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🛸 DJI Drones: Next Gen

DJI, the king of drones, is teasing two new products: one for flying and one for stabilizing your camera. This isn’t just any ol’ update – they’re dropping these announcements with flare.

The drone teaser, dubbed “Ready to Roll”, shows a sleek flyer doing flips, hinting at something more nimble than their current models. And then there’s “Focus on the Vision”, showing the word “Ronin”, which is DJI’s line of camera gimbals known for making your footage buttery smooth.

With these teasers, DJI is mixing the thrill of Hollywood with the buzz of tech announcements. Watch the skies on April 11 and keep your camera steady for April 9.

PRODUCTION MASTERY
The commercial aspects of creativity.

📸 Apple's AR Film Adventure

Strada, the tech enthusiasts that recently tested using an iPhone with premium lenses on a professional set, are at it again.

This time, they’re exploring whether Apple’s Vision framework could be useful for camera operators and 1st ACs. The context-aware capability of the Vision framework, they say, could revolutionize how camera assistants work on-set.

For example, with the Apple Vision Pro, an operator could potentially see a virtual focus map overlaid on the live feed from the camera – which means they could theoretically pull focus with pinpoint precision without physically looking at the camera.

Sounds amazing, but the test didn’t come without skepticism. Some pros are saying they don’t want to be “isolated” from the set, and Strada itself admits the experiment is “more about learning” than a “direct map” to future industry trends.

CREATOR ECONOMY
Navigating the digital creative world.

🤖 Sora: Copyright Criminal or Just 'Fair Use'?

OpenAI’s CTO, Mira Murati, gave a rare interview to The Wall Street Journal, discussing the future of their text-to-video AI, Sora.

The interview raised eyebrows as Murati repeatedly used the word “eventually” when talking about the app’s development and release. This comes amidst ongoing debate over AI and copyright, with OpenAI recently facing a lawsuit from The New York Times for allegedly using copyrighted news articles to train their language model, ChatGPT.

As AI-generated content becomes more prevalent, questions arise about fair use, especially when companies argue it’s impossible to train these AI models without utilizing copyrighted materials.

Meanwhile, human creators operate under stricter copyright regulations and face platforms' automated IP enforcement systems that often favor copyright holders.

With AI creators potentially in a more flexible legal position, some argue the rules should be the same for all – whether human or machine.

🔥 Press Worthy

📽️ VISUAL CREATORS

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Starting a photography biz isn't as pricey as you'd think. It's passion, not gear, that develops an eye for profit. The barrier to entry is lower than you think!

📈 PRODUCTION MASTERY

Disney shareholders reject Nelson Peltz's bid for board seats, ending the most expensive proxy fight in history.

TV is getting gamified for Gen Z. Media.Monks’ Funs Jacobs tells how AI is merging gaming and streaming to combat young viewers’ short attention spans.

🎭 CREATOR ECONOMY

Shortlist announced for Pink Lady Food Photographer of the Year. From gourmet dining to food stalls, these photos are a feast for the eyes.

OpenAI’s DALL-E 3 now lets paying users edit AI-generated images in ChatGPT. It’s like Photoshop, but with AI-created visuals.

📚 Learn & Grow

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🎭 CREATOR ECONOMY

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