Today in Generative Media

Consistent characters in Midjourney; OpenAI VP silent on artist payouts; Morph Studio

• Midjourney debuts feature for generating consistent characters across multiple gen AI images. (VentureBeat)

• Should artists be paid for training data? OpenAI VP wouldn’t say (TechCrunch)

• Morph Studio lets you make films using Stability AI–generated clips (TechCrunch)

• Animatable Gaussians: Learning Pose-dependent Gaussian Maps for High-fidelity Human Avatar Modeling (CVPR 2024, code released on GitHub)

• ELLA: Equip Diffusion Models with LLM for Enhanced Semantic Alignment (project page)

• CRM: Single Image to 3D Textured Mesh with Convolutional Reconstruction Model (project page)

• VideoElevator : Elevating Video Generation Quality with Versatile Text-to-Image Diffusion Models (project page)

• Midjourney just released the "Character Reference" feature. (X)

• If you’re an interested in AI filmmaking then this is the podcast for you. (X)

• I'm not against AI, but I hate this. (X)