FOR CONTEXT: I am developing a new app called "Story Craft: Designed by AI Animators, for Ai Animators" It will be an AI platform that guides you and makes the production of AI Animations smooth. For this, in our weekly Friday Classes, we discuss the actual production process you are doing for you AI Animations, and you can request for features so the app does the hard work for you. Beta testing is available for free for AI Animation Masterclass Students. --------------- The "Auto Local Storage" update is now official. Feature requested by @Arlene Dilworth and @Helene J You can now you can activate local storage so every image you create is automatically saved in your computer. You can create multiple projects and whatever project you have created can be connected to a different folder in your computer. When you click on it and you assign a folder, it will ask for your permission to allow this app to save files on your computer automatically after being created. This will save you the hassle of having to download every single image. And you can just go to your computer and delete the images you don't like, and from the app itself if you are connected to Dropbox, you can just, with one click, backup your images to the designated Dropbox folder. NEXT: Feature requested by @Thomas Jennings - Batch character adjustments (1 character, 1 prompt, multiple image files of character expressions)

Today we won't have live class. Hi, I had another unfortunate emergency. Today I cannot attend. We need to take care of my dad I apologize for all the inconvenience. My life is going upside down right now. I'm doing my best to organize everything for next week

My dad is back home, and it has been some time to adjust to new routines, and we are finally getting into a rhythm. Thanks so much for all your support, understanding and beatiful messages you have sent. I appreciate this a lot. See you next week for those of you on the weekly call, like this post to let me know you are aware of this change.

Big question for you. I need your honest vote. I’m at a crossroads with what to build next, and I want YOU to be the one who decides. Here are your two options: - Option A: Videos first, software second: I keep building out the weekly video lessons on schedule. You can see exactly what’s coming by clicking the curriculum link below. New modules drop consistently, you follow the step-by-step process, and we build the pipeline together lesson by lesson. - Option B: Software first, videos second: Instead of learning how to do each technique, you get a tool that does the technique for you, powered by AI. Here is what the software would include: - Brainstorm story ideas fast - Develop character psychology to build interesting characters quickly - Write and fix scripts line by line with AI assistance - Design characters with an integrated image generator - Build full storyboards shot by shot - Fix any shot to adjust camera angle or character position - Manually fix any panel with a built-in Photoshop-like editor - Put clips together with an online video editor - Advanced cinematography controls when generating your images, including: ∙ Close up ∙ Medium close up ∙ Full shot ∙ Over the shoulder ∙ Low angle / high angle ∙ Frontal, side, and 3-quarter view And this one is my favorite. - An AI coach assistant, available 24/7, powered by Claude. This is not a generic chatbot. It will have access to everything the video lessons are supposed to teach you. So instead of waiting for the next module, you ask a question, and you get the exact answer you need, right now, for your specific situation. Now here is something important regardless of which option wins. Whenever we start building the software, everyone in this community gets unlimited FREE credits for image generation and the AI chat assistant while we are in development. That is a gift from me to you for being here early. Video generation is more expensive to run, so that part will require a small pay-as-you-go investment when the time comes.

I just came across this Bob Doyle video on YouTube about WaveSpeedAI, a free desktop app which seems to have access to any model you want. No subscriptions - you just pay for what you use, via API usage. It also includes a lot of very useful free to use tools: video and image enhancers, background remover, audio and image converters etc. It looks like a good alternative to ComfyUI. I haven't had time to try it yet, but it definitely looks worth investigating. Link to download the app: https://wavespeed.ai/landing/desktop