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While I'm overall of the mind that nobody can really know what to expect, I think this may be a little more accurate of a reality than the aspiring Cassandras a

by z3c0 4y ago

While I'm overall of the mind that nobody can really know what to expect, I think this may be a little more accurate of a reality than the aspiring Cassandras are trumpeting about. I'm willing to bet that most of the people who are going to utilize these technologies are people who never could afford a graphic designer to begin with. I'm sure some of the market will be lost to this tech, but a blackbox that shoots out passable images just isn't going to cut it for certain areas of the art market. I also wouldn't be shocked if a big portion of the market for this technology ends up being the artists themselves. I personally know a painter whose creative process has been overhauled by DALL-E. Brainstorming the next project is easier than ever, and unlike the DALL-E images inspiring them, the resulting paintings actually have the "human-touch" necessary to illicit the deeper emotional response that a good painting should bring about. Adding depth to a model doesn't necessarily add depth to the output. But like I said, I don't think anyone really knows what's going to happen. We'll see, I guess.

ItsMonkk 4y ago
When new technology is introduced people always talk about how existing workflows are cheaper. That's true, but the biggest impacts are always driven by things that were previously cost prohibitive that now become possible. YouTubers are a perfect example of that, it used to take entire television broadcast studios to do what they do, and now it can be done solo or with just a few people. And YouTubers are exactly the audience for this new tech - the smaller ones who want to put out branded merch can not currently do so at a level of quality. But you hire one artist to go out and make 5-100 pictures of your branding, tell them to take their time and make those few images to perfection, and that can now be molded to anything they want to create. Indie game devs must be thrilled. Aspiring indie directors looking to make green-screen backgrounds are thrilled. VRchat users looking for 3d models are thrilled.
- bombcar 4y ago
  What’s interesting is the comparison- YouTubers can fit a niche that TV never could - specifically because they can produce content easier without people wandering off. Though much of YouTube can be summed up as what was the three cheapest TV shows to produce - standup comedy, talk shows, and howto. The amount of YouTube sitcoms is a much lower number.
pbhjpbhj 4y ago
There was an example on a Splendid Diffusion post earlier. Someone using SD for generating recipe pictures, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32644800 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32644800 where they almost certainly wouldn't hire an artist.

by z3c0 4y ago

ItsMonkk 4y ago

When new technology is introduced people always talk about how existing workflows are cheaper. That's true, but the biggest impacts are always driven by things that were previously cost prohibitive that now become possible. YouTubers are a perfect example of that, it used to take entire television broadcast studios to do what they do, and now it can be done solo or with just a few people. And YouTubers are exactly the audience for this new tech - the smaller ones who want to put out branded merch can not currently do so at a level of quality. But you hire one artist to go out and make 5-100 pictures of your branding, tell them to take their time and make those few images to perfection, and that can now be molded to anything they want to create. Indie game devs must be thrilled. Aspiring indie directors looking to make green-screen backgrounds are thrilled. VRchat users looking for 3d models are thrilled.

bombcar 4y ago
What’s interesting is the comparison- YouTubers can fit a niche that TV never could - specifically because they can produce content easier without people wandering off. Though much of YouTube can be summed up as what was the three cheapest TV shows to produce - standup comedy, talk shows, and howto. The amount of YouTube sitcoms is a much lower number.

pbhjpbhj 4y ago

There was an example on a Splendid Diffusion post earlier. Someone using SD for generating recipe pictures, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32644800 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32644800 where they almost certainly wouldn't hire an artist.