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Blender
Blender is a free, open-source 3D creation suite covering modelling, sculpting, animation, simulation and rendering. It includes compositing and video-editing tools, so an artist can assemble and finish substantial parts of a visual project in one application. For fashion work, it can provide a space for product visualisation, set building and campaign animation around supplied or newly modelled assets. Those are production uses, not evidence that a garment pattern or simulation transfers intact from another tool. A studio still needs a delivery specification: the model and textures to retain, the renderer to use and the files the next collaborator can open.
OpenUSD
OpenUSD, or Universal Scene Description, is an open-source system for describing, composing and exchanging 3D scenes. Artists can combine geometry, materials and lighting while retaining layers and variants for further work. In a digital-fashion workflow, a colourway variant and a campaign-lighting revision can remain distinct contributions to the scene. That is a possible use of USD's composition model, rather than evidence that a particular garment application supports the whole workflow. Export support alone does not establish which shaders or animation will survive a handoff. The production team needs an agreed supported subset and a review of the scene in the receiving application.
Adobe Photoshop AI Assisted Editor
Adobe's AI Assisted Editor is a beta editing mode inside Photoshop on desktop. Adobe offers it to current Photoshop subscribers who have installed the required update. You can describe changes in a prompt bar and switch back to Pro Editor for Photoshop's full toolset. Adobe distinguishes this mode from the separate AI Assistant. The editor includes Prompt to Edit, Generative Fill and Expand, plus visual markup for communicating edits. Adobe says switching into the mode creates a flattened working copy while preserving the original Pro Editor file and layers. On return, Photoshop places the changes on a new generative layer. Selections or masks can specify the area to edit; visual markup can express position, shape and colour. Features consume different amounts of generative credits, and regional restrictions apply. For a retoucher or art director, the handoff needs a clear brief: preserve the layered source, inspect the returned result, and identify which details need further editing. Keeping the original layers does not establish that each generated change returns as a separate editable component.
Google Flow
Google Flow is Google's video-generation and editing tool. You can generate clips from prompts or supplied images and use a supported model to edit uploaded or generated video. With Gemini Omni Flash 1.1, you can set opening and closing frames on the web, choose clips of four, six, eight or ten seconds, and edit videos up to ten seconds. Google lists extension for that model as forthcoming. Google's August 27 update announced 1080p and 4K export alongside 360p drafting. Its help documentation specifies that Omni 360p generation costs half the credits of 720p; Pro and Ultra subscribers can upscale those drafts to 720p for zero credits. Google documents Omni access for all Flow users, with some features and voice customizations restricted by region. Veo models have different duration, ingredients and editing support; select the active model before planning a shot. For a creative team, these controls separate shot planning from final delivery. Opening and closing images establish endpoints; the team still needs to review movement and product detail between them. An export resolution alone establishes no level of visual fidelity.
Tilting the Lens
Tilting the Lens is a strategic accessibility consultancy founded by Sinéad Burke in October 2020. Its work combines education, advocacy, and design, with a team based across Europe. The consultancy’s fashion work includes adaptive-design research and collaboration with the Met’s Costume Institute. Its public adaptive-fashion report page describes research with 102 Disabled participants; the full report is provided through an email request form. For brands and studios, this is a reference for bringing people’s lived experience into product decisions, commissioning, and review. The company’s own case studies describe its contribution; they are not independent measures of every client outcome.
People & Studios
Julia Koerner
Designer / JK Design founder
A designer and founder of JK Design GmbH working across architecture, fashion and 3D fabrication. Her published projects document computational garment design, printed textiles and costume collaborations.
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