If you're on the film side of TikTok like I am, you may have seen videos going around that show what famous movies would look like if they were framed for our phones.
They're kind of sick!
And they all seem to have been released right after the debut of Photoshops new 'generative fill' tool.
As the name implies, the tool allows you to generate imagery with a simple text prompt.
And these videos, they're using this tool as a really technologically advanced filmmaking technique, one that's been used for over 100 years… Albeit, with a totally different skill set.
So will A.I. be the next evolution of the matte painting?
When it comes to traditional matte paintings, you might think of something like this from The Wizard of Oz.
Dorothy and friends are real, but the Emerald City isn't really there.
It's just an illustration.
Using this technique, filmmakers were able to make an impossible world look real, at a much cheaper price tag than building a full set.
