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Check out our latest AI video comparison! This time we're putting Kling 1.6 head-to-head with Luma's new Ray2 image-to-video feature. We used the same image and the same prompt for both ("subtle camera movement, natural motion"), just like in our recent Pika 2.1 test. The results? Super interesting! Ray2... show more

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David M. Comfort1 year ago

I really like Ray2. It can give a lot more movement than Kling. Almost all of the models are getting really good

Places Visited & Pictures Taken2 years ago

Wondering what happens when AI is used? Here’s the answer 🙂

Nim Eshed 𝕏🦋1 year ago

i think Kling is more accurate with the little detail

𝙳𝚊𝚟𝚒𝚍 𝙹 𝙼𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚒𝚜1 year ago

Well I'm biased but this is beyond my biases! Ray2 is groundbreakingly good. At present it is turning my best work of the past year into some of my best work for the next year! 🥂

grafismo1 year ago

Kling looks better IMHO.

Pure PlayStation (ピュアプレイステーション)1 year ago

Kling is still King

Brett Stuart1 year ago

Thanks for the comparison- these are useful! I think Kling still the king for HQ outputs. Luma appears to lean towards a hand-held look and the output is a bit soft in comparison- still a solid model though!

Chrystene Rae1 year ago

We are so fortunate to have this level of video gen , its unbelievable how far they have progressed in the last year. Love both!

S!R Charles1 year ago

Kling is King.

j/AI/me1 year ago

Kling the winner for me, luma make some weird stuff

Raz1 year ago

Kling is the king look at the hands and thier facial expression

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