As one of the latest developments in the AI landscape, AI-powered video generators have been growing in popularity. These services work similarly to other generative AI tools: Describe your desired content in a prompt, and the bot responds, hopefully delivering what you want.
Launched in June, Luma Dream Machine is an AI video generator with two capabilities: text-to-video and image-to-video. Luma only creates short videos — a few seconds in length — but you can extend a video another five seconds by adding more details to the prompt.
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What's more, Luma is now running Dream Machine 1.5, its latest model, which is designed to better understand your prompts and generate more realistic videos more quickly.
Here's how to use Luma Dream Machine's AI to create a short video.
How to use Luma Dream Machine
Text-to-video prompt
Image-to-video prompt
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Overall, I was pleased with the performance of Dream Machine. I did have to tweak and finesse the prompts to get my desired results, but that's true of any generative AI tool. In some cases, the videos took a long time to generate, so you'll have to be patient.
To learn more about Dream Machine, check out Luma's FAQ page.