I Made an Animation Using AI (NovelAI)
TLDRThis video explores an experiment with NovelAI, an AI tool that generates anime-style images from textual prompts. The creator attempts to use NovelAI to animate simple movements, such as an arm raising in a peace sign. However, challenges arise with inconsistent styles and movements across frames, leading to mixed results. Further tests with full-body animations and real video clips, including stock footage, demonstrate slight improvements when more specific prompts are used. The video concludes that while NovelAI can replicate certain movements, it struggles with consistent, fluid animation, achieving its best outcome with a simple thumbs-up gesture.
Takeaways
- 🎨 NovelAI is a tool that uses anime models and tags to create images based on given prompts, with a unique feature of generating anime-style images.
- 🚀 The user experimented with NovelAI to create an animation, starting with a simple arm movement and peace sign pose.
- 💵 The user encountered a payment barrier when attempting to use NovelAI, expressing frustration at the subscription model.
- 🤔 Initial results from NovelAI were underwhelming, with inconsistent styles and drawings between frames.
- 🧐 The user adjusted prompts to provide more context to the AI, aiming for better consistency in the animation frames.
- 🚶♂️ A more complex test with a full-body animation was attempted, but the AI struggled to maintain character consistency in motion.
- 🤷♂️ The user concluded that NovelAI was not effective for creating animations from their own animations and decided to try real video clips.
- 📹 Using real video clips, NovelAI had difficulty interpreting dark edges and converting them into coherent parts of the animation.
- 🔍 The user discovered that stock footage was more compatible with NovelAI, resulting in a more consistent and semi-decent animation.
- 👍 A clip of a person giving a thumbs up was particularly successful, as it was simple with clear movements that the AI could replicate.
- 🤓 The key learning from the experiment is that NovelAI works better with simple, well-lit, and non-overlapping movements, which allows it to generate a more consistent animation.
Q & A
What is NovelAI and how does it work?
-NovelAI is an AI tool that uses anime models and tags to create images based on given prompts. It can generate rough sketches and poses as directed, and is also capable of creating animations from provided frames or real video clips.
Why did the user decide to use NovelAI for animation?
-The user wanted to experiment with creating a proper animation using NovelAI's feature to draw based on specific prompts and frames, hoping to see if it could produce consistent and accurate anime-style drawings.
What was the user's initial expectation from NovelAI?
-The user had high expectations for NovelAI after seeing accurate-looking anime drawings shared by the platform. However, the first image generated did not meet these expectations.
What was the issue with the first animation test?
-The first animation test resulted in inconsistent styles across frames, with each image appearing as a new drawing. The AI failed to maintain a consistent style or movement across the frames.
How did the user attempt to improve the animation?
-The user tried to improve the animation by providing more detailed prompts, including information about the character's attire and hair length, and by attempting a more complex animation involving a full-body movement.
Why did the user switch to using real video clips?
-The user switched to real video clips after realizing that NovelAI was not able to create a proper animation from their own animations. They believed that using real video clips might yield better results due to the clarity and detail in the movements.
What were the challenges faced when using real video clips?
-Challenges included the AI misinterpreting the video content, such as interpreting dark edges as another person, and difficulty in maintaining consistency when the subject in the video was not moving significantly.
What was the user's final approach to using NovelAI?
-The user's final approach involved using stock footage with simple movements and clear, non-overlapping actions to create a more consistent animation.
What was the outcome of the final test with the guy giving a thumbs up?
-The final test resulted in a semi-decent animation where the AI managed to capture the movements accurately, making it look like a series of connected drawings that followed the original clip's actions.
What did the user learn from the experience with NovelAI?
-The user learned that NovelAI works better with simple movements and clear, non-overlapping actions. They also realized that the AI struggles with consistency when there is minimal movement or when the video quality is poor.
What was the user's final verdict on NovelAI's animation capabilities?
-The user concluded that while NovelAI can produce a series of drawings that resemble an animation, it may not be the best tool for creating high-quality, consistent animations, especially when dealing with complex or minimal movements.
What was the humorous note added at the end of the transcript?
-The humorous note added at the end was a playful and unrelated statement, 'the Orion is the most compatible Pokemon for humans,' which seems to be a light-hearted joke unrelated to the main content.
Outlines
🎨 Experimenting with Novel AI for Animation
The speaker begins by introducing Novel AI as a tool that uses anime models and tags to generate images based on prompts. They express disappointment with the initial results, noting a lack of consistency in the generated images. The speaker then describes their attempt to create a simple animation of an arm raising and making a peace sign, but finds that the AI struggles to maintain a consistent style across frames. Despite the challenges, they remain hopeful and consider using real video clips instead of their own animations.
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Keywords
💡NovelAI
💡Anime
💡Prompts
💡PNG
💡Subscription Services
💡Masterpiece Portrait
💡Peace Sign
💡Stock Footage
💡Zoomer
💡Chuck from Better Call Saul
💡Markiplier
Highlights
NovelAI is a new tool that utilizes anime models and tags to create images based on given prompts.
The unique feature of NovelAI is its ability to generate anime-style images with specific poses and sketches.
The experiment began with animating a simple arm movement and a peace sign pose in an old anime program.
Each frame was exported individually as a PNG to be used with NovelAI.
There was a need to pay for using NovelAI, which the user found exploitative.
The first image generated by NovelAI did not meet the user's expectations based on promotional tweets.
The AI's attempt to mimic movements was inconsistent, with each image appearing as a new drawing in a different style.
The user tried to avoid changing prompts too much to help the AI understand the frames' context.
For a more complicated test, the user attempted to animate a full-body movement.
The AI struggled to animate the character walking, but the backgrounds and character consistency were improved.
The user realized the need to add more prompts for details like clothing and hair length.
The user abandoned the idea of using NovelAI for animations and tried using real video clips instead.
Video clips with too little movement were not consistently drawn by the AI.
A clip of a person giving a thumbs up was successfully animated by NovelAI without misinterpretation.
The user concluded that NovelAI can produce a semi-decent animation with the right type of input.
The user learned that stock footage is more compatible with NovelAI for creating animations.
The experiment demonstrated the potential and limitations of using AI for animating specific types of content.