Muybridge Derby: Bringing Animal Locomotion Photographs to Life with AI

How I used Midjourney and RunwayML to transform Eadweard Muybridge’s photo sequences into high-resolution videos

Frame 2 of Plate Number 626, Gallop by Eadweard Muybridge (left), Transformation using RunwayML’s Gen-1 Video Generator Based on a Midjourney Reference Image (center and right), Images created using an AI image creation programs

Background

I’m sure you’ve seen the series of images of a galloping horse by 19th-century English photographer Eadweard…