Important Remark: The use of free AI tools may entail some risks associated with privacy. Therefore it is crucial to be mindful of these tools and the associated considerations to ensure the secure and responsible use. To this end, the University has formulated 
recommendations and guiding principles designed for the community.
Description:
Runway is a tool designed to help you create and edit creative images and videos. It offers a wide range of AI-powered creative tools, such as text to image/video generation, erase and replace, expand image, infinite image, and upscale image. It simplifies the tedious, repetitive, and time-consuming aspects of content creation.
Label:
- Category: Video Generation.
- Cost: Partially Free
- Website: https://runwayml.com/
- Languages: Arabic, English, French, Others.
- Natural language processing: Yes
Features :
- You can create different images from scratch by inserting descriptive text and selecting the Ratio and the Resolution. (Text to Image)
- You can infinitely expand your image by moving the generation frame to the desired area of the image and by inserting descriptive text. (Infinite Image)
- You can expand different images by inserting descriptive text and selecting the Ratio and the Scale. (Expand Image)
- You can remove objects from images and replace them by entering descriptive text. (Erase and replace)
- You can upscale an image by selecting the input size.
- You can create different videos from scratch, that are up to 4 seconds, by inserting descriptive text. (Text to Video)
Pros & Cons :
- The images/videos are generated by an AI (Artificial Intelligence), which makes them unique. Moreover, these generated contents can be downloaded.
- Its approach to Trust & Safety: It blocks requests and outputs that include references to offensive subject matter.
- You may not be able to fine-tune the models to their specific needs.
- While it is designed to make it more user-friendly for non-technical users, it may not have all the advanced video editing capabilities that professional video editors require.
Remarks :
- Although this tool may appear dedicated to one domain of study, it can be used in many disciplines. For example, in a history class, the instructor can generate different images in which students need to reflect on these images to identify the added item and explain why.
- This tool can be used for inspiration and generating ideas.
