Soyuzmultfilm says SI sharply cut preparation time for characters and locations on a new project
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The studio says neural networks sped up preparation of the cartoon many times over; how true that is for the finished product will become clear later.
According to Yuliana Slashcheva, chair of the studio's board, as quoted by M24, work of the complexity shown in the project "The Mystery of Charovodye" (based on books by Yulia Ivanova) would have taken "three years, no less" by earlier methods, and creating a character for a teaser took about four months. Artists developed the characters and locations by hand, then neural networks processed the visual materials. Slashcheva mentions new professions: SI creative producer, SI artist, SI algorithmist. The time estimate comes from the studio itself; per the TASS feed description (text paywalled), the report matches.