Dertalix Studios

Good afternoon, everybody! 🛸 Overjoyed to finally share a homage side project celebrating three creators I absolutely love via my own lens: Dertalix Studios Spotlight: Original Creators 🧬 @paranoidream @GlennHasABeard @JenniferNe83522 Thread below → their original projects + full BTS on every Grok quirk I tamed (missing noses, rogue logos, the works..!) Music by the wonderful paranoidream. Produced with Grok Imagine → tastefully upscaled & polished in post. Which segment was your favorite in terms of theme? Any Vol 2 wishes?

@JacobsLattice Taking your time do it right is the way, looking forward to it 👌💫

Well, I'm determined to put out my first music video with the help of Grok Imagine and Suno. It may take me 10 times longer than everybody that pumps out content all day long but I'll get there eventually. 😅

@JacobsLattice @imagine Grok Imagine 0.8 had really good tunes…I miss them.

The new voice lip sync is a cool feature, but they really need to increase the overall audio quality. After listening to my Suno songs for a couple of days, the Grok Imagine audio is really lacking... but at the rate they are improving, I really don't think it will be too long before we get huge improvements!

First Test: Grok @Imagine Lip Sync "Look at that woman in the red dress." -Morpheus This one was serendipitous, she was supposed to be an anthropomorphic chicken. 🤣

@tetsuoai Seeing this list, I wish they would let us pick between prior Grok Imagine models as well. They behave different and have their own cons and pros.

xAI removed grok-code-fast-1 from the pricing page. is this a deprecation signal? or is a new code model coming?

Early testing with the quality images. Looks great so far! But, one thing that comes to mind right now, both in images and particularly videos: Sometimes we get the option to pick option A or option B. While usually there is a clear preference for me between them, sometimes I like both! Can we get the option to keep both as well please? 😅✌️

Just shipped our best “Quality” mode model with a fresh new Imagine model 💫 — live at the earliest we could make it available. Clear quality gains already, and we’ll keep refining it fast with your feedback. All input welcome. Onward.

@YknZhu @doctor_chain @grok @imagine This is amazing! Thank you very much 🚀💫👍

@dertalix @doctor_chain @grok @imagine Extend will get better and less artifact soonish ;) ref + extend baking now

@doctor_chain @YknZhu @grok @imagine Oh wow I didn’t know that. I will keep an eye for it, I thought redo was safe…good catch ✌️

Yeah, I think the degredation has something to do with the gaussian splatter denoising issues they're having. Although, I have also noticed that "redo" tends to degrade image quality the more you use it. I try to avoid it and just gen from the prompt, or in some cases, go back to do a fresh extend from the orig.

Suggestion for improving the "add images" function within @grok @Imagine: Allow direct reference to existing images you've created in Imagine in addition to copy-paste adds. I noticed that when you add reference images to images or videos it creates temporary image-objects within the system and the @-links then reference those. If you're referencing an image that you've already created in Imagine, @xAI can save the overhead of having to generate new objects for the copy-pastes and just direct reference the existing image. This would also help with extend coherence as there wouldn't be a potentially vanishing link to a temporary object. As it's permanent, you should also then be able to reference it during extends, which many times you can't do now. Thanks. #AIart #GrokImagine @nonieengel @YknZhu

@doctor_chain @YknZhu @grok @imagine Yeah it’s a shame….Oh while I’m at it I hope in the future the extended versions maintain the same resolution as the original video…I have noticed that the resolution keeps degrading 😅 @YknZhu

@dertalix @YknZhu @grok @imagine Yeah, I've gone through much the same process myself, and tried what you tried. Also tried adding references after genning the first extend, and that didn't work either. 🤷‍♂️

Hmm, yeah that could sort of work for some things, but if you have a very specific out of the norm object or character design, that’s not going to work. If you want a character to appear on the 15 second mark, so on your first extend, it’s really just going to be a roll of the dice how it looks because it won’t have the reference you need to feed it. If consistency is required it’s a no go for the moment. I actually put a couple of references on the first video generation, with only a few called in the first video as I didn’t want x character to appear yet but only in further extends, but then found out the whole reference system is gone when extending. I was surprised. Hope they can add this soon though!

You can "sort of" do it now, through text. But only if what you're trying to add was made with a very detailed prompt that reliably produces consistent output. Then you just paste that prompt in as the desc of who/what you're adding. Very cumbersome though. I can't wait to see what @YknZhu comes up with, to make this simple. 👍

@YknZhu @doctor_chain @grok @imagine I asked Grok if anyone was discussing this as I hit a snag with a project and found this post. Extend with reference would be amazing to have, it’s crucial for narratives. Looking forward to it very much, keep up the good work Yukun ✌️

@doctor_chain @grok @imagine Thanks for the suggestion! Direct reference existing image is a good optimization. Extend with reference is not currently supported but def a good feature to add :) stay tuned.

@JacobsLattice I like this wild insanity, do more 😂

My first time playing around with the new wider aspect ratio available for Grok Imagine videos!

@JacobsLattice @grok Awesome cinematic video, the reaction animation of the character and running along with the FPS vibe is nailed amazingly 👌

Incredible action sequence from Grok Imagine...would YOU make it out? @grok

Nice research thread and glad to see you back, Jacob! The current upscale is definitely a case by case thing. I would always download the original 480p first before trying any upscaling as I think one loses access to the original after doing the upscale. In some cases it changes too much. I have preferred going the Topaz upscale path for now though occasionally I do test the upscale just to see. Sometimes it does work out fine. I haven’t tested the new 720p much, but yeah it’s definitely better though with one drawback I think: you hit limits quicker. Or at least I got that impression. I will have to test again. If so, perhaps still better to either go the 480p path with offline upscaling if needing a lot of iteration.

With Grok Imagine, have you wondered what the quality difference is between each of the video resolution options? - 720p - 480p upscaled - 480p View the images to compare the quality of each option. You might be surprised with some of the info I discovered. More below...🧵👇

@nonieengel Definitely interested! Here is one of my latest videos, though working on a more narrative focused one behind the scenes. I just sent you a DM 😎💫 x.com/dertalix/statu…

if you make short films with grok and want to help us take imagine to the stars and beyond, please dm me or comment below. i have something for you 💫

Bonus – You made it to the very end?! Thank you for coming along for the ride, now please have a fresh and exclusive cookie from the Grok Imagine oven, your very own Dertalix Studios cookie, only for you ; ) See you in Vol 2? 🛸 P.S. Oh and Happy Birthday to you…you know who you are : )

Hey folks, running a bit behind the singularity, but here is a second faux ad of the day, hope you enjoy it!💫 Dertalix Studios Presents: Data Interconnection #02 😎🧬⚡️💾 Let me know if there is tweaked version of this you think I should try out! 📸Fun fact: The music was from another Grok Imagine video that I thought fit here pretty well 😅

Good morning everybody, here is a new shiny new vid, hope you enjoy it!💫 Dertalix Studios Presents: Data Interconnection #03 😎🧬🛸

Happy weekend everybody, hope you are all doing well. Here is a new GI faux ad vid, enjoy and let me know what if you would like me to test out something different with the concept! 😎💫 Dertalix Studios Presents: Slick Cubes #01 🧊🧬🛸

@alexutopia Nice song to unwind to after a long session of editing…cool visuals too Alex 💫

Short music video loop generated with Grok Imagine in under 3 minutes 🔊

@PsyopAnime Really good experiment with these new tools even in this early form, they are really promising. The sense of speed and the fights…the editing and composition were all really great as well, congrats! 📸👌

Maximum Carnage. This project is a non-commercial fan film and technical demonstration. Its purpose is to push these models to their limits and explore what’s possible with new tools in visual storytelling.

Happy you found your project Glenn. When you have a good concept and execution as well, then it’s only a matter of time it starts to resonate 🍿 We have to remember this is all still frontier projects and more people will accept these tools more and more wherever it is on their own or as part of a hybrid workflow with more traditional tools. Then a bigger audience will come. If the visuals, animation and story have heart and good direction then it will connect at one point or another with a new viewer…happy to be here and watch both of your projects blossom further with each new episode 💫

@JenniferNe83522 @dertalix I spent so long without a sense of direction, it just feels nice to be on a creative path that seems to resonate with people 😊