Using a Restyled First Frame with Video to Video | Runway Academy

Key Takeaways

welcome to Runway Academy today we're exploring first frame styling in video to [Music] video inside of a generative session choose a video that you want to stylize then click on the styled first frame icon from here you can download frame one of your original video to apply stylization to it during the stylization process make sure that the image Dimensions remain the same and once you've landed on something you like upload that style frame into the video to video tool add a text prompt for additional context if you want then click [Music] generate first frame styling works with both gen 3 Alpha and gen 3 Alpha turbo the default structure transformation is set to three but try experimenting with different values to get different video motion results you can even try adding or changing elements from the original video frame instead of completely res stylizing it which will turn video to video into a visual effects engine if you feel like getting really experimental you can upload a completely different image as the style frame which will give you unexpected yet interesting results for this method increasing the structure transformation above five is typically helpful for getting better looking videos with first frame styling you're now able to achieve the same style across multiple video clips giving you even more control as always don't forget to check out our help articles for additional tips and tricks head to our Discord to chat with our creative community members or if you need to ask us a question directly you can use this button on your dashboard at any time [Music]