Clay animation and AI stop motion stories

Claymation AI Video Generator

Write a story, pick the Claymation style, and ClipNova makes the whole video in handmade clay: soft plasticine textures, fingerprints and tiny sets, with a narrator or characters who talk, captions and music. Your clay characters look the same in every scene and every episode.

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Claymation AI video generator: three 9:16 clay animation stories with captions, a girl in a yellow raincoat with a clay frog, a walrus lighthouse keeper and a rainy clay town
How it works

One story. A finished clay episode.

Here is one claymation story followed from the first line to the finished video: Tilly, a girl in a yellow raincoat, and Moss, her clumsy clay frog, chasing a lost kite to the lighthouse of Captain Gus.

  1. Claymation AI video generator: the style presets with Claymation selected next to a clay frame of Tilly and Moss
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    The look

    Pick the Claymation style

    In Prompt to Video, choose Claymation in the style presets. Every scene gets the handmade look: bumpy plasticine, visible fingerprints, miniature sets and soft studio light. You never write a clay prompt by hand.

  2. Claymation AI video generator: a one-line story idea next to the same clay episode written as a script
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    The story

    Write one line, or the whole script

    Describe the episode in a sentence, like "Tilly and Moss chase a runaway kite to the lighthouse", or paste your full script. ClipNova writes the scenes from it and keeps them in your order.

  3. Claymation AI video generator: three saved clay characters, Tilly, Moss the frog and Captain Gus the walrus, each with a name
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    Your characters (optional)

    Save the clay cast once

    Add Tilly, Moss and Captain Gus with a face and a name, so they look the same in every scene. This step is optional: skip it and ClipNova creates the characters from your script. Have a photo? Image to Cartoon can redraw it as a clay figure first.

  4. Claymation AI video generator: Moss the clay frog talking with lip sync next to the voice options, narrator or talking characters
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    The voice

    A narrator, or clay characters who talk

    Pick a narrator in one of 18 languages for a bedtime-story feel, on Base, Pro or Ultra. Or choose talking characters, and Tilly and Moss say their own lines on screen with lip sync, on Base (768p) or Pro (1080p).

  5. Claymation AI video generator: the finished clay episode with captions, Tilly and Moss at the lighthouse with Captain Gus
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    Finished

    Captions and music in, up to 5 minutes

    Captions and music are added for you, in 9:16, 16:9 or 1:1, from a few seconds up to 5 minutes. Download without a watermark. If one scene is off, fix just that scene in Studio.

  6. Claymation AI video generator: a series of clay episodes with Tilly and Moss, episodes 1 to 4 with their titles
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    The next one

    Turn it into a clay series

    Put the cast in a Series and post a new clay episode every week: the same characters, episodes from 30 seconds to 5 minutes, and a story memory that remembers what already happened.

What people make

Four kinds of clay videos, one look each time.

Every frame below is an illustration made for this page, with original characters.

Clay bedtime story: Tilly asleep in a clay bed with Moss the frog reading a tiny book by a lamp
Kids stories

Clay bedtime stories

Gentle narrated stories for kids with a recurring clay hero, a new episode every night.

Clay explainer: Captain Gus pointing at a clay model of the moon and the sea to explain the tides
Explainers

Clay explainer videos

One idea per scene and a clay host who guides the viewer. The Series Explainer template starts in Claymation.

Cosy clay short: Moss the frog burning clay pancakes in a tiny kitchen while Tilly laughs
Cosy shorts

Cosy clay shorts and sitcoms

Small funny moments in tiny clay worlds, with characters who talk to each other.

Seasonal clay special: Tilly and Moss decorating a snowy clay tree outside the lighthouse
Holidays

Seasonal clay specials

Holiday and birthday episodes with the same cast, posted when people are looking for them.

Questions about the claymation AI video generator.

How do I make a claymation video with AI?+

Open Prompt to Video, write your story or paste a script, choose Claymation in the style presets, pick a narrator or talking characters, and generate. ClipNova creates the clay scenes and adds the voice, captions and music.

Is it real stop motion?+

No. It's AI video in a clay animation style: plasticine textures, fingerprints and miniature sets, with smooth motion. There is no frame-by-frame setting, so if you want the choppy stop motion feel, say so in your prompt.

Do my clay characters stay the same?+

Yes. Save them in the Characters card (a face and a name, up to 4 per video) and they keep the same look in every scene. In a Series, the same cast comes back in every episode.

Can my clay characters talk?+

Yes. With talking characters, each one says their lines on screen with lip sync in the voice you pick, on Base (768p) or Pro (1080p). Or use a narrator in one of 18 languages.

Can I turn a photo into a clay character?+

Yes. Image to Cartoon has a Claymation style that redraws your photo as a clay figure. Use only photos of yourself, your pets or people who agreed.

How long can a claymation video be, and what does it cost?+

From a few seconds up to 5 minutes, in 9:16, 16:9 or 1:1. Series episodes run 30 seconds or 1, 2, 3 or 5 minutes. Plans start at $39/mo, videos download without a watermark and every plan includes commercial rights.

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