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Sora, Runway, and Veo: AI That Makes Video From Text
OpenAI's Sora, Runway Gen-3, and Google's Veo can turn a text prompt into a short video clip. The results are getting scary good.
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What this lesson covers
Learning path
The main moves in order
- 1The big idea
- 2Sora
- 3Runway
- 4Veo
Concept cluster
Terms to connect while reading
Section 1
The big idea
AI video gen takes a sentence ('a cat skateboarding through Tokyo at night') and produces 5-30 second clips. Quality varies wildly by tool. Sora and Veo are top-tier for realism; Runway is the most artist-friendly with editing tools built in.
Some examples
- A short opener for your YouTube video, made in Sora from one sentence.
- Storyboard previews for a film school project in Runway Gen-3.
- A weird dream sequence in your indie game's cutscene, made in Veo.
- A reaction-meme video starring an animated version of you.
Try it!
If you have access to any AI video tool, generate one 5-second clip. Watch it. Note what's almost-real and what's broken.
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