Learn how to make a looping video that shows off dynamic movement with Gen-2.

- Add an image to Gen-2
- Navigate to “Advanced camera controls” section to use Director Mode
- Turn on Upscale
- Choose a camera path and generate a video for each direction that you want present in your video
- Pro tip: the next step is easier if you rename outputs with keywords or directions
- When editing video files, play the clip forwards; when it reaches the end, duplicate the video and play it backwards, so that it resets back to the first frame of the video
- Play with keyframes to make things feel more dynamic and snappy
- For even more loop-ability, try exporting your video as a GIF


Gen-2 Directional Looping Video

Learn how to use Director Mode to customize camera controls in Gen-2.

- Add an image to Gen-2, click on the “Motion” button, and click “Custom camera control”
- Choose one or multiple directions to move your camera
- Then, adjust “Speed” for your motion
- Clicking the “Extend” button will reuse the existing camera direction for your extensions to continue the motion seamlessly, up to 16s
- For even more control, try using the Image + Description feature, which will allow you to dial in a more specific prompt


Gen-2 Director Mode

Learn how to control motion in Gen-2 generations.

- Open Gen-2 and input a prompt
- Increase or decrease motion value by typing or dragging the slider
- The default is 5; the range is 0-10 (0 = less motion, 10 = more motion)
- Click “Generate”


Gen-2 Motion Slider

Learn how to extend generations up to 18s in Gen-2.

- Open Gen-2 and generate a video
- Once your video is done generating, use the “Extend” button to extend your generations up to 18s
- Each time you click “Extend,” the video output will look different; so, try a few extensions to get different results each time


Extend Generations in Gen-2

Explore the three different modes you can use in Gen-2.

- Modes in Gen-2:
    - Text prompt
    - Text prompt + Image
    - Image
- Try starting out using a text prompt only; check advanced options and generate
- If you have an image in mind you’d like to use to influence your generations, there are two ways to do that:
    - Include an image reference along with a text prompt (for a _blend_ of text prompt and image reference)
    - Click into “Image” tab to use the image only
- To recap:
    - Text to Video: explore creative ideas, compositions, and creating new worlds
    - Image + Text to Video: narrow in on a specific concept, with flexibility of prompting
    - Image to Video: bring a very specific vision to life
- Rate your generations to help us keep improving Gen-2


Gen-2 Modes

Combine Gen-2 with other AI Magic Tools for a smooth and polished workflow.

- Start with Text to Image
    - generate an image you want to bring to life with Gen-2, then add it to your assets
- Open Gen-2, and use that image as your reference image alongside a text prompt
- Try bringing your video into Super-Slow Motion to extend the clip time
- Or, use your video into Text to Color Grade (LUT) to give it a color treatment
- Bring your video into Inpainting to clean up any artifacts or parts of the frame
- Toss it into Green Screen to extract your creation from the scene or create alpha mattes
- The possibilities are endless with 30 AI Magic Tools!


Gen-2 Workflow w/ AI Magic Tools

Use this tutorial to learn the basics of using Gen-2 in Runway.

- Use Gen-2 via web or mobile (iOS)
- Navigate to Gen-2, and simply type in what you want to generate
- Adjust settings like seed value, interpolation, upscaling, and watermark
- Click “Generate”
- Rate your generation to help the Runway team improve Gen-2
- Generation will automatically save to your Runway assets folder
- If you’re feeling stuck or need inspiration, view Gen-2 inspiration feed below the prompt bar to remix existing prompts
- Gen-2 also works with an image reference
- Helpful to structure prompts like this:
    - base prompt
    - “in the style of”
    - description


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