# 🎧 Riverside releases NEW "Conversation Studio" By Steven Van · 2024-06-22 PLUS: A new After Effects update, Runway releases "Gen-3 Alpha," and more. ## 🎧 Riverside releases NEW "Conversation Studio" ## PLUS: A new After Effects update, Runway releases "Gen-3 Alpha," and more. ![Author]() [Steven Van]() June 22, 2024 • Reading Time: 11 minutes ![]() #### **This week’s new tools, tutorials, and resources **👇️ - [Adobe Firefly](): How to retouch your photos with Generative Fill (Tutorial) - [Durves](): Create amazing patterns and shapes for free. - [Fontpair](): Find free fonts and font pairings to use for your next design project. - [Logoipsum](): 100 free and ready-to-use replacement logos in various styles & compositions. - [Creator’s Toolbox](): 100% royalty-free music (new songs added daily). *Just a heads-up – this email's sprinkled with affiliate links. 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This week, it introduced ***a tonnnnn*** of new updates to its platform to make live-streaming and creating video content much easier for creators. ![]() **NEW AI Features:** - 🪄 **VideoDub: **You can edit the words you say in a video, and Riverside’s AI will align the new words with AI-generated audio. - 🎙️ **AI Voice: **You can convert any text into your own speech with AI. ![]() **NEW Video Editing Features:** - 🎦 **Smart Scenes: **You can choose the layouts, tracks, and design you want (or ask AI to do it for you). - 📱 **Mobile Editing: **You can cut, edit, trim, and text-edit recordings directly from your phone. - 🎵 **Music Overlays: **You can now upload a song or choose from Riverside’s catalog (auto-ducking and fading are automatically done). - ✂️ **Mult-track editing: **You can now edit videos in multiple tracks on the Riverside timeline. - 🗣️ **Cross out crosstalk: **Riverside will mark anyone talking over you, and you can mute them if you choose. ![]() **NEW Live-Streaming Features:** - 🔢 **Multi-streaming: **You can now live stream directly to multiple social media platforms at once (e.g. YouTube, Instagram Live, Twitch, TikTok Live) - 👋 **Omnichat: **You can chat will all of your live viewers from (from any platform) in one chat box. - ✨ **Full HD Streaming: **You can now live-stream your recordings in full HD (1080P). - 🎨 **Studio Branding:** You can customize your virtual “studio” so it matches your brand’s colors, backgrounds, and fonts. - 💬 **Lower Thirds:** You can display guest and host names with custom lower thirds. And more… ## **ANIMATION** 🆕 Adobe After Effects NEW Update: 30+ Presets & Effects, 3D Model Support + More ![]() This week, Adobe released [After Effects (v24.5)](), a new update that extends the software’s 3D capabilities and adds more presets & effects to the animation tool. **Here is a quick overview of the updates:** - ✅ [33 new presets](), including text boxes, numeric counters, and anime backgrounds - 🦖 Support for [animated 3D models]() in glTF/GLB format - 🔦 New [shadow catchers]() for realistic shadows - 📦️ [Depth data]() for Advanced 3D scenes - 💡 Easy access to [Camera and Light settings]() in the Properties panel - 🧊 Import [3D models in OBJ format]() from Creative Cloud libraries ![]() **The update also introduces 33 new presets, including, but not limited to:** - 💥 Anime-inspired radial backgrounds and speed lines. - 📦️ Dynamic text boxes that re-size themselves - 📊 Bar graphs, line graphs, and radial graphs - 🔢 Number counters (percentages, timers, currencies) - 💿️ Synthetics elements (CD, foil, holographic, and typographic textures). - 🆕 New transitions, including new wipes and dissolve transitions. ## **ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE** 📹️ Runway Releases “Gen-3 Alpha,” An Insane AI-Video Generator ![]() Last week, we also covered Luma Labs' free AI video generator, “[Dream Machine](),” but this one is too good *not to cover. * This week, Runway announced: “[Gen-3 Alpha]()**” **(hint: this one is way more impressive). With this AI video model, you can generate videos with just a simple text prompt. **Some notable information:** - ⏩️ It can create 10-second highly realistic video clips with improved generation speed and precision (compared to Gen-2). - 🤑 It will be available to paying subscribers initially (but Runway plans to expand access to its free tier in the future). - ❌** No release date has been announced yet.** **Here are some example examples of videos generated with Gen-3 Alpha:** ![]() Prompt: “Over the shoulder shot of a woman running and watching a rocket in the distance.” ![]() Prompt: “Dragon-toucan walking through the Serengeti.” ![]() Prompt: “A side profile shot of a woman with fireworks exploding in the distance beyond her.” ## 📰 Other news you might’ve missed: - [Runway]() introduced “Gen-3 Alpha,” a new base model for video generation that can create highly detailed videos with complex scene changes. - [Riverside]() released a new update to “Conversation Studio” that allows for full HD live streaming, multi-track editing, AI features, and more. - [Adobe]() released a new update for After Effects (v24.5), which includes 33 new presets, animated model support, and more. - [HeyGen](), an AI-powered video generation platform, raised $60 million. - [Final Cut Pro]() released a new update for iPad and Mac — the update includes live multicam functionality, AI features, and more. - [ElevenLabs]() introduced its Text to Sound Effects API — this app is available for free online and is fully open-source. - [Google]() shared progress on its video-to-audio (V2A) generative technology, which can add sound to silent clips to match a scene's acoustics. - [Fable]() now exports projects to Lottie format 3x smaller. - [Adobe]() released a small update to Premiere Pro (v24.5) that allows you to add custom watermarks for proxy files, ProRes export performance improvements, and Enhance Speech improvements. - [Webflow]() released its “Summer 2024” update, which included CMS on-canvas editing capabilities, brand-consistent page templates, shareable libraries, and more. - [Figma]() now allows you to bold, italicize, or underline text even when a text style is applied. - [Luma AI]() released a new update to “Dream Machine,” which will allow you to extend videos with AI, explore concepts, and change subjects with more control. - [Framer]() released a new “Forms” feature allowing you to add 10+ input types, custom states, and more. - [KREA AI]() released a super slow-mo feature that allows you to control playback speed up to 120fps. - [YT Jobs]() now allows you to post jobs beyond common categories — this includes blog writing, audio engineering, and more. - [Galileo AI]() now allows you to export design from Galileo to Replit and edit your designs using code. - [OpusClip]() now allows you to move, extend, and trim AI b-roll on the timeline. - [Midjourney]() added “blending” to its model personalization and style reference codes, allowing you to blend your personalized models. - [Captions]() released LipDub 2.0, a new version of its lip dubbing model that allows you to generate AI talking videos at much higher resolution (up to 4K). - [Figma]() released updates to notifications, which include UX improvements. - [Spline]() introduced “Local Storage,” a new way to store persistent data on your exported scenes using variables. 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