Vincent Taylor

The future favours those who adapt. Wētā FX CEO Daniel Seah shares why embracing AI is essential for the industry, and how they're using it to shape what's next in VFX. With a decades-long history in advancing the use of machine learning, Wētā FX continues to push creative boundaries.

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Voiceover work has dropped sharply across the industry. AI voices are filling the gap, whether we like it or not. Rather than resist, we’re embracing the best tools available while keeping human talent for when nuance and creativity are critical.

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🎥 After more than a decade directing live broadcasts and livestreams, I’ve seen the technology—and the expectations—evolve dramatically. From early SD webcam streams to today’s multi-cam, 4K NDI-over-IP productions powered by NewTek - now Vizrt, vMix, and OBS, the tools have become incredibly powerful—and increasingly accessible. But one thing has never changed: 👉 Practice is the key to a seamless live show. Whether you're working with professional video switchers and audio interfaces or just using a Stream Deck and a solid webcam, every livestream benefits from testing, refining, and iterating. 💡 Don’t be afraid to try new formats, test gear under pressure, or go live with a smaller audience to build your confidence. Every challenge—sync issues, bandwidth drops, AV delays—teaches you something valuable. Today, livestreaming is no longer niche—it’s a core part of how we communicate, teach, sell, and lead. I put this short guide together to help creators at any level get started the right way. #Livestreaming #ContentCreation #VideoProduction #CreatorTools #LiveVideo #StreamingSetup #VideoMarketing #Livestreaming #VideoProduction #NDI #4KStreaming #Tricaster #LiveVideo

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One of the most important lessons in post-production sound: Trust the filmmaker’s vision. When you’re working with someone who’s lived with a project for months or even years, they carry an intuition about the story that matters. Our role as post-sound professionals isn’t just technical execution. It’s collaboration. That means being open to feedback. Listening deeply. And asking, “What are you trying to communicate?” Expertise matters. But service to the story matters more! This mindset doesn’t just create better mixes, it creates stronger creative relationships. How do you balance expertise with collaboration in your work?

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Nano Banana 2 just dropped. Before everyone rushes to it, here's what most people still don't understand about the first one. The biggest thing people get wrong about Nano Banana & NB Pro is they treat it like a diffusion model. It's not. It's actually two things working together. A reasoning brain built on Gemini 3 Pro that plans and validates the image, and a rendering engine called GemPix 2 that actually draws it. The brain reads your whole prompt, builds a structured scene plan, and then checks the output against that plan in a loop until it's satisfied. So the more specific your prompt, the more the model has to check itself against. That's why detailed prompts actually work here, not just as a best practice, but because of how the model is literally built. A few other things worth knowing: ALL CAPS works because the text encoder is case-sensitive, unlike older diffusion models where it meant nothing. When your text instructions and your reference images contradict each other, the brain tends to trust the reference image over your words. So if you're dropping in a close-up reference but you don't want it to copy the scale or composition, you have to say that explicitly. And forget everything you know about quality boost tags like "masterpiece" or "trending on artstation." The model was literally trained to penalize those. Write like you're briefing a really smart art director. Not tuning a dial. #nanobanana2 #nanobananapro #googlegemini #aidrector #weavyai

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Don’t work in the film industry… 👇 If you can’t show up on time, every time If you ghost people the second you hear “no” If you burn bridges when you don’t get your way If you think ego is more important than collaboration If you don’t respect every role, from PA to producer If you’re only interested in who can help you right now If you think talent alone will carry you through If you’re too proud to learn from someone younger than you If you think “networking” is just handing out business cards If you can’t handle constructive criticism without taking it personally The film industry doesn’t need more egos—it needs professionals. People who keep their promises. Those who understand that this is a team sport. Who knows that success comes from relationships, not transactions. If you’re not ready to treat every interaction like it matters—because it does— This business will chew you up and spit you out. But if you can: → Be someone people want to work with again → Build trust in an industry built on relationships → Lift others instead of tearing them down Then you’re on the right path. Because in the film industry, your reputation is your career.

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Pandora is back in court over allegations that its free radio service may have been avoiding royalties owed to songwriters and publishers. The Mechanical Licensing Collective says Pandora’s radio product is functioning more like a streaming platform than a traditional radio station. If Pandora Free behaves like radio, it falls under one set of royalty rules. If it behaves like an interactive streaming service, it owes mechanical royalties for the songs being played. The MLC says Pandora has crossed that line. According to the filing, Pandora Free gives listeners tools that look a lot like streaming: personalized stations, the ability to skip songs, replay tracks, and in some cases choose specific music. The argument is that once listeners gain that level of control, the service stops looking like radio. Pandora says its free tier is still fundamentally internet radio, where listeners can influence the direction of a station but cannot fully control what plays next. Pandora also argues that the limited on-demand listening users get after watching an ad, called Premium Access, is a separate feature that is already licensed. So the court now has to decide where Pandora’s product actually sits. Because if a radio service begins functioning like streaming, the royalty bill starts to look very different.

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Will the Hasselblad X2D Mark II Finally Offer Video Capabilities? A new generation of medium format cameras may be just around the corner. With recent leaks suggesting video functionality, could Hasselblad be entering the hybrid shooter market more aggressively? 📰 Read the full breakdown from YM Cinema: https://lnkd.in/dJyJqry4 #Hasselblad #X2DMarkII #MediumFormat #Cinematography #PhotographyIndustry #CameraTechnology #YMCinema #VideoProduction

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Director Matt Doyle Reveals his Virtual Production Magic Trick!  Listen to Matt Doyle, Director and Executive Creative Producer GYK / Big Brick detail how his team pulled off a record breaking 6 locations in one day using Gen AI imaging, precision pre-production, choreographed production, and partnering with Studio Lab. A very impressive feat. Thanks for being a long time innovative collaborator Matt and GYK/Big Brick! #virtualproduction #ledvolume #generative ai

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