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About This Software

Raw Video is a local Windows image-to-video studio for turning still images into short animated video clips.

Load an image, write simple Director’s Notes, generate a short motion clip, and let Raw Video create the final upscaled output locally on your supported PC. No cloud credits. No generation tokens. No remote render queue.

Raw Video is built for creators who want a simple local alternative to cloud-credit video tools.

Core Features

• Image-to-video animation from still images

• Simple Director’s Notes workflow

• Automatic final upscaling

• Local Library for generated clips

• Clip trimming tools

• Continue Scene workflow

• Timeline queue and stitching

• Local safety checks for source images and generated outputs

Local Generation

Raw Video runs generation locally on supported Windows PCs. Steam installation, updates, ownership verification, and first-run activation may require an internet connection, but video generation itself does not require cloud credits, generation tokens, or a cloud render queue.

Standard 480p Edition

This release is the Standard 480p Edition. It uses a local 480p image-to-video generation pipeline and creates a final upscaled 1080p output for the user.

Higher-resolution generation modes are not included in this edition and may require significantly larger models, more storage, more VRAM, and different hardware expectations.

Best Results

Raw Video works best with crystal-clear, high-quality source images where the main subject is close or medium distance.

For best results, use sharp images with a clearly visible subject and keep Director’s Notes simple and motion-focused. Subtle head movement, camera drift, hair movement, breathing, looking around, and gentle environmental motion usually work better than complex action.

Blur, distortion, low-resolution detail, compression damage, or existing AI artifacts in the source image may be amplified during animation.

Known AI Video Limitations

Raw Video can produce strong local video results, especially with clear close or medium-distance subjects, but it is not perfect.

Users may see artifacts in distant faces, small background people, hands and fingers, crowds, water, complex background motion, busy scenes, tiny objects, fast motion, or heavily blurred source images.

These are normal limitations of current local AI video generation. Better source images and simpler motion notes usually produce better results.

Render Time

Render times vary by PC. On compatible 16 GB VRAM systems, a standard 5-second clip typically takes about 8 to 16 minutes, depending on hardware and source-image complexity.

Systems with faster CPUs, more RAM, better cooling, and cleaner model-loading conditions may render faster. Older CPUs, slower RAM, thermal limits, background workload, or complex source images may increase render time.

Content Use

Raw Video is provided for lawful creative use only. Users are responsible for ensuring they have the legal right to use imported source images.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

Raw Video uses generative AI to help users turn imported still images into short video clips. Users load an image, enter short motion notes, and the app generates a video locally on the user’s Windows PC.

Some store page, marketing, and demo visuals were also created or assisted using generative AI tools.

Raw Video incorporates safety measures designed to reduce disallowed content, including source image review, prompt sanitization, motion-focused prompting, output moderation/review, and blocking or removal of outputs identified as explicit, illegal, or otherwise prohibited.

The application does not include in-game chat, online multiplayer, gambling, or in-app purchases.