Creative Workflow Roundup: Runway Gen-3 Updates, Suno v4 Music Model, and Exciting New AI Tools for Producers
In This Week’s Roundup: It’s been a massive week for creative workflows, with new tools and updates redefining video, music, and AI-driven media production. Runway’s Gen-3 updates, including the innovative Expand Video feature, streamline aspect ratio adaptation for platforms like TikTok and Instagram. Suno’s v4 AI music model sets new standards for songwriting and audio production, while Mistral’s le Chat offers cutting-edge AI tools for free like multimodal document understanding, image generation, and web search. Adobe’s Enhance Speech v2 debuts with advanced voice isolation and noise reduction. We also highlight FLUX.1 Tools for text-to-image editing, Eleven Labs’ Auto-Regenerate for audio mastering, Krea’s image conditioning for creative control, and more!
Runway Gen-3 Updates: Seamlessly Adapt Aspect Ratios with Expand Video
The News: This week, Runway unveiled significant updates to its Gen-3 models, enhancing creative control. These updates include extended 20-second video-to-video outputs and vertical aspect ratios for Act-One sequences. One of the most exciting additions is the new "Expand Video" feature for Gen-3 Alpha Turbo, enabling producers to adapt videos into new aspect ratios by generating seamless visuals around the original footage. Currently rolling out to users, this tool offers a streamlined way to reformat content across platforms like Instagram and TikTok without sacrificing quality.
Lab Notes: Expand Video offers practical benefits for producers managing footage across formats. The ability to adapt horizontal footage into vertical formats is a practical solution for modern social media needs (and beyond).