Selas Studio (@selas) • Hey
"A picture is worth a thousand words"
French lab specialized in text to images algorithms, We empower creators. Period.
Our new AI tool for YouTube Short/T
Publications
- It's 2024, and we are so back..
unveiling new creative tool project : www.short-maker.com
(alpha starting soon <3)
- the beauty of AI-art, crafted with passion
We are preparing a cool video to initiate our community to the prompt crafting skills. Stay tuned. Shape your words 🥷
- Releasing a mix partly inspired by some memories in colombia (👀 rAAVE), and kenya
Exploring miniature cover dj mixes created with generative AI
@thegallerydao.lens & @selas.lens AI-art generator
▬ Wild Leopard variation for dj Aximand:
https://soundcloud.com/djaximand/aximand-js-return-kool-kid-in-the-block-decompression-mix ▬
https://soundcloud.com/djaximand/aximand-js-return-kool-kid-in-the-block-decompression-mix
- 🌱 Frens we can smash that figure
#LensAI
🧙♂️ https://thegallerydao.vercel.app/
@thegallerydao.lens @lensxyz.lens
@nomulabs
- **Lens Creator Bytes**
This week’s guest writer is Alexandre Lavallee from Selas https://selas-studio.webflow.io/
**Q: Tell us about yourself**
A: In one word: Explorer !
I’m Alex (@selas.lens), on the personal side I'm a Parisian DJ, vinyl curator and a huge art lover. I love to imagine bridges between the culture world and the tech world, that’s what I have always been passionate about.
On the professional side, I started out in tech in 2013 coming from Microsoft, Ubisoft and Google. When Covid hit, I just turned 30 yo, and I had this inner realization that I wanted to leave Big Tech corp to start doing something truly groundbreaking in the AI sphere.
I spend my time on creative projects, learning and exploring ideas with AI and artistic communities.
**Q: Tell us about your project(s) and what is your mission?**
Well this year has been the Eureka moment for “Text To Anything” - most of us have heard about Dall-E, Midjourney or Stable Diffusion. Yet there’s a new cool kid on the block with us !
Most of my projects are crystallized in my role as Selas CEO, a company specialized in building and providing the latest AI technology related to the act of creation.
We build AI tools to help people with content creation and make their lives easier. We have deep roots in the open source community and values. We want to contribute towards the greater good of society by helping AI become more sustainable, democratic and human-centric.
We believe that the creative act is a vector of construction, emotions and meaning in our lives.
Our long term mission is to simplify access to tools, use cases and knowledge in this field in order to allow as many people as possible to express their creativity in all its diversity.
**Q: What excites you about Web3?**
Exactly the same thing that excited me in the early days of open source, namely community involvement and the willingness to explore and rethink uses for technology including traditional modes of transaction...
I also see in the Web3 ecosystem a huge decentralized laboratory to launch projects in which it is easy to find complementary partners in terms of human and/or financial resources to amortize the risk of R&D with several people and thus increase the chances of serendipity.
Being a creator can be tough because there are so many sites that take credit for your work and take away your ownership of it. Web3 is our future; people have control over their own data and have access to new creation tools.
**Q: What tips do you have for aspiring creators in the space?**
Well I’ll speak for what I'm concerned about, so for any future AI-artist out there, I would like to remind you that all new generative AI are just simply tools, artifacts.
Even if technology has raced ahead, I would always refer to the definition of a piece of art from marcel duchamp based on 1 particular component: the intentionality of the artist. Be intentional, be open, be curious and start collaborating with others will be the best way to get inspired.
**Q: What’s next for you?**
Well, to be fair, to push hard as we do in research in generative AI - we need a kick ass team of passionate researchers & amazing UX lovers. So we are currently preparing to raise money, our goal would be to finish our fundraising by march’23.
Within 6 months, we were able to build a text-to-image AI engine with an image generation 4x faster than any other in the world, and we already have a solid partnership in the Web3 space with Lens. We need to push harder to see how the best of AI and the best of Web3 can merge together.
But as a surprise, we are working as we speak on research papers with Text-To-Video capabilities. So exciting !
- With the recent development few conclusions comes to our minds.
The opportunity for AI is massive. It promises to automate the real economy and drive a step-function improvement in human productivity. It also promises a new creative leap, with AI art offering a new way to explore the human experience itself.
So much work is left to do. we are in the first wave of the AI revolution. Running machine learning at scale, personalized models, the multiverse — there is much to come. The brightest minds are leading the way and the new companies they build will define the next decade and beyond.
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image made with Selas AI engine
prompt: tribute to James Gilleard
"Prompting as an art"
@thegallerydao.lens @nomulabs.lens @lensxyz.lens @arturs.lens
- Me: Draw me "Xzibit trying to dress like Ronnie"
AI: Say no more...
#halloween
(We want Xzibit on Lens)
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Prompt:
xzibit, a polaroid photo, by Ryūsei Kishida, holography, halloween ghost under a sheet, glsl - shaders, scp-914, single color, profile picture 1024px, necromorph, danny phantom, photo still of, cute funny ghost, dusty old ferrotype.
Selas Engine
Crafted with passion
@thegallerydao.lens @selas.lens @lensprotocol
- Smoothing pastels
made with @selas.lens AI
- Lens Protocol Application Ecosystem Update 🌿
The #Lensverse may become the biggest developer ecosystem ever created because of the openness and composability web3 ecosystems allow mixed with the accessibility of our API and the market appeal for social media applications.
Lens Protocol may be the biggest on boarder to web3 the blockchain industry has ever seen. In only 3 months we’ve seen almost 200 applications and hackaton projects building on Lens. This is the breakdown of the most interesting projects and verticals that are emerging.
Social Media ❤️🔥
Web2 networks all read from their unique, centralized database. There is no portability. Your profile, friends, and content are locked to a specific network and owned by the network operator. This causes each network to fight a zero-sum game for your attention.
Lens Protocol corrects this by being a user-owned, open social graph that any application can plug into. Since users own their data, they can bring it to any application built on top of Lens Protocol. As the true owners of their content, creators no longer need to worry about losing their content, audience, and livelihood based on the whims of an individual platform’s algorithms and policies. Additionally, each application using Lens Protocol benefits the whole ecosystem, turning the zero-sum game into a collaborative one. Developers can design meaningful social experiences without having to turn to feedback mechanisms to lock in a user’s attention.
Creator monetization 🤑
Mirrors, collects, follows and comments allow creators to monetize their content directly to the user, without intermediaries and in a permissionaless way. Because creators own their content via the Lens Protocol, they can allow their followers to purchase that content.
Curation 🧹
Curators amplify creator content by expanding its distribution reach. Curation involves gathering, elevating, and commenting on content for specific audiences. Curation is its own unique form of creation, and demands unique tools to do it.
Community Tool 👫
Throughout digital social networks people can share, connect, support, agree, debate and inspire. Tokenization creates newer and richer ways of interacting with each other.
Analytics 📊
Analytics is important for maintaining ecosystem transparency, protocol health, and ongoing growth metrics. Data provides truth to an increasingly complex world. Agnostic content generates a new way to gather data from a social graph.
Bridges 🌉
Because we don’t own neither our content nor our social graph we are lock into web2 networks. This adds a lot of friction when we try to bring people into web3 social. To start challenging these big network effects we need to have tools that make the transition easier.
Developer Tooling 👨🏼💻
Decentralizing the whole social media stack is going to require big infrastructure projects. We require tools that can help developers at the experience and middleware layer.
Identity 🎭
Every profile has an owner and with that, we are building up an on-chain identity for these profiles. Identity can be delegated, portable & transferrable.
Music 🎶
The Lens social graph has the power to revolutionize the music experience for both fans and artists. Fans will have new ways to discover music, find like-minded fans, and experience music together. Artists will have new ways to deepen their fan connection, and new options for commercializing their creations.
Events 🎫
IRL and remote events are embedded into our social experience. Tickets are now NFT’s that can be transfer or re-sold in open markets. We also have Proof Attendance via POAP’s and a like that become our memories and our identity.
Algorithms 🧮
One challenge that every social application faces is how to moderate content and prevent spam in a censorship-resistant way. We know that if left unmoderated, spam and bots can ruin the experience and the trust and safety of the users.
DAO Tools 🗳
DAOs embody the promise of decentralized ownership and distributed operations. DAOs manage votes, decisions and assets, bypassing traditional legal set-ups. As DAOs continue to evolve, they will need help to improve how they assemble, organize, communicate and operate.
Follow NFTs include built-in governance mechanisms. When following a profile, followers obtain a FollowNFT, which is the core building block of the Lens Protocol social graph. From a technical perspective, these NFTs contain governance-specific logic that allows any profile can spin up a DAO in minutes.
https://medium.com/@fabriguespe/lens-protocol-application-ecosystem-update-october-d8381c635dcc
- Any warhammer fans out there ?
AI generated image using the @selas.lens text2Image engine. Learn more at https://thegallerydao.io.
Prompt:
a salvador dali warhammer 40k ultramarine, hyperrealistic, octane render, high quality, ultra realism, 4k, tristan eaton, victo ngai, artgerm, rhads, ross draws .
@thegallerydao.lens @selas.lens @lensprotocol
- Our ppl have asked for it, we heard the call 🎙
Community's gallery to browse into all LensAI creations
👉 https://thegallerydao.vercel.app/gallery
- Super cool aborigen warrior !
AI generated image using the @selas.lens text2Image engine. Learn more at https://thegallerydao.io
@thegallerydao.lens @selas.lens @lensprotocol
- We are currently doing heavy research on [Text-To-Video] AI-generated with our engine
Probably nothing 👀
@lensxyz.lens
- Unlock your creative 🎨 side with @Selas.lens and @thegallerydao.lens
Try it 👉 http://thegallerydao.vercel.app
Theme: Your weekend plans
Drop links in the comments below
We will be mirroring our faves 🫶
- unicorn in amsterdam !
AI generated image using the @selas.lens text2Image engine. Learn more at https://thegallerydao.io.
Prompt:
a unicorn flying over the canals in amsterdam, on a sunny day, a simple micro-service deployed to a public cloud, security, attack vector, trending on Artstation, painting by Jules Julien, Leslie David and Lisa Frank, muted colors with minimalism.
#devcon @thegallerydao.lens @selas.lens @lensprotocol
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AI generated image using the @selas.lens text2Image engine. Learn more at https://thegallerydao.io.
Prompt:
A Green And White Poster With homing pigeon with a bic pen in his wing flying Surrounded By Flowers, A Screenprint By Ayako Rokkaku, Tumblr Contest Winner, Art Nouveau, Tarot Card, Woodcut, Repeating Pattern.
During Devcon all posts will be minted as a free collect.
#devcon #carole #amsterdam #dampkring @thegallerydao.lens @selas.lens @lensprotocol
- my teddy bear
AI generated image using the @selas.lens text2Image engine. Learn more at https://thegallerydao.io.
Prompt:
fluffy teddy bear on the moon, highly detailed illustration,, amongst coffee trees and flowers, in the style of Japanese illustration, Maurice Sendak, Tove Jansson.
During Devcon all posts will be minted as a free collect.
#devcon @thegallerydao.lens @selas.lens @lensprotocol
- we can't wait to meet the beautifil artists like Ceroker that inspired us to create those AI presets tonight at salon des refuss in Bogota
Prompt:
a beautiful hispanic woman, a simple micro-service deployed to a public cloud, security, attack vector, trending on Artstation, painting by Jules Julien, Leslie David and Lisa Frank, muted colors with minimalism.
#devcon @thegallerydao.lens @selas.lens @lensprotocol
- sorry but it's tea time
AI generated image using the @selas.lens text2Image engine. Learn more at https://thegallerydao.io.
Prompt:
a bear holding a cup of tea, line art,exotic, elegant tropical prints : : trending on artstation .
During Devcon all posts will be minted as a free collect.
#devcon @thegallerydao.lens @selas.lens @lensprotocol
- Cool African mask ideation with Aztec flavors
#devcon @thegallerydao.lens @selas.lens @lensprotocol
- black and white illustration are always mesmerizing, especially when done with AI
#devcon @thegallerydao.lens @selas.lens @lensprotocol
- the owl is watching
AI generated image using the @selas.lens text2Image engine. Learn more at https://thegallerydao.io.
Prompt:
Portrait of a night owl, steampunk, gold, colorful, illustration, highly detailed, simple, smooth and clean vector curves, no jagged lines, vector art, smooth.
During Devcon all posts will be minted as a free collect.
#devcon @thegallerydao.lens @selas.lens @lensprotocol
- Today, we visited the Botero Museum in Bogota, this strongly inspired us...
AI generated image using our custom generative model - Learn more at https://thegallerydao.io.
Prompt:
A fernando botero painting of queen amidala
During Devcon all posts will be minted as a free collect.
#devcon @thegallerydao.lens @selas.lens @lensprotocol
- Playing with AI-art is cool, especially when it's built in a great app in collaboration with @thegallerydao.lens , with the support of the @lensxyz.lens team.
@selas.lens has landed in Bogota this wekend, and ready to showcase the world a new limitless source of creation with AI
- @selas.lens ,our Paris-based AI studio working to elevate the AI-art creation experience. We are excited to partner for our AI text to image to mural activation for #devconweek! Were letting in 1,000 more .lens users this week to join the creation process. DM for access @thegallerydao.lens , @bradorbradley.lens , @lensprotocol
- Got inspired this morning - exploring new illustrations of panther using #AI-art, would you guess what was the prompt ?
#Art-tech is just so mind-blowing #selas
- "portrait of jimi hendrix partially made of tropical plants, an ultrafine detailed illustration by james jean, intricate linework, bright colors, final fantasy, behance contest winner, vanitas, angular, altermodern, unreal engine 5 highly rendered, global illumination, radiant light, detailed and intricate environment"
Powered by @selas.lens
- #AI #Art #Selas
Something is cooking, experimenting new presets style for the AI-Art app we are working on with @lensprotocol
- Fashion show is coming to Milan - so tried out some visual - playing around with our AI-art model, work in the making in cross-partnership with @thegallerydao.lens - much talented folks
(Experienced designer in user workflow around prompt crafting, please manifest yourself, we need to re-invent creativity and we welcome opinion from all kind of backgrounds!! show up we have a sandbox creation tool for you!)
prompts:
- A detailed ornate portrait of an editorial Versace model with vibrating chrome mask and black turtleneck robes and scarf posing in Milan, 4K editorial award winning photograph by David Lachapelle
- Il Duomo By Peter Mohrbacher And Dan Mumford And Nekro, Cgsociety, Volumetric Light, 3d Render
Made with @selas.lens AI
- Exploring miniature cover for dj mixes with @thegallerydao.lens & @selas.lens AI-art generator
Love the graphical diversity & true inspiration that the AI can provide for an artist
▬ Moon variation for dj Aximand: shorturl.at/mqSW8 ▬
- Exploring miniature cover for dj mixes with @thegallerydao.lens & @selas.lens AI-art generator
Love the graphical diversity & true inspiration that the AI can provide for an artist
▬ Moon variation for dj Aximand: shorturl.at/mqSW8 ▬
- Exploring the beauty of AI-art with Selas Engine, got inspired by lens botanic vibes
#GalleryDao #Selas