NEW AI Film Tools: The Biggest Updates for Artists

Check out a full breakdown of the news here: https://curiousrefuge.com/blog/ai-motion-control-workflow

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Tools you need for the new Workflow:
For creating a Depth Map: https://fal.ai/models/fal-ai/depth-anything-video
For Rotoscoping: https://fal.ai/models/fal-ai/sam-3/video
For Depth Map and Skeleton Pose: http://Framethrower.ai

Time Code:
00:00 Intro
00:22 Insane Motion Control Workflow
11:57 SAM2 Matteing
14:08 Lip Sync with VEED
20:19 George Lucas Thoughts on AI
21:23 Reve 2.1
26:38 Prompt Library
27:40 Lingbot World 2
28:48 Alibaba’s World Model
29:29 HunYuans New World Model
30:04 LTX Reframe
33:18 Promise Film Slate
33:33 Check out these meetups!
34:10 AI Films of the week
36:13 Thanks for Watching!

Check out a full breakdown of the news here: https://curiousrefuge.com/blog/ai-motion-control-workflow

Explore our Membership: https://curiousrefuge.com/curious-refuge-membership

Start Learning for Free: https://curiousrefuge.com/start-here
Join our Community for Free: https://curiousrefuge.com/start-here

Check out our upcoming events: https://curiousrefuge.com/ai-film-events


Tools you need for the new Workflow:
For creating a Depth Map: https://fal.ai/models/fal-ai/depth-anything-video
For Rotoscoping: https://fal.ai/models/fal-ai/sam-3/video
For Depth Map and Skeleton Pose: http://Framethrower.ai


Helpful Links:
George Lucas' thoughts on AI:
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/george-lucas-test-screenings-embraces-ai-hollywood-1236810656/
Andy Serkis on AI in The Hunt for Gollum / motion capture:
https://variety.com/2026/film/global/andy-serkis-animal-farm-ai-hunt-for-gollum-motion-capture-1236809573/
Lingbot 2 https://t.co/rRGqMrhvea
Alibabas world building model:
https://x.com/reactorworld/status/2076708134077464838
Tengfei Wang (Tencent AI researcher) tweet, likely on HY World model:
https://x.com/DylanTFWang/status/2076609996826308671?s=20
Depth Mao AIWarper workflow:
https://x.com/AIWarper/status/2074177118532161948
LTX Studio (Lightricks) video-to-video reframe tool login:
https://ltx.video/purchase/v1/ltx_video/default/login?redirectAfterLogin=https%3A%2F%2Fltx.video%2Fpurchase%2Fv1%2Fltx_video%2Fdefault%2Flogin%3FredirectAfterLogin%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fconsole.ltx.video%252Fplayground%252Fvideo-to-video-reframe%252F
Meigen AI (image/video generation platform) invite link:
https://www.meigen.ai/?invite=1
Hugging Face Space – SAM2Matting (AI image matting demo):
https://huggingface.co/spaces/FudanCVL/sam2matting
Reve AI tweet:
https://x.com/reve/status/2076800732905480542
Veed Studio (AI video editing platform) tweet:
https://x.com/veedstudio/status/2076986091593158834
BytePlus (ByteDance's AI/cloud arm) tweet:
https://x.com/BytePlusGlobal/status/2077321849806234080?s=20
Curious Refuge AI Film Gallery – "Blackwater's" (Seedance, 4K AI short film):
https://curiousrefuge.com/ai-film-gallery/blackwaters-seedance-4k-ai-short-film
Curious Refuge AI Film Gallery – "The Last Real Man" (AI short film):
https://curiousrefuge.com/ai-film-gallery/the-last-real-man-ai-short-film