CREATORS EDGE 2026 Sets September 29 With 17 Seminars and Workshops
The 2026 program pairs generative AI tools with hands-on camera craft, a sign of where the photo and video trade is heading.
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CREATORS EDGE 2026, the photo and video trade event run by Genkosha through Video Salon and Commercial Photo magazines, takes place September 29 at TODA HALL & CONFERENCE TOKYO. Admission is free with pre-registration. The theme is "Spark in Sync," and the program includes 17 seminars and workshops covering generative AI tools, camera gear, and production workflows, plus an exhibitor floor with more than 30 companies.
One session is already full: the Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve 21 workshop closed registration after reaching capacity. The rest of the program leans into generative AI. Imagen AI sponsors a seminar on cutting retouch time by up to 80 percent, and Video Salon's editorial lineup includes a talk on expanding video expression with generative AI and After Effects, plus a Mouse Computer session arguing cameramen are still needed in the AI era, built around the music video "Dive into Tomorrow."
The exhibitor floor spans more than 30 companies, from Adobe, Canon, Sony, Nikon, and Sigma to Blackmagic Design, Leica, and Wacom. Attendance is free with pre-registration; workshops require a separate signup.
- Aoi Yui: "Lens, Lens, Lens Introduction!": Commercial Photo editorial seminar, tentative title
- Imagen AI: Efficient Editing Workflow: sponsored seminar, up to 80 percent retouch time reduction, speaker Kristin
- Generative AI and After Effects: Video Salon editorial seminar, speaker Aoki Toshiki (AoKi104), tentative title
- Why Cameramen Are Needed in the Generative AI Era: Mouse Computer sponsored, MV "Dive into Tomorrow" behind the scenes
- Instagram Vertical Reels With Nikon ZR: Nikon Imaging Japan sponsored, speaker Maco Maco (Miura Makoto)
- Uchiyama Takuya on Story and Video Expression: from client work to theatrical films
- DaVinci Resolve: Color Grading Behind the Scenes of "Nanashi": Blackmagic Design seminar, speaker Inagawa Miki
- Capture One Beauty Photography: speaker Sasaguchi Etsumi
- EOS R6 V for SNS Video: Canon Marketing Japan seminar, speaker SOLO
- SIGMA AF CINE: speaker Inoue Takuro
- FX5 and Cinematic Expression: Sony Marketing seminar, "A Thread of Life," speakers MINAMI and Kuwata Riki
- Leica SL3-P: Leica Camera Japan seminar, speaker Nagumo Akihiko
- Hybrid Photo x Video x Nikon ZR: Nikon Imaging Japan seminar, speakers Inoue Takuro and yukkey
- xR Live Production With DAIV and Unreal Engine: Mouse Computer workshop, instructor Kazoe Nobuaki
- DaVinci Resolve 21 Workshop: Blackmagic Design, instructor Miyashita Naoki, registration closed at capacity
- Capture One Portrait Photography Special Seminar: instructor Hishida Masayuki
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