Starter
For private experiments and first frames.
Free
- 48 stills each month
- 720p motion drafts
- Personal use
- Standard review queue
Hyperreal
photos and film
Cortex generates film-quality photos and video on your phone. Every result is carefully reviewed.
Watch the film — generated with Cortex
01 — Manifesto
Almost real is not real. Cortex was built for the last one percent — pores, grain, the way light falls off a face. It renders thousands of frames and reviews every single one. You only ever see the keepers.
Capabilities
- 01
Cinematic realism
Skin, grain, and light that belong to a frame — not a render.
- 02
Natural motion
Movement that breathes. No stutter. No synthetic aftertaste.
- 03
Directed composition
You set the blocking. Cortex holds the line.
- 04
Film-quality output
Stills and sequences ready for print, pitch, or premiere.
- 05
Instant iteration
From a thought to a frame. Then another. Then the one.
02 — Process
From a thought to a frame.
The whole pipeline lives in one app. No desktop, no exports, no editing suite — just the loop below, on repeat.
01 — Describe
Speak the picture.
A glance, a weather, a lens. Keep it short. Cortex listens for intention, not keywords.
Selected frames
Works beside the tools you already keep
PhotoshopLightroomFigmaDropboxGoogle DriveNotion
PhotoshopLightroomFigmaDropboxGoogle DriveNotion
SlackFrame.ioCapture OneDaVinciAfter EffectsFinal Cut
SlackFrame.ioCapture OneDaVinciAfter EffectsFinal Cut
In the room
Mira Solano
Director of Photography, Atelier North
It doesn’t look generated. It looks like something I remember shooting.
Jonah Reed
Creative Director, Kinetic
We used it on a pitch. The room went quiet. That’s the only metric I trust.
Ayo Bello
Art Director, Studio Hale
Finally a tool that understands negative space. And when to leave it alone.
Elena Voss
Editor, Cut Room
The motion has weight. That alone put it ahead of everything we tested.
Kenji Morita
Photographer, Independent
I write less. I look more. The work got slower in the right way.
Sable Quinn
Brand Lead, Maison Arlo
Clients ask where we shot it. I tell them the truth. They don’t believe me.
Ibrahim Noor
Colorist, Northlight
Every detail matters here. You can feel the restraint in the grade.
Priya Raman
Producer, Second Unit
It replaced three tools and a late night. The pictures got better anyway.
Theo March
Founder, Still House
Create images that feel remembered, not generated. Cortex actually does that.
Plans
Choose your way to create.
Creator
RecommendedThe working set for photographers and directors.
$22/mo
- Unlimited stills
- 4K motion
- Reference locking
- Priority review
- Commercial license
Studio
For houses that ship campaigns, not samples.
$77/mo
- Shared seats
- Raw-adjacent exports
- Private model notes
- Dedicated review
- SSO and archives
Questions
Most tools generate. Cortex directs. Every frame is reviewed for light, skin, and motion before it reaches you — so the picture feels remembered, not assembled.
