Is Runway Frames Worth It? 🤔

This is the most expensive AI image generator we've ever seen, at around $120 in Europe, $95 in the US Runway. The AI video company introduced Frames, their cinematic image generator. But how does it hold up against the competition? Here are some of the results, so you can make up your own mind. So, as you can see here, it's doing portrait shots, and these do look great. You know, I think this holds up with the hyper realism of some of the top models. I mean, arguably, Flux is a bitter on some of the details that would be really nitpicky on logos. As expected, this is not that great. You would want to go to something like Ideogram if you want to generate a comics. Midjourney still remains kings. But when we go to some of these cinematic shots, it really does perform well. Like, every aspect of this is wonderful. Color palette, composition, the lighting on it. Look at that big diffuse key light on their faces with a hair light from the back separating them. Same thing goes for these drone shots. These look amazing. Look at this color palette. But is that worth $98? I don't know. Considering some of the competition at similar quality levels. For cents or a $10 midjourney subscription, probably not, but it looks good.