AI Generated MOVIES 🍿

ISSUE 020

Welcome to the 20th edition of Curious Hours

We've reached our 20th edition of Curious Hours, and we have no plans to stop. In this edition, we focus on how people are creating their own movie trailers using AI. You'll find examples throughout this issue showing how individuals are utilising this technology. Additionally, we highlight how Runaway, the AI tool used for creating these short movies, has recently been updated.So, lets get straight into it!

• Motion Brush: A standout feature in the Gen-2 update, Motion Brush allows users to direct movements in their video creations with precision. This tool enables the application of motion to specific areas or subjects in a video, offering a new level of expressiveness and creativity. Users can paint the area they wish to animate, choose a direction and value, and generate motion accordingly. This feature is a significant advancement in how artists and creators can manipulate and bring life to static images or scenes.

• Gen-2 Style Presets: These presets offer users a range of artistic styles that can be applied to their creations without complicated prompting. The variety of styles available includes options like Abandoned, Actor Casting, Anime, Architectural, Cartoon, Cinematic, and many more, catering to a wide range of artistic preferences. This feature simplifies the process of applying complex artistic styles, making it accessible even to those without deep technical expertise in AI or digital art.

• Director Mode Update: With the updated Director Mode, users gain a more granular level of control over camera movements. The ability to use fractional numbers for camera adjustments allows for fine-tuning of the video content, enhancing the overall production quality. This update, particularly when used in conjunction with the Motion Brush, opens up new possibilities for creating sophisticated and dynamic video sequences.

• Improved Image Model: Enhancements in the image model mean higher fidelity, consistency, and resolution in image generations. These improvements are crucial for applications like Text to Image, Image to Image, and Image Variation, offering users enhanced storytelling control and visual quality.

• Sequel Video Editing Platform: Runway ML has integrated their AI tools into Sequel, a web-based professional video editing platform. This platform combines traditional video editing functionalities with AI-powered tools, offering features like rotoscoping, layer editing, and the ability to work with multiple clips, audio, and effects. The inclusion of autosave ensures that progress is never lost.

• Enhanced Rotoscoping and Layer Editing in Sequel: Rotoscoping in Sequel has been made faster and more precise. These improvements in Green Screen functionality enable users to create cleaner outlines and borders with adjustable mask controls. The ability to customise results further, such as adjusting masks frame by frame and editing keyframes for transparency and colour adjustments, adds to the tool's versatility.

• New Effects, Filters, and Audio Tracks in Sequel: A new collection of effects and filters enhances the visual appeal of videos, allowing users to experiment with different cinematic styles. Additionally, the support for standalone audio files in Sequel is a foundation for future AI audio tools, broadening the scope of audio-visual content creation.

• Pro Exports with Optical Flow and Depth Maps: With a Runway Pro Account, users can export advanced data like Optical Flow and Depth maps from any clip, previously available only with high-end cameras. This feature enables the addition of 3D effects and opens up possibilities for more complex effects in Runway.

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