@Mark Diaz That's what my wife calls me... a very talented idiot. 😂 Just kidding. Yes, I agree. What I most want to gain is an understanding of how AI "thinks". I have been working with chatgpt the past six months, using it as my office assistant. You were talking about putting screenshots into gpt - that's what I do every morning: I take screenshots of the different sections of my youtube analytics and I drop them into gpt and ask it to assess a video's health based on the numbers. It has provided amazing insights into the data, seeing things and reaching conclusions I never saw before. But it has taken me several months to better understand how to communicate with gpt, how to ask questions in a way that I get the most useful info, etc. My main question about using AI for animation and video production is how to get it to produce extended animations that tie together, not just isolated clips like in a movie trailer. Unfortunately I had a situation yesterday that required my immediate attention, but I am very curious to know how you did the lip sync in Princess' animations - is there a link to the video from yesterday's call? I think ultimately it's going to require a combination of tools to make my videos, and perhaps a different type of story or a different style of storytelling. I haven't yet seen an AI video that's more than 10 seconds that remains consistent from shot to shot.

@Drew McKenna I joined a group on FB that features AI generated videos and images. The name is "Boomers getting mad at AI" or something like that, but it's mostly just about sharing AI videos. Among the major flaws of the videos, I agree - inconsistency! It often looks realistic, but shot to shot, there are often major changes in the background. And weird changes - like, a car will look the same, but suddenly be facing a different direction. AI seems able to create a realistic image of something, but it doesn't understand logic and rules of continuous action in "real life". People cannot magically pass through solid objects. Cars don't suddenly flip and face the opposite direction. It also seems to have trouble with basic physics... speed, weight, momentum. That kind of stuff. Another problem is the question of "Who is filming this?!" Often AI videos seem intended to fool an audience into believing something really happened, but I always ask... if this actually happened, how is there a locked down, hi-res camera right there in the middle of the forest (or wherever) to capture this miraculous moment?

@Shearod Guice Let me know if you have questions, I'm happy to share my experience. Here's my channel: http://youtube.com/@MisterKipley

@Gwen Tanner I started using it way back when the program was still called CrazyTalk Animator, and was very disappointed when they dropped Mac support after version 4. After trying out a couple options, I saved up and bought a PC just so I could use Cartoon Animator 5. I'm excited to see how I can combine CA5 with AI for faster and better results.

Hi, all - my name is Kipley, I have been a student and contributor to 2Danimation101 for several years now. I am a musician, animator, and puppeteer making animated music videos and adventures for kids. I use Cartoon Animator to create my animations. My youtube channel is https://www.youtube.com/@MisterKipley if you'd like to see my work.

@Mark Diaz Thanks, Mark! I've been checking out the AI stuff, I'm not opposed to it just haven't had time to really dive in. The challenge seems to be consistency across multiple shots. I'm also unclear on how the lip syncing would work. To be honest, I just haven't had time to explore it yet, new tools coming out every week - not enough time to figure it out, gotta keep cranking out videos!