixel or two outside. I'm sure this could be tweeked a little, but both looked pretty bad to me. That auto-painting AI looked pretty alright. As pointed out, it might be limited by the fact that your on-set supervisor has to remind everyone to get at least a few frames of clean before the shot starts. I do wonder how it would handle wire removal. Taking out an actor's safety gear was always the hardest paint jobs.

It’s crazy to see how the world is evolving from each individual person contribution to something I grew up watching y’all videos and it’s crazy to see how far y’all have came in visual affects from the beginning. To the Future!!!!!

Seeing Griffin's face slowly dawn as he realised there's quite a lot of frames to manually rotorscop and the pain in his voice as he keeps seeing more frames. I thank you for the amusement

Peter is that one anime character who breaks the whole show because he's too OP

you guys earned my eternal respect for putting the ghost in the shell clip at the end

Niko, I got to say, you are a bit of a visionary. Over the last few months of your videos, I'm constantly opening new doors in my mind as to what we are about to step into with this stuff. With your excitement and vision, I personally think the crew and yourself will take corridor into a whole new echelon. So great to witness. Get it!!

That guy should have been a teacher, he really knows the power of a candy bar.

Are we going to address Wrens helium addiction in the office? That man loves huffing gas!

I wish Niko would be a guest lecturer in my school. You see field experience coming from a curious analytical mind explaining things thoughtfully. That's gold.

Great video! I’ve been trying to learn more about film making for a while and your videos have helped so much. Huge fan of what you guys do, keep up the good work!

So is this Nikos sick way of telling his staff they may be losing their jobs soon?

This is getting scary.

Corridor Crew is such an amazing place to learn new things. You guys explain all the questions I ask myself when watching special effects. Knowledge is power. You give it out for free. Love your channel!

Pretty much all Corridor videos are excellent but this one takes the cake guys. Just so momentous and well thought out. Kudos!

One of these guys are gonna become Mysterio and im not prepared.

Amazing (and scary) cutting edge tech!

Literally the best sponsor plugs anywhwre haha I actually looking forward to how they were covered! Great work

Wow. Such a great video guys. Love seeing how you guys work and the technical innovation. 👍

I have to say, not a big fan of ad reads, but Jake's take on this video really got me breathing out of my nose chief.

"It's eating up clint's crotch, here..." "Excuse me?" "Oh, I'm sorry, for the wren in the BACK"

it's cool coming back to these videos now that things have come a long way. craziness. Thank you Niko, it's because of you that I've become a pretty decent AI creator. I learned a lot from you guys and I keep watching because you guys are always on top of this kind of creative tech. I love that you guys come from a filmmakers angle, because that's what I wanted to do for so long. Your videos have been so instrumental to my growth. I Appreciate you all at Corridor to the max!

Great video, and serious props on the sponsored segment. I normally skip them, but this was the most interesting and best one I've seen - learned and was entertained. Gjob guys

Can’t wait till you guys make my future life as a VFX artist easier lmao 😂

"and how many frames have you done?" "...almost finished the first and there's.....oh."

Exciting indeed! Great to see the examples and looking forward to more.

Man this is sooo crazy!! Frame by frame hardwork! Hats off to you guys as usual!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Jurassic Park vs Jurassic World VFX... what are your opinions?

When Jake typed up “Member Area” I was like oh boy this is gonna get dicey

This is so cool! I’m so glad you guys are hear to expose advancements in technology

I love when Nicko does an Intro! Gets you so ready for whats to come!!

You guys need to give Jake some segments that arn't ads. Because, every time I see him I just skip through--

0:07 What a time to be alive

2,353 comments later, imma try to get a word in. Editing is underrated AF, some of the work behind getting the perfect edit is insane and i KNOW you guys have a sick take on it. Top of mind, HBOs Watchmen has some of the SICKEST transitions between scenes, as does Amazons American Gods, Edgar Wright, and so many others that i cant even come up with, please, do ya thing.

that last niko speech was so on point, loved it! great video

We literally just used Runway ML about a week ago on a trailer we're working on. It wasn't even a complicated roto, but I wanted to test it. Man it's easier than actual greenscreen.

I love how all of these guys' videos are just them looking at computers for 15 minutes and we still eat them up give us more

I really enjoyed this video. Niko, your enthusiasm in straightforward and informative. The whole crew inspires me, even the advertising segment! It's rewarding to know you guys can all bust some ass in Smash but also get sponsors and shine a little light and a little levity on the different processes and history that fuel our creative collective. Keep up the good work, I'll keep tuning in. Cheers!

I just turned on my broadcast television and found out that there's a corridor digital TV show on the channel TBD congratulations guys it was a really exciting find this morning keep up the good work

If that's how Clint dances I don't ever wanna see him fight.

I nearly died laughing watching Jake's ad segment.

I love this video! Very informative. You guys make VFX so interesting

Phenomenal intro presentation guys! Top notch stuff

*AI could never replace Corridor*

I feel like this is just an ad for Runway ML... and I don’t mind at all

So cool, I started my phd in September in artificial intelligence in order to arrive one day to be part of a team that makes these futuristic software. This is absolutely a long road but it is way too cool for me. You guys of Corridor had a big impact on this path

This is honestly so exciting! I just finished a research paper today on machine learning in data structures and now I really want to test out some of these AI rotoscope tools. Great video corridor crew!

A.I doing rotoscoping better than humans. Workers in India: “noooo”

Niko: "We don't have AI robot wars yet." US military: (eyes shift nervously back and forth) "Nothing to see here."

I’m a master’s student and my project is about the third Force (automatic AI camera tracking). For anyone who knows anything about grad studies, it’s hard and getting motivated especially during a pandemic can be quite hard. But this video gave me my motivation back! Don’t worry Niko, camera tracking is going to happen, I’m gonna make it happen!

You are all some of my favorite nerds in the world. I love your videos! Keep up the amazing work.

There’s some inaccuracy at corridor crew. Because when I try to animate, I do random stuff on a computer, realise it doesn’t work, cry and repeat.

Ordinary peeps: why are these programers, trying to speedrun their job opportunity?? Programers: hehe neural network goes brrr

can you believe how much things has changed in just 2years ?

The first time I saw Dall-E it also blew my mind If I were an animator I would be scare. Once you needed a team to animate, now just one dude to check that our AI overlords don't go mad

Always a boost to my day when you upload. Much love!

I see Peter - or better: his old hivemind - putting the whole crew out of their jobs because he secretly writes an AI that does all the work! You know they still got some spares ...

I have no idea the amount of painstaking craftsmanship it takes to do what you guys do but I’m happy that this makes your life’s work easier.

I am so happy you see the future too! It is my goal to help future proof creatives like yourself! Cheers to the future!

"Streamline the creativity" is a nice way of saying that a LOT of VFX artists are going to be out of a job.

"AI, generate a movie for me with mutant super heros" Soon...

That was a good ad spot. I don't always watch Corridor's ads, but this one was quality.

Thank you SOOOOOO much I will definitely be using some these techniques for my next film

Does Wren have a helium problem? Lets talk about it.

3:25 They are in a race meanwhile Clint and Wren chilling in the background on the phone

The ad segments are always my favourite.

That ending speech gave me goosebumps

Im kindov worried for Wrens health, he's becoming a helium junkie

I mean I'm still amazed at the tik tok and snapchat effects

What I think is so great about this is that it opens up new possibilities for people to express their creativity through VFX without the time cost. The efficiency is ramped up significantly.

I just want to give you all a shout out for having the best sponsor segments of any channel that I sub to, especially Jake's segments.

Man in a few years or idk how much time, people will just make vfx with their phones in seconds

i like how you can see Jake’s soul breaking with every image

The vibe that these guys delivering... It's just priceless

Rotobrush Vs Magic mask? I think it's great to bring those methods into the filmmaking space and not just Instagram story filters. Resolve Neural Engine has Deinterlacing, Super Scale, frame interpolation (Optical flow with SpeedWarp), Facd detection for meta data, auto colour, color match and Magic Mask.

Can we rotoscope? We have rotoscoping at home. You know where this is going: 5:44

I dont think any ever mentions how good the little sound effects and background music are in these youtube videos! I think they get overlooked by all the badass vfx! Lol

good ad segment jake, well done.

Kudos for GITS in the outro. It's amazing how far we have come.