Problems arise between the current situation and the goal.

Hello, this is Arakaki from Smaregi.

My hobby is going to BOOKOFF.
I dig through books, CDs, and records.
Today, I got my hands on the 1994 Denki Groove album "DORAGON." It's an album I used to own, but after moving several times, it disappeared somewhere, so I feel deeply moved as if I've reclaimed it. The final track, "Niji," is great. I personally prefer the romanized spelling "Niji," though.

Now, this time, unlike my previous articles, I've posted a video.

The content is about how "problems arise between the current situation and the goal."

This might be sudden, but is everyone using generative AI?
This time, I created a video using "images" generated by generative AI.

Actually, I've been using Office 365 personally for a few months now because I wanted to try out Microsoft Copilot.

However,

It seems like I'll have to pay even more to use Microsoft Copilot... what should I do... I'm still thinking about it.

Microsoft Copilot is still a work in progress, but you can use various useful tools with Office 365.
The tools I used for this video creation were "Microsoft Designer" and "Microsoft Clipchamp."

It's a video nearly 8 minutes long, but I was able to create it in about 5 hours. Considering it was my first time touching Microsoft Clipchamp, I think that's quite fast. The generative AI I used for the video creation was for image generation and the narration voice. I couldn't quite get the generative AI to handle the cuts or subtitles. Well, there's fun in playing with editing software, so for me, it's like a hobby time to enjoy creating videos. If I let generative AI do everything, it wouldn't be interesting at all.

Microsoft Clipchamp has a very easy-to-use UI.
I've touched various video editing software, but the basic functions of Microsoft Clipchamp are more than enough.

The multiple images used in the video were created with Microsoft Designer.
This is another excellent tool that generates images in just a few seconds.

It is equipped with OpenAI's image generation AI "DALL-E 2," which everyone knows, and it can instantly generate various designs and images based on text instructions (prompts).

By touching the latest software, I felt the evolution from the past more than ever.

That's because,
I once had experience with linear editing, then dabbled in non-linear editing, and have been doing video editing as a hobby (sometimes getting paid for it) here and there.
From my perspective, Microsoft Designer and Microsoft Clipchamp are terrifying tools. They are tremendous tools.

The price of software has dropped, and furthermore, it has become available on a monthly basis, making it easy to try at any time.

Why don't you all try playing with the latest creative tools?

◆ Images (photos) in the video were created with Microsoft Designer

Microsoft Designer is an AI-powered design tool provided by Microsoft. It generates design and image requests entered in natural language into images, text, and layouts instantly.
Microsoft Designer was first announced in October 2022. It is equipped with OpenAI's image generation AI "DALL-E 2" and can instantly generate various designs and images based on text instructions (prompts). It is an editing software so easy to use that even a complete video editing beginner can start using it right away.


◆ Video editing software: Microsoft Clipchamp
Microsoft Clipchamp is video editing software acquired by Microsoft. It is standard on Windows 11 and can also be used on Windows 10. There are free and paid versions, and even the free version can be used without a logo (watermark).

Clipchamp is designed so that even users with no editing experience can easily create videos. You can combine video, image, and audio files, add text and effects, and save the finished video to your computer.

Personally, I am surprised by the feature that converts text into speech in just a few seconds.

The narration for this video was created using that voice conversion.

Actually, there is also a feature that automatically generates subtitles, but it didn't work well with Japanese.

Also, since there are almost no Japanese fonts, there are parts where the kanji in the text looks strange, so please understand. It's a hobby video, so it's at a level where there's absolutely no problem watching it.

I thought it might be nice to revive my video editing hobby, even if I'm not like a YouTuber... but the camera I have now is too old...

Does everyone have a hobby?

See you later.

The note article used as the material for this time is here.
https://note.com/ryoa2022/n/n39cee8c0f576