Dream Machine
Luma Labs' Dream Machine is an AI model that swiftly generates high-quality, realistic videos from text and images. Trained directly on videos, it produces physically accurate, consistent, and dynamic scenes.
Overview
Luma Labs launched Dream Machine in June 2024 as a powerful AI-driven text-to-video and image-to-video generator. Designed to produce stunning video clips, it caters to creators with both free and paid plans. The free tier offers access to all features and resolutions but limits users to 4 generations per day, encouraging strategic usage.
Dream Machine prioritizes accessibility and flexibility, letting free users explore the tool's full capabilities. However, submissions on the free plan may experience significant queue times, while paid tiers, such as the Standard Plan, offer much faster processing. September 2024 saw a significant update: users can now select camera motions via a convenient drop-down menu, adding a layer of customization for dynamic video generation.
Features like Camera Controls, Text-to-Video, Image-to-Video, and Video Upscaling (among others) make it a robust tool for creating professional-grade visuals. Though some users report occasional bugs, Dream Machine remains a strong player in AI-assisted video creation.
By December 2024 company has redesigned their website and started offering video resolution selection. The platform now allows for modifying videos, which was not possible in previous versions. Users can extend videos and add new end frames, allowing for more complex and consistent video generations. This feature helps in creating longer takes with multiple keyframes.
- Speed: Generates 120 frames in 20 seconds, enabling rapid iteration and exploration of ideas.
- Motion: Creates 5-second clips with smooth motion, cinematography, and drama, transforming static images into engaging narratives.
- Consistency: Understands interactions among people, animals, and objects, ensuring character consistency and accurate physics.
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Freemium Proprietary License Cross-platform #Video & AnimationLinks
| Plan Name | Tier Type | Cost per Month | Credits per Month | Credits per Image | Credits per Video Second | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | free | 0.00 | 400 | 4.00 | 16.00 | |
| Allowance per month: 0.42 minutes, or 100. | ||||||
| * 720p generations. Lower priority. Non-commercial use. Watermarks. | ||||||
| Lite | lowest | 9.99 | 3200 | 4.00 | 16.00 | |
| Allowance per month: 3.33 minutes, or 800. | ||||||
| * 1080p generations. Latest model access. High priority. Non-commercial use. Watermarks. | ||||||
| Plus | medium | 29.99 | 10000 | 4.00 | 16.00 | |
| Allowance per month: 10.42 minutes, or 2500. | ||||||
| * Latest model access. 1080p images, 720p videos High priority. Commercial use allowed. No watermark | ||||||
| Unlimited | top | 94.99 | 10000 | 4.00 | 16.00 | |
| Allowance per month: 10.42 minutes, or 2500. | ||||||
| * Unlimited use in relaxed mode. Latest model access. 1080p images, 720p videos High priority. Commercial use allowed. No watermark | ||||||
Where multiple modes are available, the calculations are done for the most advanced (and costly) ones.
Pricing can change, make sure to check relevant links for any updates to the subscription plans.
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The new DreamMachine platform struggles with reliability and interface issues, driving users toward competitors known for efficiency and better user experience. [ Reddit ]
Camera orbit right around the red chair engulfed in raging flames, its silhouette flickering against the pitch-black night. The fire crackles violently, growing wilder with each passing moment. Suddenly, the chair explodes with a thunderous force, sending burning debris flying in every direction. The fiery fragments illuminate the surrounding night landscape in a chaotic burst of light and sparks, leaving behind an eerie emptiness where the chair once stood—only faint embers and smoldering ash remain, floating through the air like glowing ghosts.Generated on December 18, 2024:
A young woman sitting at a rustic wooden table in a cozy, softly lit café. Her head rests on her hand, elbow propped on the table, her expression distant and bored. Strands of her wavy chestnut hair frame her face, catching the golden glow of the late afternoon sun streaming through a large window beside her.
The table is scattered with a cup of steaming coffee, a half-read book, and a notebook with scribbled notes. Behind her, the blurred bustle of the café contrasts sharply with her stillness, creating a sense of detachment. Cinematic framing focuses on her from a slight angle, emphasizing the slant of her gaze and the wistfulness in her eyes.
The warm ambiance is accented by bokeh light effects, with muted tones of beige, cream, and soft green dominating the background, adding a dreamy, introspective mood.Generated on December 18, 2024:
A sausage dog wearing stylish wind goggles drives a gleaming chrome motorcycle, its long ears flapping wildly in the breeze, and its mouth open in an excited, playful expression. The dog looks thrilled as it grips the handlebars tightly. In the front basket of the motorcycle, a ginger-and-white cat sits energetically, its fur tousled by the wind, with wide, excited eyes and an open-mouthed expression of joy. The background features a vast countryside road stretching into the distance, lined with golden fields and distant mountains under warm golden sunlight. The entire scene exudes quirky, dynamic energy with a fun and cinematic vibe.Generated on December 21, 2024:
Medium shot, fish-eye lens. Shallow depth of field creates a focus on the robots taking selfies while at the top of the mountain. All robots huddled together while taking a group selfie picture. Goldy is a red 1950s retro robot monster, slightly rusty. Dolbus is a sleek futuristic humanoid robot with rounded features, black and steel look and taller than the rest. Bingus is a copper steampunk robot with big eyes and a stylish hat posing with crossed arms, chin up, projecting attitude. All robots appear happy, smiling directly at the camera. The mood is jolly and humorous.Generated on January 14, 2025:
Latest Dream Machine News
March 27, 2025
Edit Thread: keep 720p, 1080p, 4K, and audio versions of the same asset all in one place. Stay organized, iterate with ease, and streamline your workflow.
March 17, 2025
Emoji to video with Ray2 Img-to-Vid. 🤯
Turn your favorite emojis into animated emotes with lifelike movement. Just drop any emoji image into DreamMachine and watch the magic happen.
March 6, 2025
Ray2 Keyframes, Extend & Loop. Now you can tell your story frame by frame, with no jumps, spatial navigation and long video lengths with Ray2 Text-to-Video and Image-to-Video in Dream Machine.
February 12, 2025
Image to Video with Ray2 is here. Drop any image into Dream Machine to make it a video and bring it to life — from historic artifacts and paintings to memes, custom art and photos of any kind.
January 30, 2025
Upscale any DreamMachine video up to 4K resolution with all-new stunning detail. Natively generate in 720p or 1080p, then upscale your creations to 4K for next-level clarity.
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This page was last updated on March 27, 2025 at 10:57 AM