Big test

Dear Patrons,

I'm coming with an update. Longlonglong waited updates will start occurring.

As I mentioned in my previous post, I started experiments with bringing some more life into static renders. Still, they stay 3d renders and fantasy art. I've found a way to animate them. A simple animation is quite easy to do, long movies are very challenging. But I believe I have managed to create something that may be worth your interest. A piece of art again. :-)

I have flagged the second set of the Au Pair story with an update date, make it easier to find the almost 6 minutes long video I have created. It took a long time, but I've learned a lot.

The video combines part 1 and part 2. I will definitely finish this whole story in another video. On the other hand, I'm not planning to create too many long videos, I would like to keep my focus on the stories. You can expect shorter clips as well, just animating the "critical" part of stories.

There are some limitations, why these animations are not perfect:

• First of all: sounds , I cannot (yet) produce for long videos. Shorter ones will be okay. So please don't look for the audio track of Au Pair, it is simply not there. Maybe in the future, when AI technology gets better.

• Glitches: I can create short clips and then concatenate them. This creates a glitch in speed, camera angle movement etc., which I try to minimize as much as possible - well, it's not always possible.

• Inconsistencies: while I try to make everything consistent, sometimes there are bigger or smaller inconsistencies show up in facial features, clothing, environment... there's a tradeoff with the number of keyframes. But the more keyframes I create, the more glitches I introduce.

• Resolution: the first video is limited for 700x700 pixels, so it is not even close to the render quality. I will try to increase this in the future, however, it strongly limited by the GPU memory. And of course square aspect ratio is not something I will keep, it's only for testing.

Well, probably that's all for now. But I hope you still like it. :-) There's no official feedback input for clips/videos, but please let me know if you like the concept or not.

To reach the video, you need to go to the story page, and scroll to the section between the image gallery and voting. There is a difference in how videos are being offered by the site:

• If you are a member of the "Busted" or the "Superbusted" tiers, you can watch the video online (I hope it works with major web browsers). You just need to click the thumbnail and player should kick in. If you would like to download the clip, please click the DOWNLOAD link.

• If you are a member of the "Discounted", then clicking either the thumb or the download link will result in a download dialogue.

I will monitor the network usage, and adjust this model if needed.

A final piece of information: the videos (as you'll see with the Au Pair one) may not be exactly the same as the story. I leave some content out as much as I add new. The story itself can also change, and I plan short clips with an alternate event which does not happen in the story itself. So it worth to look... :-)

For the "Superbusted" tier, animation and AI can bring even more opportunities. Personally, I'm very excited.

Please let me know your thoughts after watching "Au Pair videos for sale" part #1. :-)

Kind regards,
HKG7s

ps: no disturbing watermarks on clips!