I Like to Move it Move it (part 3) - Adding Motion (Runway) + a NEW Mockup (.psd)
Getting to play with AI Video to bring LIFE to your mockups.
If you missed the other lessons - here they are:
(Part 1)
This lesson kicks us off with inspiration, a convo with ChatGPT, a graphic design (MJ + PSD)
(Part 2)
This lesson develops some character models (to show off the designs) and uses Illustrator (really? yeah!) to create a mockup!
So, I went to Runway, Gen-3 Alpha.
I dropped in my first mockup model (with the print on her shirt).
I chose ‘End Frame’ on the image (meaning the animation would END on this image), then I added the following prompt:
Slow pan tracking shot: The camera gently moves around the female model in a skate park. As she slowly turns to face the camera, the print on her t-shirt comes into focus. Cinematic advertisement quality, superb lighting, shallow depth of field, focus on the t-shirt print.
Hold on a second there Sykes… First, how did you know to write the prompt this way?
Great question.
Runway has produced a Gen-3 Prompting Guide which was a great help to success with prompting in the platform. The structure they suggest (while getting used to the platform) is:
[camera movement]: [establishing scene]. [additional details].
So, for my prompt, it covers the bases defined. Let me show you.
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