一家美国独立动画工作室近日公开了其AI辅助动画制作的全流程，揭示了这种新型创作方式如何在保证质量的同时降低成本。[1]
该工作室在创意环节坚持人工创作。工作室表示："我们在编写中完全不使用大型语言模型。每次我们尝试时，生成的文本质量都很差。"[1]进入导演阶段后，工作室才引入AI技术，采用成本低廉的模型生成粗稿。[1]
动画制作阶段，工作室在720p分辨率下使用AI生成画面，通过提供角色参考和环境参考来确保视觉一致性。[1]完成初步制作后，后期处理工作量随之增加——包括将画面上采样至1080p、逐帧清理AI生成的缺陷、配置人工或AI配音、生成AI音乐和音效。[1]
工作室认为这套流程具有重要意义。他们表示，AI动画能够显著降低制作成本，进而使艺术家薪资得以提升，最终使美国独立动画创作成为可行的商业模式。[1]
An American independent animation studio has unveiled its end-to-end process for producing anime using artificial intelligence technology. The studio maintains human control over storytelling while leveraging AI for production efficiency and cost reduction.
The workflow begins with traditional scriptwriting, which the studio deliberately keeps human-driven. As the team stated, "We don't use LLMs for any of the writing. It's bad writing every time we've tried." [1] Moving into the directing phase, the studio employs more affordable AI models to generate rough drafts of scenes. [1]
During animation production, the studio generates footage at 720p resolution while using character and environment references to ensure visual consistency across frames. [1] The final stage involves comprehensive post-production work: upscaling output to 1080p, frame-by-frame cleanup of AI-generated artifacts, voice recording through either human actors or AI synthesis, and AI-generated music and sound effects. [1]
The studio's philosophy centers on using AI to fundamentally reshape the economics of animation production. By reducing costs, the technology could enable higher compensation for artists, making independent American anime production financially viable for the first time. [1]