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We saved a production 52% of their rotoscoping budget. Here’s how.

We saved a production 52% of their rotoscoping budget. Here’s how.

The situation. Electric Sheep was approached by the post-production team for High Wire, in which “A British-Chinese takeaway girl discovers artistic bravery and the freedom in forging her own path when a circus comes to her small English town.” The latest feature from the award-winning Silent D Pictures team, including

Is Adobe losing its AI edge? We put Roto Brush to the test.

Is Adobe losing its AI edge? We put Roto Brush to the test.

Rotoscoping has long been a VFX artist’s least favourite chore—tedious, time-consuming, and prone to frustration. But with AI-driven tools now entering the scene, the game is changing. In this blog, we've compared Adobe's Roto Brush to Electric Sheep and DaVinci Resolve's Magic Mask, exploring areas of critical importance

We tested SAM2 for rotoscoping. This is what we found.

We tested SAM2 for rotoscoping. This is what we found.

SAM2, the latest segment anything model by Meta, was released last month. With claims of single click video segmentation, will this be the silver bullet for VFX rotoscoping? Will this labour intensive task be reduced from days to mere minutes? As a company in the trenches of accelerating rotoscoping, we

Sora, VFX, and the GenAI Valley of Unknowns.

Sora, VFX, and the GenAI Valley of Unknowns.

Introduction The rapid advancements in generative AI (GenAI) stands to disrupt the landscape of creating content, particularly in the realm of visual effects (VFX). As we stand at the precipice of this transformative era, it is crucial to examine the implications of these developments for the VFX industry. We will

FEED: Start up Snapshot of Electric Sheep

FEED: Start up Snapshot of Electric Sheep

FEED magazine featured Electric Sheep in their "Start-up Snapshot" section in the recently released Winter 2023 edition.

Electric Sheep News
October 2023

Electric Sheep News October 2023

The latest news round-up from Electric Sheep: AI article in TVBEurope, interview with postPerspective at IBC2023 & TPN endorsement.

Blue Skies, Cloud and AI

Blue Skies, Cloud and AI

Electric Sheep CEO Gary Palmer talks to TVB Europe about computationally assisted creativity and how we can use AI in media to good effect.

IBC 2023: Electric Sheep talks to postPerspective about rotoscoping

IBC 2023: Electric Sheep talks to postPerspective about rotoscoping

Electric Sheep COO Richie Murray talks to postPerspective at IBC2023 in Amsterdam about our new AI development for visual effects rotoscoping work.

Electric Sheep secures pre-seed funding to replace green screens with AI

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Electric Sheep secures pre-seed funding to replace green screens with AI

Electric Sheep announces the close of an oversubscribed pre-seed funding round of half a million dollars.

The End of Rotoscoping.

The End of Rotoscoping.

Nobody likes rotoscoping. Fortunately you won’t have to for much longer.

Dall-E 2, Mid Journey, and Stable Diffusion. The Future of Film and TV.

Dall-E 2, Mid Journey, and Stable Diffusion. The Future of Film and TV.

We evaluate the three biggest image diffusion algorithms currently available to beta testers.