Documentary maker tests Firefly, Veo 3.1 and Runway for AI drone-shot previs
jasonyuet · reddit · 2026-09-19
A Reddit documentary maker previs'd a sunset drone shot over an orchard before a real shoot, running the same prompt through Adobe Firefly's native model, Veo 3.1 inside Firefly, and Runway directly.
Verdicts: Firefly was calmest and easiest to cut into a rough edit; Veo 3.1 was the most cinematic but had a stray flare artifact; Runway's FPV motion was too chaotic for previs, though it produced the best clouds. The author discloses a Firefly partnership (it's their daily driver) and asks whether others use AI previs before shoots.
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