📹 Meta releases "SAM 2" for Object Tracking

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TOP STORY
🤯 Meta Releases “SAM 2,” One-Click Object Tracking

Meta just launched the Segment Anything Model 2 (SAM 2), a powerful new tool for identifying and tracking objects in images and videos.

The new version is a game-changer for video editors.

It can handle the complexities of moving objects, changing appearances, and overlapping scenes, making tasks like cutting out objects, adding effects, and creating dynamic scenes much easier.

Meta is sharing this technology with the community, along with a massive database of 50,000 annotated videos, so anyone can experiment and find new ways to use it.

Look at the fun things you can do with the demo 👇

• One-click track objects

• Add tracked overlay effects (e.g., pixelate, burst, spotlight)

• Add text behind the subject/object

And more…

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
🤖 Canva Acquires AI Startup, Leonardo AI

This week, Canva announced the acquisition of Leonardo.Ai, a generative AI platform, to further enhance its suite of visual AI tools.

• Leonardo.Ai will continue to operate independently, serving its millions of users, including business clients.

• Canva will integrate Leonardo and its foundational AI models into Canva’s “Magic Studio” products, such as the AI image and video generator Magic Media.

• This acquisition comes just a few after acquiring Adobe Creative Cloud competitor, “Affinity.”

Canva also announced it will expand its ongoing partnership with Getty Images as part of its $200 million content fund to develop responsibly trained generative AI tools.

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WEB DESIGN
💻️ Framer Releases “Fetch,” Add Dynamic Content to Your Websites

Framer just launched Fetch, a new feature that lets you add dynamic data to your Framer Site using APIs without writing any code.

To use Fetch, simply click the + on the Content property of any Text Layer, select the new Add Fetch option, enter your API URL, and choose the data you want via the Path field.

Fetch automatically handles data requests, caching, and deduplication for you.

📰 Other news you might’ve missed:

• Adobe released a Substance 3D Painter 10.0 update.

• Framer now allows you to upload files to the /.well-known/ folder on your website.

• Envato announced a rebrand after being acquired by Shutterstock.

• Adobe After Effects (Beta) has a new “Render Next to Project File” option.

• Screen Studio released a new update which includes 4x faster exports, a new export engine, and other improvements & fixes.

• Udio now supports audio remixes up to 2:10 in length.

• KREA AI released “Real-time styles,” allowing you to use thousands of new presets to stylize your generations in real time.

• Suno’s newest version of Gen-3 Alpha (Turbo) can generate 7x faster than the original Gen-3 Alpha model.

• Suno responded to a lawsuit with the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), claiming its AI model trained on copyrighted music was “fair use.”

• Webflow now allows you to upload AVIF images and convert your existing assets into AVIF files.

• Tella released new subtitles, 60fps exporting, and multi-select in their newest update.

• Rive’s iOS and macOS runtime now uses the Rive Renderer by default.

• Webflow is hosting “The Webflow Awards” — nominations are open until August 13th.

• Midjourney released V6.1, which greatly improves image quality, coherence, text, and new upscaling and personalization models.

• Play updated its interaction and animations in its iOS app.

• Captions released “AI Twin,” which allows you to create an AI avatar of yourself with just a minute of footage.

• Figma released 10 small updates to Figma Slides, including new shortcuts.

• beehiiv released an “Audio Newsletters” feature allowing you to create an audio transcript of your email with AI.