AI video generation experiments

[Sekani]

Over the past few weeks I've expanded more into AI-generated video. While Kling is currently still the gold standard for generations relative to our interests, it's fairly restrictive as far as content goes and it's expensive. Still, can't argue with the results:

kling_20250819_Image_to_Video_The_woman__2516_1.mp4

But I've been messing around more with something that can be run locally without restrictions, as long as your machine is powerful enough (I'm cheating and renting one). Wan video only creates 3-5 second snippets, and they're not quite as polished as Kling, but I think the creative freedom allowed is worth the small tradeoff in quality (and lower expense).

Linking some samples from Deviant Art to avoid exceeding attachment limits on this post:

https://www.deviantart.com/sekani2/art/W04-1236172457

https://www.deviantart.com/sekani2/art/W03-1236172469

https://www.deviantart.com/sekani2/art/W05-1236483201

I did make one attempt to string together multiple Wan clips to make a longer one, perhaps telling a bit of a more coherent story, but it was pretty bad at keeping certain details together (like her face):

Timeline 1.mp4

I'm gonna keep exploring the medium, because I think the new tools have A LOT of potential.

[JSample]

Very nice video renderings, especially the Kling one with the audio!

[Viridian]

Well done on the experimental results. You've probably seen enough of my work on DA to know that I firmly believe that there's a lot of potential in making cohesive visual narratives. Kling is the unmatched gold standard at the moment, and it's not as restrictive as it may seem, as I've been discovering.

[BogDog]

Very cool results. I hope it doesn't take long before we can do this at home on our own PCs with quality results. A few days ago I spent $40 for points to work on videos and they were used up in only 2 days.

[dlodoski]

Very cool results. I hope it doesn't take long before we can do this at home on our own PCs with quality results. A few days ago I spent $40 for points to work on videos and they were used up in only 2 days.

Agreed.

I'm holding out for local processing as well.

[Sekani]

Well done on the experimental results. You've probably seen enough of my work on DA to know that I firmly believe that there's a lot of potential in making cohesive visual narratives. Kling is the unmatched gold standard at the moment, and it's not as restrictive as it may seem, as I've been discovering.

Yeah it's surprisingly agreeable even with the stricter attempts at censorship, but the cost for me is the main drawback. By comparison I've done hundreds of "local" generations with Wan for only the cost to rent the machine, which right now is $8/month. I still have a monthly sub to Kling for occasional experiments, but I don't think it'll be my primary driver for a while.