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You can now turn still images into AI videos with Runway Gen-3 Alpha

New York City-Based Startup Runway is Plowing Ahead with New Marquee Features

Today, the company announced on its X account and its Discord server that Gen-3 Alpha, the new AI video model it unveiled back in mid June 2024 capable of generating incredibly realistic video in seconds from simple text prompts, now accepts still images as prompts as well.

The user simply has to navigate to Runway’s website, click on the “try Gen 3-Alpha” language and they will be taken to a screen where they can upload imagery and/or continue to enter text prompts to guide new AI video generations that are 5 or 10 seconds in length (the user chooses).

A 10-second generated video requires 100 credits through Runway’s pay-to-play and subscription tiers, while a 5-second generation costs 50 credits.

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