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Let’s dig into some new features from Runway and Foundry’s new virtual production solution.

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Runway Unveils Gen-4 References Feature

Runway has launched an early-access References feature for Gen-4 that allows users to upload reference images to create consistent characters and locations across multiple generated outputs. This advancement addresses one of the biggest challenges in AI image generation: maintaining visual consistency across different scenes, angles, and characters.

• The feature supports up to three reference images simultaneously, combining them in "unique and interesting ways"

• The output is still images only. You can then use those images as first frames to create videos.

• You can maintain character consistency while changing environments, camera angles, outfits, and more

• The system works conversationally - simply upload your reference image and describe what you want to see

• Images can be saved to favorites for continued reference and scene-building

• Gen:48 participants are the first group with access to this functionality. Plans to roll it out in the next few weeks.

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LucidLink: More Ways to Work From Anywhere

LucidLink's latest updates bring powerful new mobile capabilities that free creative teams from desktop constraints, enabling true work-from-anywhere collaboration with browser-based access, iOS support, and enhanced Android functionality.

• Browser-based access: Access and download files directly from any web browser without installing software—perfect for quick approvals or external collaboration

• New iOS app: Carry your files in your pocket with secure, real-time access on iOS devices.

• Enhanced Android experience: Generate and open direct links between desktop and Android seamlessly, eliminating clunky file transfers. Android now fully supports Single Sign-On (SSO) for secure, streamlined login

• Coming Soon: External link sharing, web/iOS uploads, full read/write mobile access, enhanced security tools, public SDK/API, and seamless migration tools

Don't let location limit your creativity. LucidLink helps teams cut through workflow bottlenecks, simplify collaboration, and access files instantly from anywhere.

Try LucidLink free for 30 days and discover how your team can spend less time managing files and more time creating magic.

Start your free trial now.

Foundry's Nuke Stage Bridges Pre and Post Production

Foundry has released Nuke Stage, a new virtual production solution that bridges the gap between pre-production and post-production workflows. The platform uses USD and EXR formats as its core foundation, targeting 2.5D setups that combine high-resolution photographic imagery with virtual elements, and brings VFX professionals back into the virtual production process.

• Unlike many VP solutions built around Unreal Engine, Nuke Stage leverages familiar VFX pipelines and compositing techniques

• The system maintains continuity from pre-production through shooting to post, capturing all metadata and creative decisions in a database called "the vault"

• It incorporates many of Nuke's compositing nodes directly into the VP environment, including color correction tools and VP-specific functions like tracking markers

• The product is out of beta and Foundry is currently seeking a small number of initial productions to further refine workflows

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Stories, projects, and links that caught our attention from around the web:

🗣 Descript is introducing an AI co-editor that lets users create videos by simply telling the AI what they want, with the ability to guide creative decisions and provide feedback.

🤖 VideoEditor Copilot is an AI tool in early development that enables a chat interface to apply video effects and looks to clips right inside Resolve or Premiere.

📽️ Netflix Ted Sarandos views the classic model of movie releases as outdated, reflecting a changing landscape where diverse viewing options are increasingly preferred.

💬 With nearly half of all viewing hours on Netflix involving subtitles, the platform now offers expanded options, including subtitles with additional audio cues.

⚛️ MIT’s new machine-learning periodic table categorizes 20+ algorithms, revealing connections that could spark cross-method AI innovation for media tools.

On the latest episode of Denoised, we covered the Academy’s new AI rules for films, a breakthrough in Test-Time Training for video generation, and Descript’s chat-based editing tool — and what it means for your creative workflow.

Read the show notes or watch the full episode.

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