Image to Video generator
Product turntable rotation on a clean studio set
Image to Video Generator
Upload a still; image-to-video adds drift, parallax, or character idle, turning one frame into a 2-4 second clip.
What Image-to-Video Animates
Image-to-video works best on subtle, short-form motion. These four patterns - parallax depth, character idle, product polish, and concept-art atmosphere - are where adding movement beats a static frame.
Parallax & Depth
Adds depth-of-field motion to landscape and architectural stills - foreground drifts faster than background, giving 3D feel from 2D source.
Bring Stills to Life
Start from one frame and add motion - a few ways the image to video generator animates a still.
Subtle, lifelike movement
Living Portraits
Add gentle motion to a portrait - breathing, blinking, hair and light shifts - without losing the likeness.
Depth from a flat photo
Parallax Landscapes
Turn a landscape into a slow parallax move, separating foreground and background for a 3D feel.
Motion for commerce
Product Spins
Animate a product still into a clean rotation or push-in for listings and ads.
One element in motion
Cinemagraph Loops
Keep the frame still and animate a single element - water, steam, neon - for a seamless loop.
A Workflow for Better Image-to-Video Output
Output quality comes down to two choices: a source with implied direction and an explicit motion prompt. This four-step pass gets clean drift, and each re-generation is cheap on credits compared to manual rotoscoping.
1. Pick a Source With Implied Motion
Composition with direction
Sources with directional cues - wind, light angle, posture - animate cleaner than perfectly static studio shots.
2. Add a Motion Prompt
Subject, camera, environment
Tell the model what should move: "slow camera push in", "leaves drifting left", "subject blinks". Implicit motion is unreliable.
3. Choose Duration
2-4 seconds
Short clips loop cleaner and produce fewer artifacts. Sub-4 seconds is the sweet spot.
4. Re-Generate If Drift Is Wrong
Tighten the motion tokens
If the motion direction is off, narrow the motion prompt and rerun. Each pass is fast credit-wise compared to manual rotoscoping.
Image-to-Video FAQ
How image-to-video seeds motion from your still, what clip length and aspect ratios to expect, how to steer direction with a motion prompt, and how commercial use works.
Animate Your First Still
Drop an image into the playground, name the motion you want, and watch a short clip render in the browser on your free starter credits.