Animate a real-world object in a new environment with Runway Gen-4

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Demo summary

The user takes a photo of a physical wooden toy and uses Runway Gen-4 to composite it into a photo of New York City, then applies motion to animate people walking in front of the toy.

Step-by-step

Take a photo of a physical object using a phone
Drag the object photo into Gen-4 as a reference
Upload a second photo to serve as the environment reference
Type a prompt describing the desired composition
Select one of the four generated initial images
Click animate and specify the desired motion, such as people walking in front of the object

Tips

Use a real-world photo of an object and a separate photo of a location to create a composite environment

Image to Video

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