6+ hour, 18+ min ago  (244+ words) Right at the start of the film, when Gandalf visits Hobbiton in The Shire, director Peter Jackson employed some very clever techniques to ensure the audience always knew that the wizard was twice the size of the halflings. Filmmaking YouTube…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (225+ words) [A smiling man in a ]The PetaPixel team uses different cameras and lenses every day as part of our job but behind the scenes, we carry around a few pieces of mainstay gear that we just can't live without. This…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (201+ words) [A man in a vintage outfit holds a large golden retriever horizontally over a grill, while a smiling woman stands beside him in front of a house. The image is in black and white.]A Saturday Night Live skit featuring…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (178+ words) Mexico was once considered safe for refugees, but in recent years, the country has worked closely with anti-immigration efforts in the United States, which has made the country significantly more inhospitable for refugees. "I worked on this series from 2018 to…...

5+ mon, 3+ day ago  (329+ words) Scientists at MIT have developed a new AI system that can teach itself how to control different types of robots using just one camera. This AI system, created by scientists at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), lets…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (415+ words) [Split image: On the left, a person holds a camera close to their face, focusing the lens; on the right, the same person shields their eyes from the sun with their hand, gazing upward against a blue sky.]Diffusion is…...

10+ mon, 9+ hour ago  (278+ words) [A computer screen displays a dynamic scene of four dancers in flowing outfits. The dancers are artfully posed, conveying movement and grace. The background is a gradient of blue and red hues.]DxO will release DxO PureRAW 5 in April, promising…...

10+ mon, 2+ day ago  (328+ words) [A red apple with a leaf on its stem on the left, and a futuristic cityscape on an island surrounded by water on the right.]Researchers have developed a new CAPTCHA test that uses AI-generated optical illusions that are easily…...