Gen-1
Runway Gen-1, an early commercial video-to-video diffusion model, applies the structure of a source video to new text or image styles.
Edits existing footage with words or reference images (stylization, mask, customization) rather than generating from scratch; latent video diffusion with structure (depth) guidance, by Esser et al. Set the template for Runway's video line that led to Gen-2.
- Date
- Monday, 6 February 2023
- Lab
- Runway
- Kind
- model
- Access
- app only
arXiv 2302.03011 v1 is dated 2023-02-06 (confirmed); Runway's page labels it 'Feb 2023' and its metadata date is a placeholder. Public app access followed in spring 2023.
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