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Compare available Image to Video models without leaving your project. Each offers its own settings and credit estimate.
Image to Video AI
Animate photos and illustrations with SeaDance Image to Video AI. Choose a model, upload your picture and describe the movement you want.
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Image to Video AI,
one place to explore motion
Explore plansPhotos and illustrations in motion
Use Image to Video to animate a portrait, drawing or product photo. Your reference supplies the look; your prompt guides the action.
Sound when your model supports it
Explore Image to Video with audio on compatible models. Check the selected model’s controls before planning a scene around sound.
Give the movement direction
Tell Image to Video AI what the subject does and how the camera moves. Start with a single action to make revisions easier.
Keep the details that matter
Use a clear reference and describe the features you want to preserve. Review faces, edges and moving objects before downloading.
Bring your pictures to life with Image to Video
How to use Image to Video
Turn a picture into a clip in three steps, right in the workspace above.
Explore plansImage to Video for your creative workflow
Give existing visuals another use, from a social opener to an illustrated scene.
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Content creators
Build a moving opener from your photography and include it in your next social edit.
Product marketers
Explore camera movement and atmosphere around a product before choosing a campaign direction.
Artists and animators
Try movement and timing with a character sketch or illustrated frame.
Start Image to Video with a strong reference
Choose a sharp image with a readable subject. Keep enough room around it for the action you describe.
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Get more from Image to Video AI
Use concrete instructions to make each new version easier to assess.
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Subject action
Give Image to Video AI one main action and a direction. Add secondary movement only when it helps the shot.
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Camera and pacing
Set the pace of your Image to Video scene with a fixed camera, a slow push or a tracking move.
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Visual consistency
Name the details that should stay recognizable. Generated motion can change an image, so inspect the result carefully.
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Flexible formats
Choose Image to Video settings for your destination. Available ratios, durations and resolutions follow the selected model.
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Reusable references
Keep working with the same photo while you refine the motion. Clear removes current attachments without deleting saved uploads.
Where Image to Video fits your work
Choose a purpose for your next clip, then build from an image you already have.
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Social content
Create an opening moment for a series with Image to Video, using your own portrait or lifestyle photo.
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Campaign ideas
Compare a quiet scene with a more active Image to Video variation before settling on an approach.
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Product stories
Plan a reveal around lighting, framing and one deliberate movement.
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Animated concepts
Use Image to Video to test a storyboard frame and discuss the timing with your team.
Image to Video questions, answered
Create your next scene with Image to Video
Choose a SeaDance AI plan and give your images a new role in your next project.
Your image is the starting point
Text promptsImage referencesModel choicesFlexible formats