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‘Pokemon’ Anime Studio OLM Trains AI Coloring Tool on Just Three Frames in Japan Government-Backed Project
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OLM, the Japanese animation group behind the “Pokemon” anime series and films, has developed an AI coloring tool that picks up a show’s look from just three hand-painted frames, OLM Digital board director Yotsukura Tatsuo said at the Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF) in Taipei.
OLM, the Japanese animation group behind the “Pokemon” anime series and films, has developed an AI coloring tool that picks up a show’s look from just three hand-painted frames, OLM Digital board director Yotsukura Tatsuo said at the Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF) in Taipei. The tool came out of ANIMINS, a 15-month research project […]
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