Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 1056 Post-Processing
"Okay, today's goal is ahead - Lan Fang Radio and Television Building."

A nearly square building appeared at the end of the road. This is Lan Fang's media center, which mainly provides audio-visual services for Pontianak, Sin Chew, Sunda, and other scattered settlements. This building is much thicker than ordinary skyscrapers because there is a theater on the first floor and many indoor studios above.

"Wait, do you have a TV here?"

"Yes." Zheng Shijie nodded. "We don't sell TVs now, but we have TV programs being broadcast, mainly in public places. But they are mainly singing and dancing programs, music programs, and news broadcasts, and sometimes movies. But the current TVs can only play black and white pictures, and you still have to go to the cinema to see high-definition color pictures. Oh, by the way."

Zheng Shijie pointed to the floor below and said, "The rendering room that Master Sa uses for post-processing of films is in the basement of this building. You will also use it for rendering after you finish shooting the commercial upstairs."

“Wait, don’t we actually build the set?”

"That's too expensive. We usually perform on a green screen, and then have Tianyi Guiren replace the green part with images generated according to the theme. The commercial you're going to shoot with Yanqiu will be shot in the green screen studio above."

"What is the principle behind this? How does Tianyi know what kind of image to generate?"

"The method is actually very simple. First, we will draw the original key frame, and then draw the image directly onto the film in the darkroom. The image on the film is just magnified by light, so the special effects can be changed by directly modifying the film. We will use manpower to modify the key frame, and then let Tianyi Guiren complete the content of the key frame according to the storyboard submitted separately and the actual image taken."

"So that's how it is?! That's so convenient."

"It's a bit expensive. We need to hire a lot of Tianyi nobles to do this. Because we have to process 24 frames of images per second, that is, 24 pictures. One minute is more than a thousand pictures. We will decide the frequency of key frames according to needs. Sometimes we manually match pictures every second, and sometimes every 5 seconds. The labor cost and the cost of Tianyi nobles need to be weighed."

"Oh, right." Shangluo suddenly thought, "What would it look like if you didn't add keyframes?"

"If you don't provide guidance and constraints, the image created by Tianyi Guiren will only be related to the 'previous frame', and will not take into account the overall logic - because the beans that process the images of this second and the previous second are not the same batch. So at first glance it looks coherent, but as time goes on, the content of the picture will become more and more outrageous. For example, two people may suddenly be submerged in the sea, or take out two bowls of noodles from outside the picture and feed each other. Even more outrageous, they may suddenly hug each other and start kissing."

[Ahhhh!!! This is so scary! ]

"How terrible. So why is this happening?"

"Artificial intelligence is stupid, there's nothing I can do about it." Zheng Shijie shook his head. "If possible, we would like to rely on a more orderly and reliable automatic processing system."

"No, no, your way of handling things is also very fashionable in our place."

"Is that so?" Zheng Shijie was stunned for a moment, "It turns out we are quite powerful."

"It's just a bit too much. In the absence of ordinary computers, they directly started to apply strong artificial intelligence."

"Are they very smart? I always feel that many Tianyi nobles just eat and do nothing all day long."

"Don't even mention Tianyi Guiren. Even among humans, there are some who only eat and don't work."

"Alas, if possible, I still want some machines that can replace humans. Tianyi Guiren can only amplify our creativity, but cannot replace the creation itself." "Isn't this great?"

"Ah, I still want some machines that can work stably as long as they consume electricity, just like light bulbs. The Tianyi nobles are still too noisy and sometimes hard to coax. Can you imagine that our current plan for the moon landing does not actually include an automatic control system?"

"Huh? No automatic control?"

"Yes. Because Tianyi Guiren needs to receive enough information to handle the problem, and we can't place so many sensors on the spacecraft to collect image information. Besides, Tianyi Guiren will make mistakes. The longer it works, the more likely it is to go to a strange place. So in the scheduled moon landing operation, the moon landing spacecraft will be manually driven by the pilot."

“That must require very thick arms.”

"That's true. Pulling the cables is quite strenuous."

"Wait, are moon rockets also driven by cables?"

"Ahaha! No matter how good the electric motor is, it can't compare to the time-tested arms and steel cables! Believe in the strength of the Qigong practitioners, they can do it - no, it's you who can do it. After all, you will be on the spaceship by then."

[Mom! I want to go home! I don’t want to go to the moon on a manual spaceship! It’s ok to manually operate a supersonic passenger plane, but why do we have to manually operate the moon landing? No wonder he was so happy when he heard that he didn’t have to do it! ]

"Ah, this." Shangluo thought for a moment, "Guoxing, do you think we should consider this? Do you really use your hands to land on the moon?"

"Of course, we are in a hurry. We can spend a long time training Tianyi Guiren, but training also requires teaching materials. If humans can't demonstrate, then Tianyi Guiren can't do it either. They can't replace the role of humans."

"Okay." Shang Luo pressed his forehead, "When the time comes, do I have to train as well?"

"Yes. Although I have asked my uncle to train you in advance for the main driving work, as a backup, I think you'd better train as well - and Miss Yanqiu. Although the possibility of using the backup is not very high, it is better to be prepared than not to be prepared."

"Yanqiu, do you know about this?"

"She doesn't know. Didn't we just decide to have you go to the moon to shoot the sequel?"

"Okay. Then I'll tell her later?"

"That's what I've been waiting for. Oh, Miss Yanqiu and I are not very familiar with each other, and I'm a little embarrassed to ask for this kind of task all of a sudden."

"You also know that this is unreliable, right?!"

"I believe in the power of Taoism! I believe that you have strong arms and can use cables to manipulate the thrusters to change the trajectory. I believe in the strength of the Qigong practitioner."

(End of this chapter)