Curious Refuge is a platform dedicated to exploring the potential of AI in storytelling. They offer tutorials, industry insights, and collaborative opportunities, empowering creators of all levels to leverage AI technology for film and animation production.
Explore how to rank the best AI video generators, including Hyper, Hot Shot, Cling, Luma, Pika, Pixer, and Runway, based on realism, ease of use, and features. The video uses a nine-criteria ranking system to objectively compare each platform's text-to-video and image-to-video capabilities, considering factors like video length, frame rate, resolution, and cost.
Learn how to create professional videos and podcasts using AI tools like Chroma, Runway Gen 3, Luma, and Google Notebook LM. The tutorial demonstrates generating videos from images and text prompts, leveraging motion brush features for animation, creating podcasts from transcripts, and integrating these outputs into video podcasts using Adobe After Effects or similar video editing software.
Learn how to control an actor's performance in video using AI, even applying it to animation, with tools like Runway, Luma Labs, and Minimax. The process involves using Midjourney to create reference images, Runway Gen 3 or similar for AI video generation, Live Portrait (via RunComfy.cc) for face swapping, and Topaz Video AI for upscaling the final result, requiring some video editing in Premiere Pro.
Learn how to leverage AI tools like RunwayML's Act One, Infinity AI, and Wonder Dynamics to create compelling 3D animated scenes and videos from existing footage. The video demonstrates using these platforms to animate characters, generate scenes from voice alone, and even create 3D environments, showcasing a workflow that combines video footage, AI animation, and 3D software.
