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Animate a photo

Make your photo move. Your dog turns to the camera, the clouds drift over your holiday view, your fan art comes alive. Write what should happen and VIDIO turns the photo into a short clip with sound, up to 10 seconds in 720p.

Animate a photo

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Photo

720p·8 s·56 credits

How to animate a photo

Three steps, and the hardest one is choosing the photo.

  1. Upload a photo

    Pets, places, products, drawings: any JPG, PNG or WEBP. Tall photos make tall clips.

    Drop a photo

    JPG · PNG · WEBP

  2. Describe the motion

    Tell it what should move and how: "the cat blinks and stretches, the camera slowly pulls back".

    CameraMotionSound
  3. Get your clip

    Watch it with sound, download the MP4, or change the request and make another.

    With sound
    720p·8 s·56 credits
    DownloadNew clip

What you can animate

Pets, places, cars and more

Real photos and the clips VIDIO made from them.

Write it, watch it move

Type what should happen. The photo becomes the first frame of a clip with motion and sound.

Photo

720p·8 s·56 credits

Your pet

A sniff, a head tilt, a look into the camera.

Photo

720p·8 s·56 credits

Your car

Snow spraying, the engine roaring, the camera following.

Photo

720p·8 s·56 credits

Your view

Clouds drift, the sun goes down, the city lights up.

Photo

720p·8 s·56 credits

Fan art without the names

Describe a character by how they look. If you use a name, VIDIO turns it into a description.

You write

Make Captain Nova wave at the camera, then fly up out of frame.

The AI animates

The hero in the silver suit and red cape waves at the camera, then flies up out of frame.

7 credits per second

An 8-second clip is 56 credits. If your request is refused, you pay nothing.

Clip length4 s
010 s

28credits

4 × 7

Refused request0 credits

Then edit it in VibeEdit

Drop the clip into a VibeEdit project with the rest of your videos.

VibeEdit project
Your clip

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Ideas

What people animate

Small, natural motion looks best: a turn, a breeze, a slow camera move.

  • 0:08

    9:16

    Clip

    Pet lovers

    The photo of your dog, moving

    Ears lift, the head tilts, the tail wags. Share it as a Reel or a story.

    Reels9:16 · 0:08

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  • Petals falling
    Blade drawn
    Character name

    Your request

    Fan artists

    Fan art that moves

    Animate your drawing of a game or anime character, described by look: "the white-haired swordsman draws his blade as petals fall".

    TikTok9:16 · 0:08

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  • 0s

    720p

    Longest clip

    Travelers

    Holiday photos with motion

    The waves roll, the clouds move, the camera drifts over the view you photographed.

    Instagram16:9 · 0:10

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  • 0cr

    8 s × 7

    Credits

    Illustrators

    A painting with a breath of life

    Light shifts across the canvas, leaves sway, the camera pushes in slowly.

    MP416:9 · 0:08

    More for Videographers
  • 0cr

    6 s × 7

    Credits

    Car fans

    Your car, driving off

    From a parked shot to a pull-away with the engine sound.

    Shorts9:16 · 0:06

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FAQ7

Frequently asked questions

Upload the photo, write what should move and how, and VIDIO makes a short video clip that starts from your picture, with sound. You can write the request in your own language.

AI photo animation is part of the Pro, Business and Studio plans. It costs 7 credits per second of the finished clip: 56 credits for an 8-second clip and 70 credits for the longest, 10-second clip. If the AI refuses your request, you are not charged, and a run that fails is refunded in full.

Every clip is a 720p MP4 with sound, up to 10 seconds long. Clips are 8 seconds unless you ask for another length (4 to 10 seconds) in your request. A wide photo makes a 16:9 clip and a tall photo a 9:16 clip, or you can pick the shape yourself.

Photos of recognizable real people may be refused, and so are requests that make a real person say or do something. Sexual or nude content, anything harmful involving minors and gore are always refused. Names of people and characters are turned into descriptions before the video model sees them. A refused request costs nothing.

Yes. Describe the character by how they look, for example "the white-haired swordsman in a long black coat". If your request names a character or a real person, VIDIO replaces the name with a description of how they look in your photo, because the video model refuses names.

Say what moves first and what follows, how the camera moves (push-in, orbit, tracking shot, slow pan), the mood and the sound, as one continuous shot. For example: "The dog sniffs the air, then turns to the camera and tilts its head, ears lifting. Slow push-in, soft birdsong in the background." You can write in your own language.

Yes. Download the finished clip and add it to a VibeEdit project like any other footage, so it plays between your other videos, with your music and captions.

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