Why We Exist at All Is a Story of Celestial Precision Every now and then, it’s worth asking: why is there anything at all—especially anything as strangely specific as a thinking species, on a rocky planet, orbiting a middle-aged star? Earth rotates once every ~24 hours, thanks to residual angular momentum from the formation of […]
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Cutting long videos into short clips for social media can be tedious. That is why Newcolor made an AI video clipping app to assist called FlavorClips. FlavorClips FlavorClips is a free mobile app for creating and editing short videos. You can download it for Android and iOS here. It has many features for making short
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There is an image variations endpoint available through OpenAI’s API that creates variations of images with DALL·E 2. Variations are a useful method if you want to retain some of the image style, opposed to trying to generate new images with an image input prompt through ChatGPT. Here is a Python script that generates 2
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Meta announced it’s shutting down Spark AR (Meta Spark) creator platform on August 27, 2024. Third party tools and content will no longer be available after January 14, 2025. How this effects Creators Building anything on third party platforms carries risk. Creators are subject to changes in policy and support when they choose to build
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If you’re working with video processing in React Native and need to generate subtitles, you might have encountered issues with ASS (.ass) subtitle files—especially with missing subtitles when using FFmpeg. In this article, we’ll explore how to correctly create ASS subtitle files using React Native and JavaScript, and solve the common problem of missing subtitles
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Do you struggle to maintain a consistent content schedule? Or run out of things to share? Today we will create a Content Calendar generator python script that creates content ideas and exports the schedule to an .ics file we can upload to our calendar. While I prefer building things to sharing things, I’m trying to
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In this article, we will explore an effective solution to debounce the jump action in Roblox scripts, preventing it from running multiple times in quick succession. Roblox game developers often face the challenge of managing player input and ensuring that game actions are executed smoothly. One common issue is the “jump” action triggering multiple times
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Learn how to use the Camera Texture in TikTok Effect House. My first time in TikTok Effect House proved to be riveting! I’ve worked in Meta Spark Studio for a couple years and recently decided to dive into TikTok Effect House—now that it is out of beta! You will be happy to find comparable features
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Spark AR Aspect Ratio 3D When we apply an Image Texture to a 3D Plane, it can be difficult to correctly match the aspect ratio. This results in distorted images, or fiddling with the scale manipulators. Aspect Ratio 3D Inputs Image Width: the original width of the image texture Image Height: the original height of
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In this tutorial we will project, Spark AR 3D to 2D position. To start, let’s add our scene objects. Spark AR 3D to 2D Position To get started, add these objects. You can also download the template and start playing around right now, if you prefer. Face Tracker Add a Face Tracker Under the Face
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