Beeble Launches SwitchX 3.0 to Add Moving Crowds and Directed Action Around the Original Performance

Beeble launched SwitchX 3.0, a new version of its video-to-video AI model that adds dynamic backgrounds, up to four visual references and more precise prompt control, so artists can fill an empty street with moving crowds or send birds into the air as an actor runs past. Beeble says the original live-action performance stays intact frame by frame while the world around it changes.

• Artists can now direct action inside the scene. Beeble says artists can populate empty streets with moving crowds, transform locations during complex camera moves, or trigger specific events such as birds taking flight as an actor passes.
• Up to four visual references. Reference images, floor plans and storyboards can be combined to guide the generation of complex environments.
• Tracking without markers or a matchmove pass. According to Beeble, integrated camera tracking keeps generated environments aligned with handheld, orbiting and running shots.
• Output specs and credit pricing hold steady. SwitchX 3.0 renders up to 4K with 10-bit color, keeps the source's frame count and aspect ratio, and uses existing credit pricing.

Four references guide one green-screen take through a kitchen, corridor and rooftop

SwitchX 3.0 accepts up to four visual references, and artists can steer a complex environment with reference images, floor plans, storyboards or a combination of those, as Broadcast reported.

The SwitchX 2.0 workflow paired a source video and a mask with a single reference frame showing how the shot should look; 3.0 raises that to four references.

In Beeble's demonstration, a green-screen performance becomes a continuous journey through a kitchen, a corridor and a rooftop, guided by four visual references.

Beeble says Source-Locked Rendering keeps the performance intact while crowds and birds move around it

SwitchX 3.0 adds dynamic backgrounds, so the generated environment can include movement such as moving crowds. Beeble's demos show a car blurring past a performer on a city street and pigeons scattering around a running actor, each with the original source shot inset.

Beeble pairs the dynamic backgrounds with more precise prompt control for directing specific actions, such as birds taking flight as the actor passes.

Beeble says its proprietary Source-Locked Rendering preserves the performance within the actor's alpha matte, frame by frame, while changing the surrounding environment and lighting.

Hoon Kim, founder and CEO of AI VFX platform Beeble, said: "SwitchX 3.0 gives filmmakers the freedom to direct what happens around a performance, from the environment itself to the movement and timing of individual elements. Crucially, the original performance stays intact, giving artists the consistency and control they need for professional production."

SwitchX 3.0 is built on MiniMax H3.0 and ships in the web app and Canvas at existing credit pricing

Beeble built SwitchX 3.0 on MiniMax H3.0, then re-engineered it with its own dataset and architecture for professional video-to-video workflows.

Output goes up to 4K with 10-bit color, and the model keeps the frame count and aspect ratio of the source footage. That matches the ceiling set by SwitchX 2.0, which we covered when it added native 4K and 20-second shots.

SwitchX 3.0 ships with these access terms:

• Where it runs. SwitchX 3.0 is available globally through the Beeble web app and Beeble's Canvas.
• Plans. Access to SwitchX in the web app is included in all paid plans, with no change to existing credit pricing.
• 4K and 10-bit downloads. 4K and 10-bit MOV downloads are limited to Professional and Team subscribers.