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TOP STORY
🎬 Runway releases “Aleph” video inpainting tool
This week, Runway released "Aleph," a new video tool that transforms how creators edit and manipulate existing footage.
Unlike traditional AI video tools that generate content from scratch, Aleph focuses on enhancing and transforming existing, real footage through simple text prompts.
Runway is gradually rolling out access to Runway Aleph.
With Aleph, you can now:
Generate new camera angles: Create reverse shots, close-ups, and cutaways from a single master shot, maintaining scene consistency while providing "endless coverage" from limited source material.
Transform objects and environments: Change a basketball into lava, swap harsh noon lighting for golden hour, or completely alter weather conditions and seasons within existing footage.
Remove unwanted elements: Easily eliminate reflections, distracting objects, or background elements that would traditionally require complex VFX work.
Apply style transfers: Transform any footage with your desired aesthetic, from cinematic looks to artistic styles, all through natural language descriptions.
Extend scenes seamlessly: Generate smooth continuations of your story by creating the next logical shot in your sequence.
Add elements with proper integration: Insert crowds, products, or props that automatically match the lighting and perspective of the original scene.
Early access is currently rolling out to Enterprise and Creative Partners, with broader availability coming soon to all users.
The tool processes most edits within 2-5 minutes, with more complex transformations taking up to 15 minutes.
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WEB DESIGN
🤖 Figma releases “Figma AI” out of beta
This week, Figma announced that all "Figma AI" features (including Figma Make) are officially out of beta and available across all paid plans, marking a massive shift from experimental tools to core platform capabilities.
The creative suite now includes everything from prompt-to-prototype generation to automated design tasks, fundamentally changing how designers work with content, layouts, and collaboration across teams.
Here's what's now available in general availability:
Make: Transform text prompts into interactive, high-fidelity prototypes without coding experience.
Code Layers: Add custom animations and interactions directly in Figma Sites with JavaScript, CSS, or HTML.
Make/Edit Image: Generate new images or customize existing ones using OpenAI and Google Gemini models.
Remove Background: Eliminate image backgrounds in one click without manual editing.
Boost Resolution: Enhance image quality and clarity automatically.
Rename Layers: Contextually organize and rename all layers with a single click.
Rewrite Text: Adjust copy length, tone, or translate content directly within designs.
The move to general availability comes with a new AI credits system across all seat types.
Full seat users get 3,000-4,250 monthly credits (roughly 50-100 Make prompts), while Starter plans and other seat types receive lower monthly limits.
Publishing capabilities for Make remain in beta, but all other AI features are fully production-ready across Figma's design ecosystem.
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📸 Magnific releases “Precision” upscaler
This week, Magnific AI released "Precision," a new non-creative upscaling model designed specifically for photographers and professionals who need more resolution without any unwanted compositional changes.
Unlike other AI upscalers that "hallucinate" new details, Precision focuses purely on enhancing existing image quality while maintaining absolute fidelity to the original composition, making it perfect for professional photography and commercial work.
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Precision addresses a critical gap in the AI upscaling market by offering what the team calls a "boring" upscaler — one that prioritizes control and consistency over creative interpretation.
Faithful upscaling: Increases resolution and detail without altering the original image composition or adding unexpected elements
JPEG artifact removal: Eliminates compression artifacts while enhancing image clarity and focus
Ultra Detail control: Adjustable slider lets users control the level of focus enhancement, from subtle improvements to super-focused effects
It works with text too!
The tool is now available both on Magnific AI's platform and integrated directly into the Freepik AI Suite, making it accessible to users across different creative workflows and subscription plans.
Magnific's founder teased that 4x, 8x, and 16x upscaling options are coming next, followed by an undisclosed feature that promises to push the boundaries of image enhancement even further.
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OTHER STORIES
Everything else in creative news 🗞
Figma Make is now available for all paid users.
Canva released a new Claude integration, allowing users to turn their work into Canva designs in seconds.
Canva released new Marvel-themed templates.
Midjourney released support for creating videos with specific start and end frames, looping videos, and video generation on Discord.
Descript released an all-new “Brand Studio” for maintaining a consistent look and feel across all your brand videos and streamlining team workflows.
Descript now allows you to create custom avatars with text prompts.
Webflow released “Real-time Collaboration” in private beta, allowing entire teams to work together simultaneously in Webflow.
Figma released “Code Edit History” in Figma Make.
Riverside released 500 new layouts in the editor, allowing you to turn recordings into professional videos, fast.
Webflow Cloud is now available to everyone.
Pika is building the first-ever AI-only social video app.
Higgsfield AI released “Higgsfield Steal,” a tool that lets you recreate any picture from the web and personalize it with Soul ID.
Framer released new “Context Menu APIs” that let plugin developers create consistent, native-feeling menus using Framer’s built-in menu system.
Suno released “Radio,” an infinite stream of free, live music made by the Suno community.
KREA AI released “Motion Transfer,” a new tool that lets you control the movements of any character with precision.
Play added the new iOS 26 Glass Effect Container in Play, allowing you to combine multiple Liquid Glass objects into a single shape by morphing them together and control the effect strength with the Spacing property.
Rive released new Data Binding features, including the ability to animate colors with data and detect view model changes.
Tella released “Auto Cut,” a new feature that finds and removes mistakes, repetitions, and interruptions, and more — automatically.
Tella released “Pausing” for all Mac app users, allowing you to pause a recording without creating a new clip, and cancel, restart, or stop while paused.
Tella has improved its timeline so that it zooms in and out based on the playhead’s position.
VEED released “Fabric 1.0,” its most advanced AI avatar model yet.
Riveo can now do 6-bit rendering on Mac for better gradients and less color banding.
Higgsfield released a new pricing update, which includes a new “Creator Plan.”
MagicPath now allows you to export any creation as an image.
Figma redesigned its Filter, Search, and Expand variable modals.
Runway “Act-Two” is now available via the Runway API, allowing you to bring their most advanced motion capture directly into your apps, products, platforms, and websites.
Pikzels has released v3.1.
Leonardo.Ai added support for Google’s “Veo 3 Fast” AI model, which generates 8-second videos with sound up to 3x faster than regular Veo 3 and supports up to 1080p.
Freepik added support for “Magnific Precision,” now available on the Freepik AI suite.
Runway released “Chat Mode” in its mobile app.
Freepik now offers unlimited access to MiniMax Hailuo 02, Seedance 1.0 Lite & Pro video models for Premium+ and Pro users.
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