Today I'm diving into the latest exciting updates from Runway ML and Luma Labs that are seriously changing the game in AI imagery and video. Runway ML has dropped some major improvements to their reference feature, and trust me, they absolutely nailed it! We'll see it in action, plus check out some mind-blowing examples from the community. Luma Labs is also stepping up with frame expansion in Dream Machine. Get ready for some cool stuff
Chapters:
00:00 – Intro: Runway ML & Luma Labs Updates
00:27 – Runway ML's Reference Feature Updates
00:56 – Community Showcase: Pulp Fiction Alternate Reality
01:33 – Testing Face Swapping with The Last of Us
01:47 - Results
02:33 – Impressive Details & Quirks
03:28 – Exploring Environments
04:10 – Community Showcase: Abbey Road Composition
05:03 – Experimenting with Wally Wood's 22 Panels
07:03 – Storytelling with Runway References
08:52 – More Community Use Cases
10:04 – Overall Thoughts on Runway Updates
10:34 – Luma Labs Dream Machine Frame Expansion
11:54 – Testing Luma Labs on Different Footage
13:13 – Interesting Quirks in Luma Labs
14:45 – The AI "Knowing" What It Sees
15:01 – Final Thoughts & Outro
Resources Mentioned:
Runway ML Blog Post on Mapping Latent Space: https://runwayml.com/research/creativity-as-search-mapping-latent-space
RunwayML: https://runwayml.com/
LumaLabs Dream Machine: https://lumalabsai.partnerlinks.io/dd1jzuzx6o87