I’m Leaving….because of Sora! How Motion Designers can handle Generative AI

Sdílet
Vložit
  • čas přidán 29. 04. 2024
  • ►► Support me on Patreon:
    www.patreon.com/michaelponch
    I know, clickbaity title. My first one, I guess.
    Yes, I'm leaving. But don't worry, I'm not leaving CZcams :)
    In this video, I'm going to share my take on Generative AI, Sora, etc., and what I would do to handle the unknown situation.
    Will we creatives be replaced by AI?
    As a Motion Design Freelancer who has been in the creative business for a while now, I have experienced similar disruptive changes before.
    Enjoy watching!
    #sora #aftereffects #ai
  • Jak na to + styl

Komentáře • 67

  • @jcspotlight_design
    @jcspotlight_design Před 2 měsíci +3

    Totally loved this video. It's trully honest while confronting complex topics and still somehow keeps giving me a warm and peaceful feeling. Thank you Michael, and the best of lucks in your new space.

  • @fabchan25
    @fabchan25 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Thanks for this awesome video Michael. I started following you for AE tips and tuts and this video thumbnail got my attention. I’m even older than you but jumped onto the mograph bandwagon a little late. Just when it felt like I got the groove of it AI came out of nowhere and now i feel like I need to start learning all over again. It’s frustrating when you feel like you’re finally good at what you’re doing, your rice bowl looks secure and your retirement plans are going smoothly and all of a sudden you start worrying if you still have a job next month. This video definitely helped me on what to focus on, and I really appreciate you for making this video and giving great advice for people in this industry. Wishing you and all mograph designers all the best in the near future.

  • @filmmakerevolution
    @filmmakerevolution Před 2 měsíci +16

    never would have guessed you were 49. Lots of solid points and food for thought

  • @ja-kidnb6416
    @ja-kidnb6416 Před 2 měsíci +20

    AI is developing to do art for me, so I can do laundry and house hold chores.... I want AI to do my laundry and house hold chores and NOT my art. Strange times we live in

    • @MichaelPonch
      @MichaelPonch  Před 2 měsíci +2

      Or finally find a solution to get rid of a simple cold for good 😊

  • @SternFX
    @SternFX Před 2 měsíci +1

    Love this video! Your personal story is as interesting and inspiring. I can relate to many milestones you've mentioned.
    Good luck on your new way/office/patreon

    • @MichaelPonch
      @MichaelPonch  Před 2 měsíci +1

      Thanks, Eran! As an “older” guy and someone who attended a film history course I love the classic film references in your tutorials….Metropolis, War of the Worlds, They live…..Epic 😎

  • @SupunLankage
    @SupunLankage Před měsícem

    Such a great video at the right time. Love you, and you are one of my heroes. 😍🤩😘

  • @fadimantium
    @fadimantium Před 2 měsíci

    This is brilliant, thank you. I teach AfterEffects, looking forward to showing this to my students!

  • @RodrigoKormann
    @RodrigoKormann Před 17 dny

    Wow, that's so nice to see a 80s kid like you in the motion design field. Now that I discover that I feel even more connected because I also grew in the 80s.

  • @hamad.learns
    @hamad.learns Před 2 měsíci +2

    I love your channel ! Thats an eye opening video ! Thank you !

    • @MichaelPonch
      @MichaelPonch  Před 2 měsíci

      Thanks very much. I appreciate it 😎

  • @OwainStreet
    @OwainStreet Před 2 měsíci +2

    Such a great video. I too have a Digital Beta tape on my shelf, it's one of my showreels from my time as a Quantel Hal Express operator - yes, we were called "operators" back then. I've had a similar journey to you... First as a Mac designer doing bits of everything (print, web, logos etc) then as a Motion Designer using HAL. Then back to the Mac with this new fangled thing called After Effects. I've been lucky enough to have had a career throughout this time - which is from around 1996 onwards. I am slightly older and will be 51 this year... though try telling my sense of humour that! The human touch, our ability to dream is (probably?) what will keep us ahead of the machines. Surely only the human mind could come up with something like surrealism, cubism, abstract expressionism etc. Yes we can now mimic those genres with AI tools that reflect what has come before, but without the human trailblazers there would be no art to reference. I like to think this can be applied, to some degree, to the motion design scene. As you suggest - it's up to us to push the tools we have to create something new. Good luck in your new space.

    • @MichaelPonch
      @MichaelPonch  Před 2 měsíci +2

      Thank you very much 😎. And nice to read your story and opinion. I was lucky to look over the shoulder of a Hal Operator during an internship. That was 1997 or something. It seemed like witch craft to me 😂. Unimaginable today but state-of-the-art that time to capture a pic via a video cam to get it into the system.

  • @panoskoutelas9542
    @panoskoutelas9542 Před 2 měsíci

    Thank you for this video. You spoke from your heart to our hearts.

  • @MarioSundays
    @MarioSundays Před 2 měsíci +3

    Brilliant video man! We are the same generation and lived through the same. Everything you've mentioned I connect with. Thanks. If you ever come to Dublin let's definitely have a coffee. 🍵

    • @MichaelPonch
      @MichaelPonch  Před 2 měsíci

      Thank you very much! I was in Dublin 2016 during St. Patrick’s Day. We slept in….I think it was Swords. Yeah, or maybe Irish coffee 😃

    • @MarioSundays
      @MarioSundays Před 2 měsíci

      @@MichaelPonch thats Dublin north. I live south (much nicer 😆). Irish Coffee even better!

  • @AndrewAndMin
    @AndrewAndMin Před 2 měsíci +1

    Congratulations for making the move! I'm the complete opposite -- moving from office to remote home office. Speaking of AI, I have been creating so many AI explainer videos this past 1 year. I'm not so worried about AI trying to please clients with feedback like "more grit and less grunge, use more of a hopeful yellow instead of the Olympic one"

  • @fs7572
    @fs7572 Před 2 měsíci +1

    A good step for you and a good recommendation for more humanity I guess. Keep up your good work. Viel Erfolg weiterhin!

  • @vinhdo1609
    @vinhdo1609 Před 2 měsíci +3

    not only i get interesting knowledge but also get some lesson for life, thank u

  • @MattQuattro
    @MattQuattro Před 2 měsíci +2

    Like many I would not have guessed your age Michael. But beyond that you’re a great storyteller and I really enjoyed this video. While AI is moving very fast and causing a lot of panic, I have hope that the reason humans create is for connection. At some point if AI takes all the jobs, it will be computers creating for each other and that would be fairly lonely and pointless.

  • @eladbari
    @eladbari Před 2 měsíci +1

    P S- Still trying to understand which tools are considered AI for practical usage for motion. Fable Prism stylizes 2D animation. What else that can really speed/spice up our work..?

    • @MichaelPonch
      @MichaelPonch  Před 2 měsíci +1

      I haven’t tried them out yet. But I find these solutions interesting where you roughly sketch something or use simple 3D primitives and get a result in real-time. I think is is useful for quick look development.

  • @UnitraOne_
    @UnitraOne_ Před měsícem +1

    thank you mate. i'm 40' and im relly strugling with all this. This video is comforting

  • @YannickStreibert
    @YannickStreibert Před 2 měsíci +1

    1:46 onwards is amazing 😃 good luck for you!

  • @3dvala
    @3dvala Před 2 měsíci

    Thank you for you honesty, i am also a veteran and cant help but feel exited about AI.

  • @peterheynen
    @peterheynen Před 2 měsíci +1

    Good that you only changed the office 🙂
    What a great video! I wish I could give 1000 thumbs-up. I agree 100% 🙂

  • @phoenix2gaming346
    @phoenix2gaming346 Před 2 měsíci +2

    am learning and aspiring in this field. but after saw your video i feel broke now

    • @MichaelPonch
      @MichaelPonch  Před 2 měsíci +1

      That’s not my intention. Keep creating, man! The world will still need feeling humans.

  • @meganmclove7693
    @meganmclove7693 Před 2 měsíci +1

    you're a legend Michael! we love ya

  • @shaheemgirling3972
    @shaheemgirling3972 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Great video, keep up the good work.

  • @eladbari
    @eladbari Před 2 měsíci +2

    Problem with AI is that it outsources the process from the creator. The consumer (client) won't care but we need the process cause we grow from it and we can't feel connected to our work when it's not really done by us.
    If AI won't take these motion jobs- it could definitely be a leverage to downpay because who pays you may say: "hey, it takes you just one second to make in AI, right?" :)

    • @MichaelPonch
      @MichaelPonch  Před 2 měsíci

      Yeah, the problem lies on us creatives. As you said the client/consumer doesn’t care if we are disconnected to our work. It’s a business after all. The consumer mostly looks for the best price. Everything else where we can run free with our creativity is called art 😊

    • @eladbari
      @eladbari Před 2 měsíci

      @@MichaelPonch Nice to hear your thoughts, man. Yeah, if it's 80% good for the consumer- then it's a done deal. Most people didn't develop their eyes like ourselves to notice those fine details (that bug us but not them).
      Problem with this direction is that if it lays so many People off, then we all become consumers and not producers. How does a society that is tilted towards mostly consumers looks like? We're all connected to each other. No man is an island. A company that wants to save money on their new campaign and gives AI to do it for them, ditches the artist/producer - which now doesn't have money to buy their new product. It goes full circle. If we're all being bums sitting at home- those companies won't be able to sell us cause we won't be able to afford it 😉

  • @dr04e606
    @dr04e606 Před 2 měsíci

    I'm genuinely surprised to learn your age. You seem so youthful!

  • @jorgenmalmo
    @jorgenmalmo Před 2 měsíci +1

    Soon can we maybe transport like in space movies. Then i come and take a coffee 😀

    • @MichaelPonch
      @MichaelPonch  Před 2 měsíci +1

      At least I made two Transporter Effect tutorials after all 😊

  • @asl2025
    @asl2025 Před 2 měsíci

    Super interesting video. Thumbs up for the click bait title lol.

  • @johnalmighty
    @johnalmighty Před 2 měsíci

    By the time A.i can have an effect on freelance works, motion design, or video editing as a whole. We’d all be long gone, so your work continues young lads. 🙌🏾

  • @lilpingpeep9939
    @lilpingpeep9939 Před 2 měsíci +1

    no you are a good man i learn so many things

  • @Mangazimusic
    @Mangazimusic Před měsícem

    real sweet video

  • @user-ti4tf4kn3o
    @user-ti4tf4kn3o Před 2 měsíci

    Feelings is subjective matter- When people see what they like, thy don't care that a graphical artist took 20 hrs to something similar. Just he raw facts. AI is the future or at least will take over certain tasks and get better at it as well..Who really knows exactly what happens?

  • @sowrovvowmik
    @sowrovvowmik Před 8 dny

    Art required emotions . Artists try to convey art through his/her experiences and emotions through their work. But AI has no heart. So I think there's plenty of room for Artists to grow. Studio Ghibli is the perfect example that people still love old-school things.

  • @stevecraft903
    @stevecraft903 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Ohh nooooooo

  • @micbab-vg2mu
    @micbab-vg2mu Před 21 dnem

    Michael, everybody who works in front of a computer may be replaced by AI. The trick is to learn AI and master it - Human + AI > AI :)

  • @TheLillianYoung
    @TheLillianYoung Před 2 měsíci

    What concerns me is the devaluing of our art form. We can adjust and adapt as you have. But AI threatens to cause people to look at good work and shrug it off as easy to do in AI though they themselves can’t.

  • @musicbuddy1382
    @musicbuddy1382 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Did he said 80s?

    • @MichaelPonch
      @MichaelPonch  Před 2 měsíci

      Yeah, I watched E.T., Back to the Future, Star Wars Episode V&VI in the movie theaters. I only remember the 70s only vaguely 😊

    • @RodrigoKormann
      @RodrigoKormann Před 17 dny +1

      @@MichaelPonch Wow me to! Back to the Future is my favorite trilogy! And you forgot to mention Terminator as well. \o/

    • @MichaelPonch
      @MichaelPonch  Před 15 dny

      Yeah, good example of AI going wild :)

  • @doodlve
    @doodlve Před 2 měsíci

    With AGI it will be game over, if they achieve that😅

  • @frankwerner923
    @frankwerner923 Před 2 měsíci

    I think its really simple. No AI will ever replace a good motion designer. ever.
    In the beginning there where hand drawn frame by frame animations. then the computer came. it got easier and easier. today anybody can already do motion design also without AI. Is everybody doing it? No. Why?
    They want to do other things. And maybe someday they need motion design. So they want to buy it as a service. Somebody who develops an idea, someone who sits down and does the work for them. The work of developing something. Thy want to book someone who has done motion design for years already and gained experience, knowledge and vocabulary. Maybe somebody with a distinct style. Why is that important?
    If there is an AI and you tell it to do something and it does something and you think:"hmm... its not quite right but I don't know why, I cant point my finger on it" . Then you have to have the experience, knowledge and vocabulary as a motion designer to tell it what to fix. Something not just anybody could do. You have to then further develop it together with the AI. Doing iteration after iteration. Not much different then using classic software.
    Maybe a motion designer who USES AI will replace one who doesn't.
    Maybe someone who needs motion design, has no budget and is ok with just anything will use AI tools to do it without a motion designer. But in that case: Do you want to get book by that person?

  • @vilchico
    @vilchico Před 2 měsíci +2

    you look great at 50.

    • @MichaelPonch
      @MichaelPonch  Před 2 měsíci

      Thanks. Like I said to another commenter it’s maybe the genes, doing some sports and most importantly my love to create 😊

  • @wantetTobeagangster
    @wantetTobeagangster Před 2 měsíci +1

    damn I would have never guessed your age

    • @MichaelPonch
      @MichaelPonch  Před 2 měsíci

      Maybe it’s the genes and doing some sports. But definitely my love to create 😊

  • @Mooooty
    @Mooooty Před 2 měsíci

    Adapt...Evolve...or Go Extinct!

  • @Motion_Galaxy
    @Motion_Galaxy Před 2 měsíci

    okay boss. can u buy 2nd monitor like 32 inch.. i feeel bore watching ur mini studio hehe sorry