Upload a photo of yourself, a friend, your pet or a cartoon character, describe the dance in a sentence, and ClipNova turns the still into a dancing video. Pick a look, add your own song and captions, and export it in 9:16 for TikTok, Reels and Shorts.
In the app, open AI Video Studio and choose Image to Video. Here is one project from start to finish: Maya, in an orange hoodie on a mural street, turned from a still photo into a dance clip. The frames are illustrations of the kind of video you can make.
Upload a PNG, JPG or WebP up to 10 MB. A full-body photo of you, a friend, your dog or a cartoon mascot works best. The photo is the subject reference, so the dancer keeps the same face, hair and outfit. One photo is enough on Base and Ultra quality, Pro needs at least two photos of the same subject, and Base takes up to seven.
Write the dance in the Scene description box, for example: she dances an upbeat hip-hop routine on the street, arms up on the beat, full body in frame, static camera. There are no dance templates and no copying from a reference video: you describe the moves, the energy and the camera, and the clip follows your words. A full body in frame and a still camera give the cleanest moves.
Choose one of 15 style presets. Realism keeps the photo look, while Disney / Pixar 3D, Anime, Claymation, Ghibli or Cinematic turn the same dancer into a 3D cartoon, an anime hero or a clay puppet. Pick the quality too: Base, Pro or Ultra are open on every plan, and the higher tiers use more credits.
9:16 is the default, made for TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts. Switch to 16:9 for YouTube or 1:1 for a feed post. Leave the length on Auto or set it yourself: single clips run 4, 6 or 8 seconds on Base and Ultra, 5 or 10 on Pro. For a longer routine, ClipNova builds videos of up to 5 minutes shot by shot, with the same dancer in every shot.
Clips are rendered silent, so the sound is yours to choose. In Voice, music & captions, upload your own track as background music (there is no music library). Narrate the story is on by default and adds an AI voiceover; captions are transcribed from it and burned in, in about 20 styles such as Karaoke, Hormozi or Neon. The music is lowered under the voice automatically. For a pure dance clip, switch narration off and keep just your song.
Open the video in the Studio to trim or reorder scenes, change the music or restyle the captions, then export. Every plan includes commercial rights and no watermark, so the clip is ready for your own account or a client's.
Dance clips are some of the most shared videos on TikTok, Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts. Most people looking for an AI dance video generator want one thing: take a photo, of themselves, a friend, a pet, a cartoon character or an old family picture, and watch it dance.
In ClipNova that photo is the starting point. It is the subject reference, so the person or character keeps their look while the moves come from your description. Because you write the dance in words instead of picking a template, it can be anything: a hip-hop routine on the street, a slow waltz in a garden, a happy dog bouncing on the rug, a mascot doing a victory dance.
When a short clip grows into a full story, the same project goes up to 5 minutes, with the same dancer in every shot, a voiceover, captions and your music, finished in one pass.
Starting from a song or a different style? Try Image to Video, Music to Video, AI cartoon video generator, AI anime video generator, faceless reels generator or the subtitle generator.
Upload a full-body selfie, describe a trend-style routine and post the 9:16 clip with your own track on top.
A full-body photo of your dog or cat, a bouncy dance in one sentence, and a clip the whole family will share.
Bring your grandparents' party or wedding photo to life with a slow, gentle dance for an anniversary or birthday video.
Upload a mascot or a cartoon character and make it dance in the Disney / Pixar 3D or Anime look, for a launch or a fan post.
A tool that turns a still photo into a video of the person or character dancing. In ClipNova you upload the photo in Image to Video, describe the dance, and get a clip in 9:16, 16:9 or 1:1, with your music and captions if you want them.
Yes. Upload a clear full-body photo, describe the dance and keep the whole body in frame. The photo is the subject reference, so your face, hair and outfit stay the same while you dance.
Use photos of yourself, of people who agreed to it, or of AI characters. Don't upload someone's photo to make them dance without their consent.
Neither. There are no dance presets and no motion copying from a reference video. You describe the moves in words, such as arms up on the beat, a spin, a knee lift, and the clip follows your description.
There are two routes. Image to Video animates your photo and you add your song as background music; the clip is not cut to the beat. Music to Video starts from the song instead: upload an mp3, wav, m4a, aac or ogg up to 20 MB, describe a theme, and it makes shots cut to the beat (beat-synced on Pro and Ultra) that follow the lyrics. It does not animate an uploaded photo.
Single clips run 4 to 8 seconds (4, 6 or 8 on Base and Ultra, 5 or 10 on Pro), or leave it on Auto. Longer videos of up to 5 minutes are built shot by shot, with the same dancer in every shot.
Yes. Pick one of the 15 style presets, such as Disney / Pixar 3D, Anime, Claymation or Ghibli, and the same dancer is drawn in that look. Realism keeps it looking like the photo.
Yes. Every plan includes commercial rights and exports have no watermark. Plans start at $19/mo.
Join creators turning ideas into scroll-stopping videos, no crew, no software, no learning curve.
