Lumiere - Google Research

Lumiere - Google Research

Introducing Lumiere by Google Research - a groundbreaking video generation model for realistic motion synthesis! 🌟✨ Easily create captivating videos and cinemagraphs, while safeguarding against misuse with built-in tools. #AI #videoediting #GoogleResearch

  • A new video generation model called Lumiere is designed for realistic and coherent motion synthesis.
  • Lumiere uses a Space-Time U-Net architecture to generate the entire video's temporal duration at once.
  • The model directly generates full-frame-rate, low-resolution videos by processing them in multiple space-time scales.
  • State-of-the-art text-to-video generation results are demonstrated with Lumiere.
  • Lumiere enables consistent video editing through off-the-shelf text-based image editing methods.
  • The model can animate specific regions of an image, creating cinemagraphs.
  • Lumiere facilitates video inpainting tasks, producing outputs like wearing different dresses, accessories, or engaging in various activities.
  • Authors of the Lumiere model include Omer Bar-Tal, Hila Chefer, Omer Tov, and other collaborators from Google Research and other institutions.
  • The work emphasizes helping novice users create visual content creatively but acknowledges the risk of misuse for creating fake or harmful content.
  • Tools and measures are proposed to detect biases and prevent malicious use of the technology for a safe and fair user experience.