‘Handmade, instinctive, intimate’: behind the scenes at Aardman animation studio

At 50, the company behind stop-motion superstars Wallace & Gromit and Shaun the Sheep is the subject of a major exhibition in London’s Young V&A ...
IEEE

Consistent and Controllable Image Animation with Motion Diffusion Models

Abstract: Diffusion models have achieved significant progress in the task of image animation due to their powerful generative capabilities. However, preserving appearance consistency to the static ...
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First image of a black hole

For the first time in history, scientists captured an image of a black hole. The picture confirmed decades of theoretical predictions and revealed details never observed before. What was once purely ...
IEEE

First Order Motion Model for Image Animation and Deep Fake Detection: Using Deep Learning

Abstract: Image animation involves animating an image using a video. In our case, the image contains the face of a person. This face is animated (creation of facial expression) based on the motion of ...
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First Image of Sophie Turner as Lara Croft for ‘Tomb Raider’ Released After Backlash: Fans React

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After that news was received poorly, a new image of the show's version of Croft has been released, and it has inspired varied ...
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An AI approach for single-image-based 3D character animation with preserved proportions

In Proceedings of the SIGGRAPH Asia 2025 Conference Papers, a research team affiliated with UNIST reports a new AI technology that can animate 3D characters to mimic the exact movements shown in a ...
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Consistent and Controllable Image Animation with Motion Linear Diffusion Transformers

This repo contains pre-trained weights, and sampling code of MiraMo. Please visit our project page for more results. If you find this work useful for your research, please consider citing it. @article ...
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Kling 2.6 AI Motion Control: Next-Level Character Animation with Single Reference Video or Image

According to @ai_darpa, Kling 2.6 introduces advanced Motion Control powered by AI that enables users to drive a character’s exact movements and facial expressions using just one reference video or ...
Newsweek

Image Shows First-Ever Crossword Puzzle—Published 112 Years Ago

Love a good crossword puzzle? Word-game enthusiasts may be glad to know that the first-ever crossword puzzle was published around this time over a century ago. According to Guinness World Records, the ...
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I Guarantee You’ve Never Seen an Animated Movie Like This Black-and-White Sci-Fi Noir Starring Daniel Craig

Back in 2021, Hannah’s love of all things nerdy collided with her passion for writing — and she hasn’t stopped since. She covers pop culture news, writes reviews, and conducts interviews on just about ...
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Google adds animation and image editing tools to Merchant Center’s Product Studio

Google has expanded Product Studio inside Merchant Center, rolling out three new creative features that go beyond its original image generation tool. What’s new. In addition to image generation, ...