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The Future of Painting in the Age of AI: A Look Ahead to 2030

  The Future of Painting in the Age of AI: A Look Ahead to 2030 Over the next five to six years, artificial intelligence (AI) is set to revolutionize how painters create, share, and monetize their work. While some fear that AI might replace traditional artists, history and emerging trends show that it is far more likely to enhance a painter's life, expanding creative horizons and improving day-to-day workflows. Here's a detailed look at how painters can embrace AI to thrive in the next decade. 1. AI as a Creative Assistant AI-powered tools like DALL-E, Midjourney, and Adobe Firefly allow artists to generate rough compositions, experiment with styles, and ideate faster than ever. A painter can input a prompt such as "sunset over a rural Telugu village in Van Gogh's style," and receive multiple visual inspirations instantly. Use Case: An artist struggling with creative block can generate AI sketches to break out of a rut, then use traditional media to refine t...

Unlock Animation Secrets: Mastering Unity's Motion Time in Animator States

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This page is dedicated to a little known, but very powerful feature of Animator Controller States: MotionTime What Does It Do? According to Unity , Motion Time is described as: "The time used to play the motion for this state. Enable Parameter to control the motion time with a custom value from a script." ....That is not a great description of what this is capable of. Admittedly, this is a concept that is hard to put into words. A Slightly Better Description Simply put, this feature will allow code to directly manipulate what frame the Animation State is playing in the Animation Clip, assigned. Put another way: We can bypass an Animation Clip's normal playback control, allowing code to take control of playback. Put ANOTHER way: We can use code to scrub through an Animation Clip, just like you can drag the current frame around in an Animation tab. Once setup, you can manipulate the Motion Time float in the Animator to advance, or even reverse, the Animation Clip in the S...