# @lumalabsai on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DMX-q2xMgAe
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/32584505-lumalabsai-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/bcc4e470c3.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-07-21T15:22:12.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Luma AI (@LumaLabsAI) — https://gondola.cc/LumaLabsAI

## Caption

How to Dragon with Modify Video
Turn a piggy back ride into a magical dragon flight with #Ray2 Modify Video in #DreamMachine.
Step 1: Capture a video of a friend crawling with their child piggy back riding on their back.
Step 2: Open Dream Machine and create a new Board.
Step 3: Select the Modify option in composer settings.
Step 4: Import or drag and drop your edited video onto the blank Video Card in the composer.
Step 5: Select the Video Card to open Trim View. Select the “Start Frame” button to download your Start Frame.
Step 6: Import your Start Frame into Midjourney Edit, or any image editor. Select the Retexture button.
Step 7: In Midjourney, create a prompt to retexture your Start Frame. Include your envisioned details for the subject, environment, style, mood, and lighting. Select the Submit Retexture button to generate your New Start Frame. Once completed, download the image.
Step 8: Import your New Start Frame into Photoshop.
Step 9: Using Gen Fill & Levels, refine your scene by cleaning up the frame details and fine tuning your color.
Step 10: Import the original video into After Effects.
Step 11: Using the Puppet Tool, animate flapping movement on rough shapes to simulate the dragon’s wing motion. Save and export your Edited Video.
Pro Tip: Blur out the arms and legs of the person crawling. Your edits do not need to be exact. The goal is to roughly shape the overall look and general structure of your performer to map to your dragon’s movement.
Step 12: In Dream Machine, import your Edited Video.
Step 13: Import your New Start Frame onto the Start Frame Card next to your Edited Video.
Step 14: Adjust Strength to select an intensity level.
Pro Tip: Dial it low to preserve detail. Turn it up to dream bigger. Experiment with Strength intensity levels across the slider from Adhere, Flex, and Reimagine to see which Strength level works best for your idea and your video.
Step 15: Select and lock in your preferred Strength level. Reimagine 3 was used for this video example.
Step 16: Tap the Create button in the composer to make your animated dragon riding modified video come to life.
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- **Views:** 27,548
- **Likes:** 1,698
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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Luma AI | @Luma_ai | https://gondola.cc/Luma_ai | Client |
| Kody Kurth | @KodyKurth | https://gondola.cc/KodyKurth | Creative Director |
| Kody Kurth | @KodyKurth | https://gondola.cc/KodyKurth | Editor |

## Tags

bts, aivideo, dreammachine, tutorial, vfx, virtualproduction, ray2

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