Runway Gen 4 Adds 3D, ElevenLabs Instant Dubbing, HeyGen Podcast Tools, Ideogram v3 and More
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In This Week’s Roundup: Runway’s Gen 4 now supports 3D imports and ElevenLabs delivers instant dubbing in 29 languages. Plus: HeyGen simplifies podcast creation, Luma Labs lets you reframe videos on-demand, Krea’s new Restyle tool, and PixVerse and Ideogram updates hit Replicate + much more!
Runway Gen 4 Adds 3D Assets
• Need to Know: Runway Gen 4 now takes GLB or FBX files and outputs videos that respect the imported geometry.
• Lab Notes: Powerful for controllable outputs!
Luma Labs Reframe
• Need to Know: Luma Reframe re sizes finished videos to any aspect ratio while hallucinating missing edges.
• Lab Notes: Shoot 16x9 once and deliver one every platform.
ElevenLabs One Click Dubbing
• Need to Know: ElevenLabs Dubbing Studio auto translates and lip syncs full length videos into twenty nine languages in one click.
• Lab Notes: Clients will start to ask for this by default.
ComfyUI Wave 2 Nodes
• Need to Know: ComfyUI update adds twenty new nodes including GPT Image 1 support and multi image upscaling.
• Lab Notes: Node graphs can be great for granular control, but personality that’s not my preferred creative UI. There’s a lot of innovation needed in the creative UI space!
HeyGen Podcast Templates
• Need to Know: HeyGen shipped drag and drop podcast templates with scene based timeline snapping.
• Lab Notes: Record once export reels/shorts and full episodes quickly.
HeyGen Voice Cloning Upgrade
• Need to Know: HeyGen Voice Engine now lets you choose ElevenLabs, Panda, or custom voice clones from one panel.
• Lab Notes: Multiple TTS engines equals cheaper faster audio A/B tests.
Krea Adds Video Restyle
• Need to Know: Krea Video Restyle applies any look and keeps motion using several back ends including Runway.
• Lab Notes: Style matched TikTok edits now take thirty seconds.
PixVerse v4.5 on Replicate
• Need to Know: PixVerse v4.5 improves motion smoothness and adds 1080p exports while holding price at one cent per second.
• Lab Notes: Motion smooth enough to rival Pika.
Ideogram v3 Lands on Replicate
• Need to Know: Ideogram v3 offers Turbo, Balanced, and Quality tiers priced between four and ten cents per render.
• Lab Notes: Fast text rendering crowns Ideogram as poster king.
Freepik Multi Selection Workflow
• Need to Know: Freepik Multi Selection lets contributors tag, license, and upload batches across folders.
• Lab Notes: Stock producers save hours each upload.
Flora Integrates Runway Gen 4
• Need to Know: Flora adds Gen 4 with image reference controls to its collaborative boards after closing a six point five million dollar seed round.
• Lab Notes: One infinite board that has every top model!
Kive Multi Product Shots
• Need to Know: Kive launch lets brands drag multiple SKUs into one scene and auto compose hero shots.
• Lab Notes: No more costly tabletop shoots for bundles.