Check Out this FREE AI Skybox Generator!

In this video, we check out the new, free AI Skybox generator from Blockade Labs! Create any kind of skybox you can dream of!
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[@TheCGEssentials]

Hi everyone! Let me know what you think about the AI Skybox generator in the comments below!

[@homemade_vancity]

looks really cool, maybe the negative text prompts can solve some of the foreground issues. Not an Ai expert by any means, but will be interesting to see what I can create for a few ideas I have.

[@cyber_habanero]

Like the most AI, it's crap. It looks like they have only some models they combine all the time, AI don't understands much, images can't be DLed without pay. Better invest your time to learn and watch some tutorials for Blender. Maybe in 2-3- years one can have a really useful open source AI on an own PC.

[@KathyRoss]

Like always very useful tools, thanks for this channel

[@TheCGEssentials]

My pleasure!

[@markkuykendall5475]

Even if the tools can't provide a photorealistic skybox for archviz or AAA or whatever, I don't see any problem at all in using them for ambient lighting and reflections.

[@I_am_ARTBOT]

As with most (all?) AI tools, this is disturbingly impressive. Edit: Messed around with it a bit more...kinda interesting. Seems to have a built-in library of scene structures that it then fills with whatever your prompt is. For basic scenery it's not too bad, and I like that it creates a depth map for the scene, too.

[@blockadelabs]

Glad you like it! There isn't any scene structure set by us, it's all variable based on your prompt, your sketch (if you use it), and the model itself.

[@simoncodrington]

Great video mate, cheers for highlighting it

[@TheCGEssentials]

No problem 👍

[@aerospacenews]

Thanks for this video @TheCGEssentials - I gave it a whirl. Tried to generate an Area 51-like base in the future using realistic, scifi and modern computer animation settings and as usual with AI it generated aircraft fails that make it unusable. I told it very clearly to place buildings distant to camera and it ignored all efforts so as you pointed out that makes this a difficult tool to use if buildings or other items are in the description. Tried sky style for a pure HDRI like result which was a bit better.

[@grilldj]

Nice. Thanks for sharing.

[@TheCGEssentials]

Thanks for watching!

[@OkaSel]

Guys before you go any further, it's free to generate but not free to download. You have to have a paid subscription to download.

[@CreatorAPD]

its subscription based now

[@cyborgmetropolis7652]

Looks nice. But as you pointed out it tends to generate objects close to viewer, which limits its usefulness.

[@TheCGEssentials]

Yeah - that's kind of a problem, especially for archviz type applications - still cool though :)

[@darknessringo5989]

I made some HDRI for fun, and I think I'll use these near in the future.

[@blockadelabs]

💚💚💚

[@rcSnooks]

Yea it's unusable right now but I'm looking forward to where it goes.

[@syedharis3235]

it is not free anymore

[@chasingdaydreams2788]

these arent hdris. they are literally jpeg images with no dynamic range. Turns this tool from a cool must have for lighting to kinda lame.

[@rodc2678]

would not be a huge leap to for the software to simulate the various exposure passes that are imbedded in HDR images so I expect its just around the corner.

[@blockadelabs]

HDR/EXR exports are coming soon!

[@peter486]

why would you want houses and mountains makes Zero sense. its a skybox, Not usable as a skybox.

[@robodwarf1069]

its not free

[@Knight-Orthodox]

how to get Skyboxes without sun?

[@eldarra562]

A generator ? Maybe he uses a built-in image library? How many options is he ready to provide if you have only one description. I think this technology is fake.

[@TheCGEssentials]

I'm confused by this question - yes, a generator

[@blockadelabs]

The output potential is literally infinite and it's super fun! Give it a try.

[@eldarra562]

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