I Spent $15 on Runway Gen-3 Alpha AI Videos: Worth It?

In this video, I walk through my first experience with Runway ML's new Gen-3 Alpha video generation model. I opted for the $15/month plan and show the process from a first-time user's perspective. I'll explore some prompts including generating a cool YouTube intro and other creative ideas. Throughout, I discuss the effectiveness, share the results, and give my overall thoughts on whether this tool is worth the investment. Watch to see if these video generation capabilities are worth your time and money!

00:00 Introduction to Gen Three Alpha
00:34 Getting Started with Gen Three Alpha
00:57 Exploring the Gallery and Generating a YouTube Intro
02:08 First Impressions and Model Performance
03:41 Additional Generations and Errors
06:32 Platform Features and Customization
08:03 Final Thoughts and Recommendations

[DevelopersDigest]

I still have some GEN-3 credits available! If you have some ideas for prompts of what you'd like to render just leave them within the comments below + up vote the ones you'd like to have me generate, i'll circle back in a couple days and generate the best ones :)

[MattJonesYT]

It would be nice if it would give you a low res preview so you can approve it before generating the full thing

[HikingWithCooper]

I did this yesterday and also bought another $10 in credits. I used almost the same prompt for every video. I was trying to get a treehouse with the camera dollying back. I prompted 'treehouse' 3 times in most prompts yet only got one in about 1/5 of the gens. Also prompted low-angle camera and half of the gens were mid to bird's eye. Generally the videos are really good but what I'm seeing others say is that it's just not following prompts very well. I get that it's alpha but on the flip side, we are paying real money so it should be a little better in this regard. Gen 4 should be pretty amazing but I don't think 3 is quite there.

[e.v.k.]

It's definitely not worth
But i think we will get there when it's much cheaper and the results are a lot better

[seancloutier]

I am curious if Runway Gen 3 can create a character. I was looking to create a character with a realistic face and use it in many Youtube videos. Not sure if Runway can do this yet.

[lavishkumar]

So we can generate only one video of 62 secs?? Only one video in entire month

[HorriblySound]

Thank you for this video. I think for the amount, there is not enough for credits for generation, especially if the tool isn't giving you what you want. I'm assuming that if you click generate and it doesn't give you what you want, then it still takes you credits? Or is it that once you accept and download you're charged the credits?

[mad-myths]

I have purchased and cancelled the subscription at the same day means today when will I get the refund? did any of you cancelled your subscription and got the refund. or i need to do something more to get the refund.

[mossygreenlog]

I have been working with Runway a lot. I'd like to see what you can do with consistency between scenes. Even using the same prompts and seed, not having good results myself.

[NoCodeFilmmaker]

Apparently Gen3 is like a 3 year old toddler when it comes to following directions 😂😂😂

[rosscads]

The biggest problem with Gen-3 right now is prompt following. It doesn't take directions well, which really counts when the prompt limit is 500 characters and there's no image to video modality. I spent all my Runway credits on Gen-3 videos this month and exactly none of them were usable! Cute toy, not worth it.

[micbab-vgmu]

thank you - the price 15$ for 6 videos is very high - but if I do not try I will not have my own opinion about it:)

[BlancoLn]

Not there yet. But it’s getting super close

[mysteroic]

They released a plan with unlimited generations of Gen-1, Gen-2 and Gen-3 Alpha in Explore Mode at relaxed rate at 95$ per month, or $76 yearly. I feel it's the good plan if you want to experiment as much as you want.

[dariusdbbowser]

They have higher tiers where you can get more generations, you just have to spend more money. I'd only suggest that if you're planning on being a power user and you want to make content around AI videos/films. I also think image-to-video is better because it offers you more control over the end result, so you're using fewer tokens on re-runs. So maybe the move is to generate an image in Midjourney of a camera on a butterfly at the angle you like, then pass that image to Runway to turn it into a video.

[StorySphereVision]

Whenever you try to generate a video, use short and concise prompts - it will result in a more random video, but at least is something that usually looks much better in comparison to when providing detailed prompts; I had the same problem using luma…and to be honest, I still find luma better…it could be just a personal opinion, but I hope that in the following months video generation will be much better

[boyboy]

Good demo. Why it even not followed the exact wordings? 5:02 😅

[DragonBallDetroit]

ill buy the unlimited as soon as it has extend

[hand]

It's too expensive and the quality is hit or miss. When it hits, it's magical, but the misses are always so disappointing (like, it'll just have ignored parts of what i told it). If Runway can make it cheaper, then I'm fine to keep plugging away hoping to get a happy accident. Until then, its overpriced.

[HarryMcKenzieTV]

definitely not worth it but really amazing what this is capable of! maybe in the future it will become more affordable