💣Turning Photos into Realistic Video

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🌟 Welcome to the Latest Edition of Thunderbolt AI! 🌟

Hey there, AI enthusiasts! Imagine a single photo brought to life with the depth and emotion of a Hollywood scene—ByteDance’s X-Portrait 2 makes it possible. With this AI-driven system, still images can now express joy, fear, or anger as convincingly as an actor, pushing the boundaries of digital realism.

What's in Store for You Today:

• 🎥Turning Photos into Realistic Video Performances

• Perplexity's Reasoning Mode: Executive Insights for Standout LinkedIn Requests

• 🔨 Essential AI Tools: Enhance Your Daily Productivity

ByteDance

🎥 ByteDance's X-Portrait 2 Turns Photos into Realistic Video Performances!

ByteDance has unveiled "X-Portrait 2," an AI system that transforms still photographs into lifelike video performances with nuanced expressions, showcasing scenes from famous movies. This advancement blurs the line between real and AI-generated content.

• Realistic Animation from Photos: X-Portrait 2 animates still images to portray emotions like fear, joy, or rage, maintaining the original identity while replicating the depth of expressions seen in film.
  

• Cutting-Edge Facial Technology: Unlike traditional systems that rely on point tracking, ByteDance’s model captures full facial movements, allowing natural flow and subtle expressions even during rapid speech.
  

• Versatile Applications: X-Portrait 2 can transform photos into various styles—realistic portraits, anime, and painterly illustrations—without losing consistency in facial expressions.

X-Portrait 2’s capabilities could revolutionize the animation industry by reducing the need for expensive motion capture, replacing it with photo and video reference. However, as AI-generated video content becomes increasingly lifelike, concerns about misuse and content verification grow.

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AI SCHOOL

Perplexity's Reasoning Mode helps you gather executive insights and achievements, enabling you to craft tailored LinkedIn connection requests that stand out.

Step-by-Step Process:

1. Access Reasoning Mode: Log in to Perplexity, activate Reasoning Mode, and ensure you have free Pro Search credits.

2. Find Executive Profiles: Use layered prompts to locate executive profiles and LinkedIn URLs.

3. Collect Achievements: Gather recent, verified achievements and key initiatives of the executives.

4. Create Connection Request: Use ChatGPT to turn this information into a personalized, engaging LinkedIn connection request.

Pro Tip:
Utilize our pre-written prompts to streamline the search process, and attend today's workshop to learn advanced techniques for effective research and professional networking.

AI TOOLS

🔨Make your day easier. The ultimate AI tools you cannot miss.

✅ Kroma AI - Create stunning presentations, charts, and graphs within seconds with Kroma AI, enhancing your visual data communication.

✅ Audyo AI - Designed to create and edit human-like voices by typing in text, Audyo AI enhances audio content production with ease.

✅ Papercut - Localize your videos with human-like voiceovers using Papercut, an AI-powered dubbing and video translation software.

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