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March 24, 2026
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Montreal
Hybrid AI/VFX workflow
Explore a hybrid AI/VFX workflow using Houdini for ground truth data to guide generative AI (ComfyUI) in transforming urban footage into a frozen landscape for a Kraft commercial.
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Hyprid VFX / AI pipeline. Generative AI used in a controlled way to enchance film footage.
The “Hockeyville” project is a hybrid VFX production for a KRAFT commercial that utilizes local Generative AI to transform live-action urban footage into a frozen landscape.
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Speaker 0: We really high high levels of people. Some you said that AI can help you with rotoscoping and stuff. I'm just curious. Have you seen
Speaker 1: there's a gentleman who wanna ask a question, but he's still chewing his, salad. So I I just wanna ask you, why would you not use something like mono, like, Dale or Sora to generate, like, humans and all the way. Why have to bring the real hockey player all the way from someone? Yes. Correct.
Speaker 1: That was the requirement of my clients. We were not allowed to use AI generated human in the commercial. We just can't do that. It's not allowed. I mean, there's a good sign of engines if they don't do that.
Speaker 1: And, we were required to use real actors. But we can place, like, environment, the ice reflections. The the hard part that is CT and or not really, it will take, like, months to do. And, it was much much faster to do it in the end. And why not deal?
Speaker 1: Because in ComfyUI, as you can see, we have a lot of, stuff that we can tweak. And it actually helps, because in all the online tools, basically, there is almost no parameters available. You just probably can select a seat and maybe length, which is usually a second for 5 or 7 seconds. Here I can do it, like, I I know, 37 frames if I need that, and it's quite often quiet. And I can choose the schedulers.
Speaker 1: I can do the temperature. I can do the
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