Jake L. Provo

youtu.be/U7ZX-DXCleU?si… Here is a link to the video!

@HejsaStudio @EyeOfScar @mattworkman That’s your prerogative, I’m still going to make what I make without it still has soul and life to it.

@EyeOfScar @J_Lee_Design @mattworkman "it takes away from the love of wanting to do my craft" You can still create games, film, design etc the old way. I love to design the "old" way, but understand the industry is moving ahead with ai, with or without me.

people who “hate Gen AI” may not realize that most filmmakers cannot afford a cinema camera, lens, 4x lights, and grip equipment to make a shot that looks 1/10 as good as a 10 cent Gen AI shot I’m a die hard live action cinematographer in my heart, but I know the math I’ve also worked in 3D/Games for a long time and it’s similar that most can’t afford the computer hardware and lack access to the training to make again shots that looks 1/100 as good as the sloppiest AI gen image Consumer and gamer takes on this issue, I ignore. People in production see the state of live action production AND in 3D/VFX business and can also do math

@SyphoticART It seems like a no brainer to stack your first few hours with player retention metrics being so important in 2026

@J_Lee_Design Apparently the first 10 hours are a bit slow, likely didn’t play much more than that

IGN gives scores lower than a 7?!?

@stephenRB4 Pure war scenes and stuff- yeah The mental effects of war- that does to Full Metal Jacket

Saving Private Ryan is the greatest war movie ever made, and I will die on this hill.

@kommanderkarl @mattworkman Also “pick up a Wacom pen” like I’m not a professional artist lmfao

@mattworkman @J_Lee_Design Better idea, show us YOUR work. Show people why and how AI has added any value to what you produce (hint: it doesn’t) If you need generative AI to produce artistic results, you are not an artist.

@mattworkman Considering I won a few different 48 hour film contests- I’d say so lol

@J_Lee_Design yeah but is your short good lol

@mattworkman I mean- hell the F1 movie and 28 years later had whole sections shot entirely on a base iPhone so….for those people who think they need Gen AI it’s a skill issue

@mattworkman You’re the one implying that people need thousands of dollars of equipment to make a film when every short I ever made was made for under $100.

@mattworkman Lmao okay bud stay mad.

@J_Lee_Design w/e you say "skill issue" without proof that you know what skill or craft looks like in the live action cinematography industry coming from AAA game studios almost discredits your opinion on this. have a good one

@mattworkman No :) I didn’t/don’t make films like that because it’s boring. Be more creative.

@J_Lee_Design that is a picture of a lamp, show me a cinematic dialogue scene with people talking

@mattworkman Im not going to prove myself to you because I don’t need to. You don’t need cinema quality cameras to get cinema looks and if you think that you’ve bought into every lie in the book. I mean ffs I set up this shot with a $30 camera, $2 in lamp fluid and a flashlight all practical

@J_Lee_Design link me your best looking live action project you were the director or DP on

@TheDezembro Personally my issue with CD is it feels like there’s a lack of concrete art direction and they kinda threw a bunch of crap at the wall and left whatever suck. It’s at times pretty from the videos, just incoherent

I can't prove it yet, but there's something really weird going on with Crimson Desert anties online lol I've seen skepticism that made sense, of course. I been on that train too, the whole "really? this game has all this stuff?" But I'll never understand shit like this. Literally just looks like a normal medieval-fantasy-landscape game. Visuals are current, too, no over-the-top stylization that may not land with some people, no "old gen" looking graphics either... But apparently now, to add to other weird criticisms, it's also ugly.

@LateNightHalo Art wise is was pretty great and idk where this “Starfield looked bad” mentality came from. Like characters I can get feeling tha way- but the environments and lighting have such a unique charm to them.

idk man. I thought Starfield was pretty good. Not amazing, just pretty good. Is that okay?

@SgtPepper901 @MikeWithAHotDog Realism can be stylized and have art direction, realism =/= photorealistic those are not interchangeable words.

@SgtPepper901 @MikeWithAHotDog “Trying to be realistic” So there’s no ounce of stylization on this whatsoever? Not one? He’s in no way proportioned weirdly, nor is the environment any bit stylized around him in your mind Because they are.

Good art direction > Photorealism. Every time.

@Maracus57 The minimum spec of Crimson Desert is a 1060…

@J_Lee_Design Min spec on starfield was a 1070. That's over a decade old tech. Their game engine clearly limited what designers could do. DLSS will correct that shortfall.

That first like 6-10 hours is arguably your most important in the entire game. Especially the first hour. The dropoff of players after like 10 hours in MOST games is astronomical, so early, lasting impressions are what gets people to keep playing- and spread word of mouth

@Maracus57 I also think you have a misunderstanding of what exactly DLSS will do, or what it aims to do

@Maracus57 On the hardware, I’m not sure where you’re getting “Aging” from as it…released on current gen hardware- and did quite well perf wise for the sheer scope of what that game was.

@Maracus57 I didn’t have a problem with either of those things, and actually quite liked the lighting of Starfield.

The character models snapped you right back out of any sort of immersion. The landscapes were so poorly lit that they were completely unbelievable. This cannot have been an artistic choice, but rather a limitation of developing for aging hardware. DLSS5 will fix this issue and allow artist more freedom, not less.