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Midjourney Released an AI Video Generator: How You Can Get Started

You can now create 5-second AI videos with Midjourney's new video generator for $10 per month.

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Ai-generated video from MIdjourney.

You can upload a new image or use an AI-generated image from your gallery to create a video with Midjourney's new video model.

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The popular AI image platform Midjourney released a new AI-video generator on Wednesday. The new V1 video model lets you create 5-second AI videos from images you create on the platform or upload. Founder David Holz announced the video model in a blog post.

This generator could one day compete with other generative-AI video options, like OpenAI's Sora and Google's Flow. Subscriptions for Midjourney's V1 start at $10 per month for 3.3 hours of "fast" GPU time. According to Holz,  a "video job" consists of four 5-second images and costs about eight times more than an image.

Midjourney is more affordable than Sora's $20 or $200 per month subscriptions, and $20 per month for Google's Flow or $249 per month for its Ultra tier. 

More capabilities in the future will likely drive up the cost. Holz says in the post that the company will monitor how V1 is used and adjust pricing later. 

How to use Midjourney's new AI video generator

For now, VI is only available on the website. If you use Midjourney through Discord, log in using the "continue with Discord" option. To start your first video, you only need an image you uploaded or that's in your photo gallery. It will serve as the "starting frame." 

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You'll see an animate image button. The auto, or default option, makes the image move, while the manual option lets you enter a text prompt for how you'd like it to move.

Next, there's a low-motion or high-motion option. According to Holz's blog post, low motion is better for ambient scenes where only the subject moves.

The high-motion setting allows both the subject and camera to move. This setting might produce unrealistic or glitchy movements. You can extend your Midjourney video by 4 seconds up to four times, totalling a 21-second video. This tool generates videos in 480p resolution.

Midjourney is facing a lawsuit from Disney and Universal for copyright infringement after allegedly failing to take precautions to prevent people from using copyrighted characters. Midjourney has not issued a public statement about the lawsuit.Â