Christopher Nichols

Tax subsidies are poison. Addictive poison that will kill you.

here you go, @chromecow.bsky.social

You can't add humanity to AI any more than you can add humanity to a stick of charcoal, paint, or Gimp. These are tools, not tool-users. No art lies in a tool. Photoshop can't make art; it's not awake and has no opinons.

Industry Roundtable — James Cameron, AI, Sinners, and Indie films Taking a break from interviews, Chris, Daniel, and James dive into AI, indie film, and why Hollywood might be headed for a major reset.

New CG Garage ep!
Chris, Daniel & James kick off our first roundtable, talking AI, MUBI, Sinners, and the state of the industry.
The 70s might be back. www.chaos.com/cg-garage/in...
#filmmaking #AI #indiefilm #virtualproduction #cggarage

Dakota Johnson Says Hollywood Is a ‘Mess’: Decisions Are Made by ‘People Who Don’t Watch Movies or Know Anything About Them’ and Studios ‘Remake the Same Things’ Dakota Johnson says Hollywood" is "a bit of a mess right now" as the people who make decisions don't even watch movies or know anything about them.

#dakotajohnson is 100% right about why #Hollywood is struggling. It's not because of #CG or even #AI. It's because the wrong people are making creative choices. variety.com/2025/film/ne...

@theverge.com I subscribed to The Verge an yet I still see ads on the page. Is this normal?

Marti Romances — Co-Founder and Creative Director, Territory Studio Marti Romances, co-founder of Territory Studio, shares how cinematic UI design is shaping the future of film, games, AR, and real-world tech.

From sci-fi to Silicon Valley — Marti Romances talks about designing iconic UIs for The Martian, Guardians, and more.
🎙️ New pod ep 509 www.chaos.com/cg-garage/ma...
#UI #VFX #MotionGraphics #TerritoryStudio #AR #DesignInspo #FilmTech #MartiRomances #Futurism #CinematicDesign

To both artists that both embrace and reject the use of AI... Remember that Art ≠ Craft

YouTube video by The Movie Rabbit Hole "NO CGI" is really just INVISIBLE CGI (5/5)

@karaswisher.bsky.social you should watch these. I think you would find it interesting... youtu.be/hniWOH_zwh8

OK fine @reckless.bsky.social at @theverge.com I subscribed... But can we at least try to make something special for podcast listeners that subscribe? The podcast has gone a bit ad crazy lately

Michael Ralla — VFX Supervisor, “Sinners” VFX Supervisor Michael Ralla dives into the creative process behind Sinners, exploring the evolving art of film, digital, and color, and sharing insights from a career spanning Scanline, Digital Domai...

Just dropped an episode with Michael Ralla, VFX Supervisor on Sinners. A must-listen for film and VFX fans! #vfx #sinners #cinematography #filmmaking #podcast #virtualproduction #digitadomain #ILM #scanline www.chaos.com/cg-garage/mi...

Does m-dash make you feel fancy? F*@$k you ChatGPT!

Brings a whole new meaning to pre-existing conditions.

Jess Loren — CEO, Global Objects Jess Loren, CEO of Global Objects and a powerhouse in immersive content, shares her insights on entrepreneurship, scanning the world, and navigating the future of virtual production.

Just released: Jess Loren of Global Objects on CG Garage. We talk about virtual production, real-time tools, and Gaussian splats, and much more!

Listen here 👉 www.chaos.com/cg-garage/je...

#VirtualProduction #GaussianSplats #ImmersiveTech #3dscanning #CGGarage #podcast

#movies #mothersday #alien

I say this as a very liberal industry person in Los Angeles

Somewhere in Los Angeles, there is a very liberal out of work camera grip that is feeling very conflicted

Adding to my 4K HDR Blu-ray collection. One, a story about two people whose love is fractured by a war struck world, and the other one is Casablanca. #terminator #casablanca #4khdr #bluray #movies

OMG OMG OMG OMG!!! I'm buy this SOOOO hard! #movies #4k #criterion

If you fly over #newmexico may I suggest a window seat?

Got an update on my phone for my Sony XM4 headphones, and I got this ad pop up and made me think oh you @reckless.bsky.social #sony #partyspeaker #vergecast #theverge

Johnson Yan — Real-time CGI Pioneer Johnson Yan shares his journey pioneering real-time 3D graphics, from flight simulators in the late 1970s to shaping today's graphics technology.

Johnson Yan joins me to talk pioneering real-time 3D graphics, from flight simulators in the late '70s to shaping today’s visual tech.
www.chaos.com/cg-garage/jo...
#CGGarage #VFX #RealTimeGraphics #JohnsonYan #GraphicsHistory #podcast #cgi #ai

Rear Window (1954) is amazing at 4k HDR.

Sebastian Sylwan — VFX and Technology Executive From Weta to Scanline, Sebastian Sylwan has helped build the future of VFX—now he’s reflecting on how innovation really happens (or doesn’t) in the creative industries.

Sebastian Sylwan has been CTO at Weta, Scanline, and Felix & Paul, and Director of Tech at Digital Domain. In our latest episode, he talks about why innovation is hard in VFX and how the industry might need to rethink how it works.
www.chaos.com/cg-garage/se...
#VFX #FilmTech #Podcast

@profgalloway.com called it...

After Scott predicted no tariffs on Apple products on our Friday episode, President Trump just gave an exemption to smartphones, computers, and other electronics. What prediction will come true next? Tune in next week...

I love graphs... What I think is interesting here is the impact of how well the US handled COVID #covid #usa #health

Insider trading?

"The Office does not see the need for new laws or rules to protect AI-generated materials, noting that existing U.S. copyright laws are flexible enough to respond to new technologies and mediums, such as AI, as they emerge. Part 2 at 36."

"•China — A person who uses AI to create the work is the author of that work. Part 2 at 28."

"•European Union — AI generated content may be eligible for copyright "only if the human input in [the] creative process was significant." Part 2 at 29."

"The Office firmly concludes that AI prompts, alone, do not provide sufficient human control to automatically make a human user of an AI system the author of the output."