When Real Filmmakers use AI for Effects | Pirate Ship VFX Breakdown

Last Monday, a tiny crew of four dudes dressed up as pirates and snuck off to a local Bavarian lake. The goal: use our real-life filmmaking skills and the power of AI to magic up an entire pirate ship, complete with exotic animals and of course a massive ocean with crashing waves - things previously only available to the absolute maximum Hollywood budgets. At the time, we were purposely naive. We didn't know how we'd get it done. But the AI workflows literally caught up with us (big thanks to your ComfyUI expertise, Sebastian @TheButchersBrain) and we were able to get our crazy video inpainti…