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August 17, 2023

Use AI to Animate your Images with LeiaPix Converter!

This is the opportunity you’ve been waiting for to show off your AI depth animation skills and win awesome prizes! Animate photos or generative AI creations! Make it a depth animation with LeiaPix Converter! Let’s have some fun! ☀️ 

If you use photos as an input in LeiaDream on Lume Pad 2 or other generative engine, make sure to include the original source image in the post! We also love to see your SBS versions. Most importantly, have fun, and make it your own!

🏆Contest Details 

  1. Follow @LeiaInc on social (we're on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, and Linkedin)
  2. Animate your images with LeiaPix Converter
  3. Post your depth animation and include the original image - Have fun! 
  4. Make sure you tag @LeiaInc and include the following in your caption – Made with #LeiaPix #3DAI

*Bonus entry* if you add the depth map in your post!

What are the prizes you ask? 🎁

  • 1st Place one (1) Lume Pad 2
  • 2nd Place one (1) $150 gift card to Amazon
  • 3rd Place one (1) $50 gift card to Amazon

🌎 International Community is welcome to enter for a chance to be featured.

Helpful Tips! 👇


Depth Painting 🖌️

Images where the subject is clearly distinguishable from the background work great. You can also use the in-painting tool to adjust the background and foreground of the image and save it as well. Use the different levels in the options menu to adjust whether you are painting in the background or the foreground. If you do not like the result, simply press "undo" or "discard", otherwise select save. Typically this tool is used to adjust smaller details within the scene, for example, the flag on a sailboat that can be seen moving with the rest of the boat once animated.

Motion as Storytelling 🎬

How might your photo tell a story or give the viewer a sense of context for the scene you are presenting them? In the following example, artist Dan Mahogan uses LeiaPix to animate a hanging oil lantern from a western themed mid-journey piece he created using source photography. Everything is still except for this hanging lantern swaying side to side. 

Art by Dan Mahoghan

Have Fun 🥳

If you can use AI animation in an inventive way, go for it! This is bleeding edge tech and you’re one of the early creators to use AI for creativity and storytelling. We’ve seen incredible use of generative combos including AI voice, and natural language models to create scripts, short video trailers, and more. 

Have fun with the theme! Share with the community, try something new, and good luck! First time using LeiaPix Converter? Not to worry, we’ll be posting mini tutorials on Instagram, Youtube, and TikTok so follow us there! Depth maps have many other applications in 3D creativity, developers can learn more about our API here

⚠️ Contest T&Cs

  • Eligibility: The giveaway is open to all individuals who are 18 years or older and reside in the United States.

  • How to Enter: Ready to win? The contest starts on August 17th and ends August 31st. Follow these steps to enter. Follow @LeiaInc on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, or Linkedin
  • Take a photo using any camera and then animate it with LeiaPix Converter. Post your photo and include the original image followed by the depth animation from LeiaPix Converter. *Bonus entry* if you add the depth map!

  • In the caption be sure to tag Made with #LeiaPix #3DAI @LeiaInc 
  • Prize: One (1) winner will be selected at random to receive one (1) Lume Pad 2 and Two (2) winners will be randomly selected to receive a gift card for Amazon. The prize is non-transferable and cannot be exchanged for cash or any other products or services.

  • Winner Selection: The winners will be selected randomly from all eligible entries received during the event.

  • Notification of Winners: The winners will be announced on our company’s social media pages and contacted via email or direct message within three (3) business days of the end of the contest. 

  • Claiming the Prize: The winners must respond to the notification email within five (5) business days and provide their full name, mailing address, and phone number to claim their prize. If a winner fails to claim their prize within this timeframe, a new winner will be selected. 
  • Publicity Release: By accepting the prize, the winners agree to allow our company to use their name and image in any promotional materials related to the giveaway.

  • Disclaimer: Our company is not responsible for any problems or technical malfunctions of any telephone network or lines, computer online systems, servers, or providers, computer equipment, software, failure of any email or entry to be received by the company on account of technical problems or traffic congestion on the internet or at any website, or any combination thereof.

  • Liability: Our company shall not be responsible or liable for any losses, damages, or injuries of any kind resulting from participation in the giveaway or acceptance or use of the prize.
  • Disputes: Any disputes arising from the giveaway or these terms and conditions shall be governed by the laws of the state in which our company is located.
  • By entering the giveaway, participants agree to these terms and conditions in their entirety.