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Hey friends, here is a Star Wars-Themed AI Movie Trailer. We hope you enjoy it! 🙂 We created a tutorial that teaches you how to get the most cinematic shots possible from PikaLabs just like these. Check it out on our youtube channel! #ai #aifilms #pikalabs #midjourney #aiart
Curious Refuge703,092 Aufrufe • vor 3 Jahren
We just tested what might be the most accurate motion transfer workflow we've seen so far. It's a little more involved than a standard workflow, but the results are pretty impressive. Here's the basic workflow: 1. Start with your reference footage. Create character and environment references. 2. Convert the reference footage into a depth map (with Depth-Anything tool on Fal: 3. (Optional) Layer on additional guidance like colorized character masks (with Meta's Segment Anything: and or skeleton poses (with 4. Feed the depth map into Seedance 2.0 Omni as your motion reference along with your character and environment references. 5. Generate your final video. After testing several variations, the depth map workflow consistently produced the cleanest and most accurate motion transfer. If you're trying to recreate specific performances or complex movement, this is one of the closest AI workflows we've seen to achieving production-quality results.
Curious Refuge30,770 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat
So Meta has officially entered the AI image and video space, and we're excited to share our early test results. Muse Video isn't publicly available just yet, so we recreated Meta's demo videos in Seedance to see how they compare. Based on these previews, Muse is looking pretty strong. We'll have to wait until it's officially released to know how it really stacks up. Up until now, it felt like everyone was talking about Seedance for professional AI filmmaking. It's exciting to see another competitive model enter the space and give filmmakers more options.
Curious Refuge32,449 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten
I've been playing more with this depth map motion transfer workflow, and if you're trying to recreate really specific body movements from a reference video, this works surprisingly well. Here's the workflow: 1. Grab your reference video, then create your character and environment references. 2. Run the video through Depth Anything on fal to generate a depth map: 3. Drop that depth map into Seedance Omni as your motion reference along with your character and environment references. You don't even need the original video. I also tested this against using the original video as the motion reference in Seedance, and there's definitely a noticeable difference. One thing I found, though, is that this works much better for body movement than facial performance since the depth map can't really capture subtle facial motion. I'm running more tests to see if there's a good way to control both body movement and facial performance. If you have any workflows I should try, do share in the comments!
Curious Refuge16,487 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat
Finally got our hands on Seedance 2.0 (through YouArt) and ran it head-to-head with Kling AI 3.0. Here’s what stood out: Seedance 2.0’s physics feel stronger right away. The movement just looks more natural and realistic, especially in bigger physical actions. It also handles continuity across multiple shots from a single prompt better than I expected, which makes scene building a lot easier. And on the audio side, the lip sync generally holds up better than Kling. But here’s the tradeoff: Both models struggle with fine details. Background faces and smaller elements still get a bit messy. Seedance currently outputs at 720p, while Kling 3.0 supports 1080p, so Kling has the edge in overall sharpness. Even with upscaling, Seedance doesn’t fully recover those tiny details. Verdict🏆: Seedance 2.0 is a real step forward, especially for motion realism, but it’s definitely not the “end of Hollywood.” Check out our latest tutorial where we show you how to get access to this new model and take a deep look at the quality of this new AI Video Generator:
Curious Refuge58,989 Aufrufe • vor 6 Monaten
With the latest Seedance 2.0 release, there’s a feature we think might be even more transformative than the base video model itself: Seedance Omni. Similar to Kling Omni, Luma Modify, and Runway Aleph, Seedance Omni lets you guide the AI and make targeted edits to an existing video clip. It supports up to 9 reference images, 3 video clips, and 3 audio clips, allowing it to synthesize multiple layers of creative direction. We tested it across a range of scenarios (full prompts in the 🧵) 1. Modify eye color 2. Change weather 3. Time travel effect 4. Character swap 5. Add a spaceship 6. Change asteroids to meatballs 7. Dragon emerging from the clouds Verdict🏆: Seedance Omni excels at physical video dynamics, large visual effects, and environmental transformations. Its main weakness is resolution and output quality (around 720p), which can introduce flickering and softness.
Curious Refuge53,283 Aufrufe • vor 6 Monaten
I can't stop thinking about this AI sci-fi film called Pomegranate by Gossip Goblin. It's about a future where people can buy and experience entire lifetimes through a machine. Such a great premise, and one that really takes advantage of what AI makes possible. What really stood out are the visuals. Every frame feels like a moving Pinterest board I wanted to bookmark. And if you watch all the way through, the fourth ‘Pomegranate session’ is something special. It's a beautiful reflection on the cycle of life that just left me sitting there thinking.. just wow. Huge props to the Gossip Goblin team. This is truly a masterpiece and one that left me feeling incredibly inspired. See the full film in our AI Film Gallery here:
Curious Refuge13,719 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat
We came across a really interesting workflow that could help solve environmental consistency. It’s called the “burst frame” technique. You take a single image, prompt 20 quick shot variations using Seedance 2.0, and generate a multi-angle sequence from the same scene. Because everything comes from one source, the environment stays consistent across shots. It ends up working like a fast pre-vis tool. Explore angles, pick your favorites, and build from there. Shoutout to Kai Turner for sharing this method.
Curious Refuge22,242 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten
Can AI bring animation to life like Pixar? ✨ We took this Pixar-style Midjourney image and ran it through all 6 of our favorite AI video tools (Kling, Runway Gen-3, Pika Labs, Skyreels, Minimax and Luma) to see which could create the most magical motion. The clear champion? Pika Labs absolutely knocked it out of the park! The animation quality is jaw-dropping - seriously giving Pixar vibes with how smoothly it captured the character's wonder and the glowing flowers around her. Which animated AI videos have impressed you the most lately?
Curious Refuge62,341 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr
We just tested a lip sync workflow in Seedance 2.0… and it might actually compete with HeyGen and other avatar models 👀 You upload: – a reference image – a blacked out video with audio OR audio file – a prompt (camera motion + VO) The prompted VO is really important here to make sure the model doesn’t hallucinate or riff off of the original speaker verses. Feels like a legit breakthrough. Lip sync has been a pain point for a while, and this gets us a lot closer.
Curious Refuge19,504 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten
We are pumped to officially announce Advanced AI Filmmaking 2.0. We teamed up with Kavan Cardoza (Kavan) to rebuild this entire course. This will be completely new workflows, tools, and more, all geared toward helping you learn the AI Filmmaking techniques that Kavan has been using at the highest levels. Our exclusive Beta Pricing goes live on Wednesday, May 27th, and ends on Wednesday, June 3rd (when training officially starts). Join the waitlist to make sure you can take advantage of the Beta Pricing. Check out the course here:
Curious Refuge15,212 Aufrufe • vor 3 Monaten
So Runway Gen 4.5 finally adds image-to-video, the workflow most pros rely on for consistency. We put it head to head with Kling AI and Google Flow VEO using the same reference images and prompts (below) to evaluate motion quality, stability, and cinematic realism. 1. Action/WaterPhysics Test Prompt: Cinematic, wide-shot of a man running in a shallow river. The camera is tracking the man from behind as he runs up the river. Handheld camera shake as the camera follows the man. 2. Fire Physics Test Prompt: Cinematic, wide-shot of terrified woman running towards her burning barn. She abruptly stops, and puts in hands on her head as she watches her barn burn down. 3. VFX test prompt: Cinematic, wide-shot of a hooded figure. Flashes of purple magic and smoke whirl around the figure. The figure lifts its arms as the purple magic and smoke intensifies. 4. 2D Animation Test Prompt: 2D animated shot of a waiting at a bus stop in a thunderstorm. The man turns, walks to the bench, and sits down. 5. 3D Animation Test Prompt: 3D animated shot of an octopus. The octopus reaches into a coral and picks up a glowing white gem. 6. Conversation Test Prompt: slow camera push-in as two friends are having a conversation at a coffee shop Overall verdict: Despite the “world’s best” claim, Runway Gen 4.5 is not there yet. Prompt adherence is solid, but motion, physics, and cinematic realism still lag behind tools like Kling and VEO. Great platform, mid-tier model for now.
Curious Refuge25,712 Aufrufe • vor 7 Monaten
We came across a really interesting tool that fixes a pretty common problem inside AI video workflows: extending AI cinematic scenes with seamless continuity. Using Omni models, you can take the last frame from an existing video clip and prompt something like: “show me what happens next in the video, use the last frame as the start frame” and it actually creates a second clip with surprisingly good continuity from the original shot. But you know how when you try stitching two clips together in Premiere Pro, you can usually spot the exact transition point? The exposure shifts slightly, the lighting bounces, or something just feels off enough that you can tell the clips don’t fully belong together. Well this new tool called SeeDance 2 Stitcher from TomLikesRobots🤖 automatically blends the two clips together in a much more seamless way and honestly the results are pretty impressive.
Curious Refuge14,282 Aufrufe • vor 3 Monaten
Been playing with a character consistency workflow again. This came from Nexora that starts with a single GPT Image 2.0 character sheet and turns it into a multi-shot cinematic sequence in Seedance 2.0. One thing I added to the workflow: I first comped the character, environment, and visual style together in Midjourney before bringing everything into GPT Image 2.0 to build the character sheet. I also pushed it a bit further by generating multiple characters, destinations, and art directions at the same time, then turning those into production-style character sheets and shot sequences. It's interesting how much consistency you can get from a single well-defined character board when the visual language, wardrobe, and environment are established upfront. Check out three different character + scenes here 👇
Curious Refuge12,209 Aufrufe • vor 3 Monaten
