Since Adobe’s Photoshop beta, many artists have been introduced to the scaling feature. Interestingly, this workflow also benefits video recording.
Blurry painting is nothing new, as Epic Light Media points out. However, the skills required to create a blurred picture have been greatly reduced. With AI-generated imagery, it’s easier than ever to expand our scenes.
In the past, smaller products would showcase their talents on a green screen. This means that the mock studio will be created entirely in post-production. You wouldn’t dare expand an existing shot. It would take too long and run the risk of looking fake. Photoshop makes this work easier than ever.
What I like about Thomas Manning’s composition here is that he shoots vertically. He is getting the absolute maximum resolution he can. The entire 16:9 footage is somewhere close to 17K, which is an extremely useful resolution to work with.
Future
Manning doesn’t move the camera here, but what if he could? Innovative AI tools are being used to create 3D objects, in some cases only from the original 2D source material. If we switch from Photoshop 2D generated images to 3D models, we get two benefits.
The first benefit of creating a 3D scene is that you can move the camera. Probably not much (like a revolving), but enough to sell a handheld shot. The second benefit is the ability to dial in the light. If you know where to place your lights in the real world, it’s likely that the same lighting placement can be added to your 3D scene. As fake studio sets become more and more popular, I’m sure we’ll see extensions of real 3D scenes coming to consumers within the next 5 years.
