BEIJING, Nov. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- iQIYI Inc. (NASDAQ:
IQ) ("iQIYI" or the "Company"), an innovative market-leading online
entertainment service in China,
today announced that its research paper on the Company's
proprietary automatic animation colorization technique has been
accepted by the Winter Conference on Applications of Computer
Vision (WACV 2021), the world's leading international computer
vision event, that is due to be held virtually from
January 5th to 9th, 2021.
Building on iQIYI's proprietary smart colorization engine that
will be employed in the Company's original animation series
Devour Eternity, the new model proposed in this research
paper improves the accuracy and efficiency of automatic animation
colorization. iQIYI's newest smart colorization engine
reduces manual labor by nearly 30% compared with traditional manual
colorization, thereby enabling producers to devote more of
their time and energy to creative ideas.
iQIYI's smart colorization engine is an automated animation and
cartoon colorization system that helps studios and producers
colorize their line art efficiently and at a high quality.
Powered by deep-learning technology, the engine analyzes massive
animation production data and generates colorization models of
varying styles, including realistic, line drawing, and Kawaii
style. When colorizing new works, the AI-powered engine
automatically identifies the line arts and colorizes them according
to the style selected by the studio. It takes only 0.7 seconds to
finish colorizing one whole piece of line art. The engine includes
a layered output mode that enables illustrators to refine their
coloring to achieve even better results
In animation production, line art colorization is considered as
mundane yet time-consuming work that requires a large amount of
time to refine. China's anime
market has boomed in recent years, with the number of anime fans
expected to hit 400 million by the end of 2020 according to
third-party research company iResearch. Meanwhile, the
number of animation releases in China rose 38.7% in 2019 compared to 2018,
according to data from research firm Guoduo Media.
Although a flourishing animation and comics market means that
coloring artists are in high demand, rising labor costs and the low
efficiency of manual colorization have emerged as obstacles
hindering the expansion of animation production. The static comics
colorization tools available today cannot deliver the desired
colorization results for animation, which demands style consistency
and high requirements for colorization quality and refinement.
The smart colorization engine developed by iQIYI, an industry
first, deploys a novel approach to solving this pressing issue
within the animation industry. iQIYI's smart colorization engine is
expected to help increase the refresh rate of animation work and
stimulate the development of China's animation and comics market by
inspiring creators to produce more work.
iQIYI is committed to exploring the application of new
technology to content production, and use technology to replace
work that are simple and repetitive, allowing creators to focus on
their ideas and improving the content production process to
industrialize content production.
iQIYI has developed a suite of AI-assisted production solutions,
such as Xmaking, Ysera, Aichuang Media System, covering all stages
in the content production process, including shooting, asset
management and post-production. The solution significantly shortens
the time needed for variety show production.
iQIYI's smart colorization engine extends the reach of AI
technology to the animation industry, and is expected to help drive
a rise in production volume while cutting costs and maintaining
quality, making the Company a pioneer in industrializing animation
and comics content production.
About iQIYI, Inc.
iQIYI, Inc. is an innovative
market-leading online entertainment service in China. Its corporate DNA combines creative
talent with technology, fostering an environment for continuous
innovation and the production of blockbuster content. iQIYI's
platform features highly popular original content, as well as a
comprehensive library of other professionally-produced content,
partner-generated content and user generated content. The Company
distinguishes itself in the online entertainment industry by its
leading technology platform powered by advanced AI, big data
analytics and other core proprietary technologies. iQIYI attracts a
massive user base with tremendous user engagement, and has
developed a diversified monetization model including membership
services, online advertising services, content distribution, live
broadcasting, online games, IP licensing, online literature and
e-commerce.
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