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Sora is dead. What's everyone actually using now?

So OpenAI finally pulled the plug on Sora. Can't say I'm shocked honestly. The writing was on the wall for a while with how they handled access and the whole vibe around it felt off. Anyway, doesn't really matter now. Point is a lot of people (myself included) were holding out hoping Sora would be "the one" and now we gotta figure out what actually works. I've been testing pretty much everything over the past few days so figured I'd share what I've landed on(Actually hoping if you guys could guide me better ) For text-to-video (cinematic/realistic stuff): Kling 2.0 looks genuinely impressive for the price Motion quality is wild. Runway Gen-3 still has the edge on pure quality but you'll burn through credits insanely fast. Veo 2 from Google is worth watching but access is still weird For image-to-video / animating stills: Luma Dream Machine works well for quick generations. Magic Hour has been solid for me too, especially for product shots and turning AI images into clips. Not as flashy as Runway but the credits stretch way further which matters if you're actually producing volume. For face swap / lip sync: Honestly here i need your help .For me HeyGen looks fine but i think there might be some better alternative out there For stylized / video-to-video: Kaiber still works. Pika is fun for experimental things(not a fan of their ui) and Kling handles this decent too. Stuff I gave up on: Pika for anything serious (too inconsistent), waiting for any OpenAI video product at this point Curious what everyone else has migrated to. Feels like the landscape just shifted again and I'm probably missing some newer tools. submitted by /u/Healthy-Challenge911 [link] [comments]

I tested every new YC AI video generator so you don't have to

I do AI video freelancing on the side and still figuring a lot of it out. but at some point I became the person who tries every new tool that drops which is not bcoz I enjoy burning through free trials but bcoz I kept hoping the next one would fix what the last one couldn't. I am not covering Runway, Kling, Sora or Pika because everyone knows those. You have seen the breakdowns a hundred times. I am using Runway as the benchmark standard throughout because it is the most established reference point most people understand. Everything else gets compared against it so you actually know what you are getting. Also worth noting all of these are compatible with OpenAI prompt structure so if you are already used to prompting in ChatGPT the learning curve on all of these is significantly lower than you think. So lets start Higgsfield (YC W24) More directorial control than Runway honestly. Keyframing, character consistency across shots, actual scene direction rather than just hoping the prompt lands right. If you want to direct rather than just generate this is the one. Worth it if you are serious about client work. Supernormal (YC W22) Built more around meeting and business video content than pure generation. Great if your clients are in the corporate or B2B space and need polished internal video content fast so narrow use case but very good at that specific use case. Luma (YC backed) Most visually organic output I have tested and motion feels natural in a way most generators haven't cracked yet. The problem is character behaviour( figures do things you didn't ask for which on client work is genuinely frustrating).Use it when beauty matters more than control. Magic Hour (YC W24) This one i found out on reddit(idk if it was advertisement) but who cares i had to try it. Sits comfortably between budget tools and Runway on output quality and what sets it apart is the breadth, text to video, image to video, face swap, lip sync, AI headshots all under one roof without switching tabs. Pricing is the most manageable of everything I tested which matters when you are doing actual client work on tight budgets. Not the flashiest tbh but can be consistent for day to day usage without quietly draining your credits . Honest verdict across the YC batch Higgsfield if you want control,Luma(not for client work),Magic hour if you want a full toolkit that won't drain your budget ,supernormal can be tried . None of them fully replace Runway yet but all of them are cheaper and that is the honest reason most of us are looking at them. The gap between these and Runway is closing faster than everyone think. A year from now this list will look very different. I'll be back next week with the next batch. There are more I haven't covered yet and some of them are genuinely worth talking about.Ciao... submitted by /u/Personal_Brilliant39 [link] [comments]

This weekend we ran the first Claude Impact Lab with the City of San Diego

Hi everybody! I'm one of the Claude Community Ambassadors in San Diego. Last weekend we hosted the Claude Impact Lab in partnership with the City of San Diego — a new kind of community event focused on using AI to solve real civic problems. Participants worked with open city datasets to build real tools for real challenges. It was a ton of fun! Check out the work people built here: https://github.com/Backland-Labs/city-of-sd-hackathon If you want to see if a Claude Impact Lab is coming to your city, check out the Claude Community page on Luma. submitted by /u/mk2827 [link] [comments]