- Midjourney has launched its first AI video model, V1.
- The model lets users animate images for five seconds of motion clips.
- The tool is relatively affordable and a possible rival for Google VEO or Openai’s Sora.
Midjourney has long been a popular AI image guide, but now the company is making traits and movies with its first video model ever, simply named V1.
This image-to-video tool is now available for Midjourney’s 20 million strong societies that want to see five second clips based on their images, and up to 20 seconds of them extended in steps in five seconds.
Despite being a whole new bet for Midjourney, the V1 model has probably been to the slightest comparisons with rival models such as Openais Sora and Google’s VEO 3, especially when you consider the price.
Currently, Midjourney V1 is in Web Beta where you can use credits to animate any image you create on the platform or upload yourself.
To make a video, you simply generate an image in Midjourney as usual, hit “Animate”, select your motion settings and let AI go to work.
The same goes for uploading an image; You just need to mark it as the starting frame and enter a custom movement prompt.
You can let AI decide how to move it or you can take the reins and describe how you want the movement to play out. You can choose between low movement or high movement depending on whether you want a calm movement or a more frenetic scene.
The results I have seen certainly fit into the current moment of AI video production, both good and bad. The creepy valley is always waiting to beat users, but there are some surprisingly good examples from both Midjourney and preliminary users.
AI video matches
Midjourney -Video is really fun from r/midjourney
Midjourney is not trying to compete head-on with Sora or VEO with regard to technical horsepower. These models reproduce 4K recordings with cinematic quality with photo-realistic lighting and long-shaped narratives based solely on text. They are trained in terabytes of data and emphasize framework consistency and temporal stability that Midjourney does not claim to offer.
Midjourney’s video tool does not pretend to be Hollywood’s next CGI pipeline. The course is more about being easy and fun to use for independent artists or tinkers in AI media.
And it really comes out as pretty cheap. According to Midjourney, one video job costs about the same as upscaling, or an image is worth the cost per day. Second of video.
It’s 25 times cheaper than most AI video services on the market, according to Midjourney and a damn study of other alternatives.
It’s probably for the best since a lot of Hollywood goes after midjourney in court. The company is currently facing a lawsuit with high efforts from several Disney, Universal and other studios over claims that it trained its models in copyrighted content.
Currently, Midjourney’s AI generators for images and video remain active, and the company is planning to expand its video production features. Midjourney teases long-term plans for full 3D reproduction, stage control and even immersive world exploration. This first version is just a springboard.
Attorneys for Sora and VEO probably don’t have to panic yet, but maybe they should keep an eye on Midjourney’s plans, because while they are busy building the AI version of a study camera -Midjourney just handed a magic flip book to everyone with a little cash for his credits.
