Fredy3D

So, nearly another year passing by. Time for a status update. [EMOTE] AI & Professional Front No update on my personal rendering front, but AI is taking over… [EMOTE] I create a calendar each year for my colleagues, and the one for 2026 went all-AI. I tried it the year before, but back then, the image generators mostly made nonsense alongside a few nice things. Just one year later, though, the results were impressive! I was able to create much better-looking cartoons in a fraction of the time. I can't even imagine what will happen in the next few years… At the company, I am using AI a lot to work faster and deliver higher-quality results, but you still need a human in the loop. You still need the expertise to guide the AI in the right direction and to judge the results. At this point in time, you have to jump on the AI train—it is exactly what the industry and your superiors expect. Personally, I really appreciate being in the right spot at the right time to take part in this

Hi my dear friends and/or watchers I am still visiting DA regularly, checking comments, notes and favs. It might take a few days for an answer... so please bear with me Last journal update was around 2.5 years ago.. ooooohhh boy! Shame on me... I achieved my goal of reaching more than 3300 km with hiking and running in 2024 My major"reward" was some problems with my left achilles tendon... yeah... wonderful I am fighting this pain now for more than 6 months, takes time, get's veeeeerrrry slowly better... Now I can run my 5k again but I have to be careful and there are weeks where I have to skip... Next major milestone is the yearly local company run with ~3200 participants... looks like my company will again have the biggest group of runners... I will try the 5.5k and last year it took me close to 31 minutes to reach the goal... Photography is still a major part in my life, I took a lot of photos beginning of July when the major local cultural festival in our city took