Creation guide
How to Turn a Photo into an AI Video
Photo to video AI generates new moving frames from a still image and a motion description. Your photo supplies the subject and starting composition; the model interprets what happens next. It does not recover a real recording hidden inside the picture, and faces, lettering or fine details can change.
Updated 2026-10-27
Open the creator1. Choose a photo with one readable subject
Begin with a sharp image in reasonable light. For a portrait, make the face visible; for a product, keep its shape and important details readable. Avoid combining several people, dense lettering and a complicated action in the first test. Use adult photos and other media only when you have the right and permission to process them. A group photograph is not a substitute for separate identity references when a template requests one photo per person.
The crop sets the starting composition. Leave room around the parts that should move, and do not assume the model can accurately reconstruct important details outside the image. The upload picker shows supported formats and limits. Adding a file to the asset library is separate from selecting it for a request. A received photo does not overwrite the draft, start a generation or consume credits by itself.
2. Describe one motion before adding complexity
Write a short request about the subject or camera, such as a flower moving gently in a breeze while the camera slowly approaches. Small motion is easier to inspect than a request containing running, wardrobe changes, cuts and several camera moves at once. A prompt expresses the desired action; it is not a promise of exact frame-by-frame control. Check whether the motion still makes sense within the original image.
If you want two people to reproduce an existing performance, consider Video Recast or a ready-made scene rather than asking one still image to invent the full choreography. If a particular soundtrack matters, read the selected mode’s audio contract first. Ordinary photo animation does not automatically inherit a song from a template example or guarantee the same sound options as a source-video workflow.
3. Review settings and the final credit quote
Confirm the mode actually selected in the workbench, then choose a model and the lengths, shapes and quality levels it supports. Review the settings again after changing models or reference media. A fifteen-second template does not establish the duration limit for every general model. Media compatibility and uploadability are different checks: a file can be stored successfully while remaining unsuitable for the chosen generation request.
Read the final credit quote before submitting. Account credits and template video uses are separate entitlements, and the same headline purchase price can describe different rights. Signing in, buying a plan or returning from checkout does not automatically start generation. After verified payment, inspect the selected media and settings and explicitly create the result when you are ready.
4. Follow the existing task before retrying
After submitting, follow that task’s status. Queued, processing and saving are different from confirmed failure. Closing the page does not prove the request was canceled. If the submission is uncertain, recover or inspect the existing task before starting another request. Repeated submission is not a reliable way to test whether a provider has accepted the first one.
A confirmed technical failure restores the charged credits or the relevant template use under the applicable rules. A different version after a successful result is a new generation and carries a new charge. Recover an existing archive rather than calling the model again to solve a storage problem. When contacting support, provide the task reference and time without sending account credentials or unnecessary private material.
5. Inspect the complete video and keep your download
Watch the whole result rather than judging only its opening frame. Check faces, product text, background distortion, continuity and sound. An example demonstrates one output; it does not establish that every ordinary input will behave the same way. Review rights in the source photo, performance and soundtrack before public or commercial use, and do not describe synthetic footage as evidence that the pictured event happened.
Homepage outputs have a seven-day default access period, while Hotel videos are accessible for up to thirty days. Download before expiry. Purchase validity is different from media retention, and a paid order is not a promise of permanent storage. Keep your own original image and useful prompt notes so that you can evaluate a future attempt without relying on a temporary media link.