Building an AI Dubbing Pipeline for Micro-Dramas
A brief overview of the AI pipeline that has dubbed about 1,400 hours of our micro-dramas at a fraction of the cost, cutting turnaround time from weeks to days.
Closing the SOTA ↔ Open-Source Gap - Image (Part 1)
Chronological walk-through of how we moved away from Nano Banana Pro → Flux Klein and Seedance 2.0 → LTX 2.3 for specific pipelines Where this fits Dashreels is our content-consumption platform, supported by Frameo, our content-creation platform at scale. There are three buckets of content we create: 01 Originals New
No more face mashups: UMO meets Qwen Edit
We rebuilt multi‑identity image editing on Qwen Edit around global matching and reward-driven training If you’ve tried to edit images with multiple people, you’ve felt it: faces average together, attributes leak across subjects, and “who’s who?” becomes a guessing game. As the headcount grows, most pipelines
Improving Control in Flux-Driven Image Generation
In our continuous effort to push the boundaries of controllable image generation, we've identified and addressed a critical gap in how current ControlNet models interact with the Flux pipeline. Despite the power of ControlNet, existing models — even when paired with Flux Ultra — fell short in several key areas
Introducing Hunyuan Keyframe LoRA: Open-Source Keyframe-Based Video Generation
Introduction In the realm of AI-driven video creation, tools like Runway's Gen-3 Alpha Turbo and Kling have showcased the potential of keyframe-based generation, enabling smooth transitions between specified frames. Inspired by this approach, we present Hunyuan Keyframe LoRA, an open-source solution built upon the Hunyuan Video framework. This
DashTailor - Training Free Clothing and Object Transfer for AI Comics
While making comics using generative AI, achieving consistency in clothing and specific objects across panels is essential. It’s easier to do with characters and art style by using LoRAs. But it’s impractical to train a LoRA for clothing because using too many concept LoRAs together creates unwanted artefacts.
A Road Towards Tuning-Free Identity-Consistent Character Inpainting
At Dashtoon, we are dedicated to simplifying and enabling seamless visual storytelling through comic creation, with character creation at the heart of this process. Our mission is to make storytelling accessible to everyone by empowering users to craft personalized characters—whether entirely original or inspired by real-world personas—that bring
Insights from Our Adversarial Diffusion Distillation POC
When building a comic creation platform, speed and efficiency are paramount. Users expect rapid feedback, especially when generating images through multiple iterations. To meet this demand, we turned to Adversarial Diffusion Distillation, a cutting-edge technique designed to speed up image generation without sacrificing quality. In this blog post, we'
Dashtoon Studio August 2024 Release
What’s new? In April 2023, we embarked on the journey of building Dashtoon Studio with a vision to revolutionize the way comics are created. After several iterations and invaluable feedback from our community, we are delighted to announce a host of new features that empower creators to bring their
Introducing DashAnime XL 1.0
Dashtoon Studio is an innovative AI-powered platform designed to empower creators in the art of comic crafting. The immense popularity and profound cultural influence of anime have sparked a fervent demand from our user base for this distinctive style. Recognizing this enthusiasm, we embarked on an ambitious journey to develop
Enhancing Performance in Dashtoon Studio: A Leap from 8FPS to 55FPS
Hey There, Everyone! We've got an exciting story for you! In just one week, our team turned our comic creation tool, Dashtoon Studio, from kind of slow (think 8FPS slow) to super speedy (a whopping 55FPS!). Want to know how we did it? Read on! Some Context Behind
Kubernetes at Seed Stage
Now I know what you, dear reader, would be thinking just by reading the title, “Kubernetes in an early stage startup? This is like bringing a gun a to a knife fight” or “Kubernetes is an overpowered solution at such a small scale and does not make sense” and so