u/jcsehak

Sorry for the remedial question! Seedance is made by Bytedance, right? But as I understand it I can’t just go to bytedance.com to use it, I have to go through a 3rd-party vendor? Kind of like a car dealership? Why? Do they all do the same thing? How do I know which one is best? I’m seeing people mention Atlas Cloud and Dremina a lot and I’m inclined to just pick one and try generating something but I’d like to understand a little about how it works first.

I want to learn everything but as a cinematographer who’s trying to figure this tech out before it takes my job, I’m most interested in VFX of existing footage (enhancing lighting/color/style, BG replacement, making someone say something different from what they’re saying in the video, or animating a static object, like a toy or a stuffed animal).

People seem to be honestly enjoying completely ai-generated content: https://www.reddit.com/r/Vertical\_Dramas/s/s3ldglgVFQ

“But top-tier movies are safe,” you say? Sure — for now. But how will we get a future top tier when there’s no bottom tier for people to cut their teeth on? I knew it was gonna be bad, but I thought the commercial/advertising world would be taken over first. (Which is bad enough!) Seeing people actually spending their time watching these, and enjoying them… I don’t know what to say.

Maybe I’ll go into carpentry.

(Searched the group and couldn’t find much about it)

I’m thinking of shipping mine securely framed in a floating frame with the painting inset about 1/8”, wrapping it once in Saran Wrap, sandwiching it between two pieces of 1/8” chipboard, wrapping it again in Saran Wrap, wrapping it in bubble wrap, and then in a cardboard box. Do you think that’s sufficient? Or overkill? I feel like that’s good for works up to say, 16x20 and $2k?

I got a domino mid-2021 (from highland woodworking). My first Festool! It was DOA. After trying about 20 times, it finally started up. I have no idea why I tried 20 times, I guess I REALLY wanted to use it.

While using it, it smelled like something was burning. It worked for a single project, then stopped working again. I sent it in for repairs and when it came back it worked but it still smelled like something was burning when I used it. Once again, it worked for a single project, and the next day it wouldn't turn on. I put it away in frustration and swore to never buy Festool again. Literally the only power tool to ever fail me.

This month, I needed to make some picture frames, which the domino would be reeeeally nice for, so I pulled it out – who knows, maybe it would work. Nope, dead. I took it home to send it back in. Before I filed another repair order, I plugged it in at home. It worked! I brought it back to the shop and made two frames. It indeed was PERFECT. But it still smelled like burning when I used it. And then when I tried to make the third frame today, once again, dead.

I went to fill out another repair request , only to find out there's no lifetime warranty, and I'm going to be charged for this repair. (The last one was free, though IIRC I paid shipping). I'm gonna try calling them tomorrow but before I do, anyone have any advice about the best course of action? This should be as beloved as my Lie-Nielsen planes, and it's brought me nothing but heartache.