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I tried Luma AI with high expectations, especially since I wanted to participate in their contest and produce a commercial to present at the Cannes Festival. Unfortunately, the experience was extremely disappointing.
To be honest, the platform is simply unable to generate what you ask for. Even with detailed prompts and multiple attempts, the results are inconsistent and far below the level expected from modern AI video generation tools.
Luma is years behind tools like Veo 3, Kling, and Seedance. Those models can produce coherent scenes with minimal prompting — sometimes just from a single reference image — while Luma struggles with the basics.
The issues are constant:
* Characters are not consistent from shot to shot
* The cinematic style constantly changes
* Lighting and atmosphere shift randomly
* The overall artistic direction is unpredictable
Even when trying to heavily guide the model, it cannot maintain visual consistency across scenes. For a platform that is supposed to help create video content, this is a major flaw.
The interface doesn’t help either. The platform is not intuitive and feels immature and poorly designed. Instead of focusing on creating, you spend most of your time trying to fix errors or regenerate unusable outputs.
Honestly, with this level of quality, it’s hard to imagine using Luma for any serious project — let alone for a commercial meant for something like the Cannes Festival.
At this point, the platform simply offers no real value compared to far more advanced competitors.
I tried Luma AI with high expectations, especially since I wanted to participate in their contest and produce a commercial to present at the Cannes Festival. Unfortunately, the experience was extremely disappointing.To be honest, the platform is simply unable to generate what you ask for. Even with detailed prompts and multiple attempts, the results are inconsistent and far below the level expected from modern AI video generation tools.Luma is years behind tools like Veo 3, Kling, and Seedance. Those models can produce coherent scenes with minimal prompting — sometimes just from a single reference image — while Luma struggles with the basics.The issues are constant:* Characters are not consistent from shot to shot* The cinematic style constantly changes* Lighting and atmosphere shift randomly* The overall artistic direction is unpredictableEven when trying to heavily guide the model, it cannot maintain visual consistency across scenes. For a platform that is supposed to help create video content, this is a major flaw.The interface doesn’t help either. The platform is not intuitive and feels immature and poorly designed. Instead of focusing on creating, you spend most of your time trying to fix errors or regenerate unusable outputs.Honestly, with this level of quality, it’s hard to imagine using Luma for any serious project — let alone for a commercial meant for something like the Cannes Festival.At this point, the platform simply offers no real value compared to far more advanced competitors.
I subscribed to the Pro version of Luma Labs after initially achieving promising results with the free trial. Unfortunately, my experience with the paid plan has been extremely disappointing.For a single project, I spent over 7,000 credits without obtaining a single presentable clip. The results were technically unstable, filled with strong artifacts, unwanted lighting effects, severe distortions, and uncontrolled visual errors (e.g., halo effects, exaggerated particle motion, unnatural smoke interpretation).It was particularly frustrating that identical prompts and identical image setups that worked for other users repeatedly produced completely unusable results in my case. Even multiple attempts with the same settings led to highly inconsistent output quality.It gives the impression that the engine is extremely seed-dependent and lacks consistent reproducibility. For a professional, paid product operating on a credit-based system, this is highly problematic—especially when credits are consumed so quickly.I also had the impression that the free trial version generated more stable clips than the paid Pro version, which further calls the price-performance ratio into question.After consuming thousands of credits without receiving a single usable result, I expect at least a response from support as well as a fair review of a possible credit refund. In its current state, I cannot recommend the Pro subscription.
Terrible company and terrible employees. Shortly after rendering one aI video, I decided that this platform was not for me and that is okay. I reached out for a refund and the customer service agent named Chris asked and stated I can get a refund but to let him know if there's anything I need help with in terms of the ai. I asked him for help and I told him the issue that I was having with it and then they completely ghosted me . He never replied I sent multiple emails back asking hey can you help me out on this thank you for offering and completely ghosted. Two weeks later I finally get a reply back from somebody else after messaging a new email and now they won't refund me because too many credits were used when they were the ones that told me to continue using it as they wanted to help at the same time saying that they could refund me as well! Completely deceptive these guys are terrible people and the AI as a product is one of the worst rated ones in my opinion after using so many. There's so many better AI guys, don't use this one.
Tyler at Luma Labs delivered an outstanding media package that made me a hero to my clients.His stunning drone photography—especially the amazing sunset overhead shot showcasing the ocean view—perfectly captured the property’s best feature. I also love the virtual staging for empty rooms; it’s a fantastic, cost-effective option. The Tour Request delivery system is a proven value-add, already leading to new client pickups.Tyler was professional, supportive, and gave me great tips for future uploads. By handling the entire media process, he gave me valuable time back to focus on sales. Highly recommend Luma Labs Real Estate Services!
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