Heather Cooper

Your weekly dose of AI news, tools, and innovation with a visual twist. Breaking down barriers to make AI content creation accessible to all.

Welcome to Visually AI

Hello Reader Thank you for subscribing to Visually AI, your go-to source for the latest tips, tools, and tech to create mind-blowing content through AI. I'm Heather Cooper, the creator of this newsletter, and I'm thrilled to have you on board. As someone passionate about AI, I understand how overwhelming and fast-paced the news can be. I created Visually AI to help you stay informed without drowning in information. Every week, I curate and highlight the most relevant and actionable insights...

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about 1 month ago • 3 min read

Gen-2 Motion Brush & Preset Styles, Magnific Magic

Hello Reader, Total reading time is about 3 minutes. Welcome to Visually AI! Art in Motion Advancements in generative AI animation have continued with new features and developments every week, now. I wrote about this in September and I’m surprised at how quickly these tools have improved in the last 2 months. Gen-2 Updates Motion Brush Runway's new Motion Brush feature lets you animate & choose movement directions & speed for sections of your image. You can extend for 4 seconds, up to 3...

1 day ago • 2 min read

Sam Altman Out as CEO at OpenAI

Hello Reader, Total reading time is about 4 minutes. Welcome to Visually AI! I am publishing late because this week was a WILD week in AI, and I had a difficult time keeping up with the latest news. AI News This Week Sam Altman Out at OpenAI The biggest news dropped Friday evening, EST with the unexpected news of CEO Sam Altman’s departure from OpenAI. Why? We don’t know. There is a LOT of speculation and we covered it for more than 3 hours at my Weekly Generative AI Recap Space on 𝕏. I’ve...

8 days ago • 3 min read

🚀 Build Your GPT: No Code Needed!

Hello Reader, Welcome to Visually AI! Total reading time is about 6 minutes. This was an extremely heavy week of news in the world of generative AI, but I am focusing on GPTs from ChatGPT in this edition. Feel free to skim through to other sections, including tools. I have several links to GPTs you might find useful, too. AI News This Week OpenAI Dev Day OpenAI’s Dev Day started the week with tons of new features available. They introduced GPTs - custom versions of ChatGPT to combine...

15 days ago • 4 min read

Gen-2 & Midjourney Updates, Plus Text-to-Video Tool Roundup

Hello Reader, Total reading time is about 6 minutes. Welcome to Visually AI! Art in Motion Gen-2 Updates and New Features RunwayML announced updates for the Gen-2 video generation tool to give users more control over video output. Updates include: Extend from Asset: extend previously generated clips History Sidebar: view and scroll through thumbnails of each clip while you work Advanced Extend Options: change the camera and motion parameters between extended generations Yesterday, Runway...

21 days ago • 5 min read

Unleashing Creativity with AI Video Tools 📹

Hello Reader, A revolution is taking place in video creation, spearheaded by cutting-edge AI tools, and we’ve seen a huge improvement in the capability of GenmoAI, RunwayML’s Gen-2, and Pika’s animation features. I’m excited about the improving text-to-video and image-to-video technology. I never thought I would make video content, but I am learning how to generate many different types of animation for multiple platforms. Now, you can do it too. A Closer Look at Genmo's Replay, Runway's...

about 1 month ago • 2 min read

How to Make an AI-Generated Film 🎬

Hello Reader, Guess what? I made my first AI-generated film! Making an AI-Generated Film I was thrilled to participate in RunwayML’s GEN:48 AI Video Short Film competition with my former coach and mentor, Thomas Haynes. The competition was exciting - we didn’t know the topic until 9 a.m. Saturday morning, and we only had 48 hours to complete it. We had to choose at least one element from three categories: Character Archetype: a crime boss Scene: an abandoned building Object: an old corded...

about 1 month ago • 3 min read

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