Videos in minutes
Upload a photo and walk away with a finished clip, motion, voiceover and music included, while a traditional edit is still stuck on the storyboard.
Drop in any photo or image, a portrait, product shot, landscape or piece of art. ClipNova reads the scene and prepares it for animation.
ClipNova adds camera motion, movement, voice and music, guided by your prompt. A cinematic clip from a single image, ready in under 60 seconds.
Add subtitles, a voiceover and music, then fine-tune the montage. Export your finished video in vertical or any format, ready to download and share.
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Optional. Leave everything off for a silent clip.
Everything Image to Video hands you that a static photo never will.
Upload a photo and walk away with a finished clip, motion, voiceover and music included, while a traditional edit is still stuck on the storyboard.
Drop in a single image and ClipNova turns it into footage you can publish. No shot list, no editing software, no crew, no reshoot.
Motion, pacing and captions are tuned from millions of top-performing shorts, so every animated photo lands ready for the For You Page, not buried in the feed.
Tell us what you want to make and we'll point you to the ClipNova tool that fits your idea best.
Find your toolTraditional video production starts with a shoot and ends weeks later with a finished video. Image-to-video starts from a photo you already have and animates it in minutes.
Image to Video AI is a tool that transforms a still photo or image into a complete, moving video. Simply upload the picture you want to animate and describe the motion, and our AI video generator handles the camera movement, animation, sound effects, and even potential voiceovers. It's the perfect solution for quickly producing unique video content from images you already have, for social media, marketing, or creative projects, without needing complex editing skills.
It's incredibly simple! First, upload the photo or image you want to bring to life. Second, describe the motion you want and set any audio preferences. Third, click 'Animate Image.' Our AI will then process your image and generate a video, turning your still picture into a moving clip.
Clear, high-resolution images with a well-defined subject work best. Portraits, product shots, landscapes, and artwork all animate beautifully. In your motion prompt, be descriptive about the camera move and movement you want (e.g. 'slow push-in', 'gentle parallax', 'hair drifting in the wind') and the mood and style. The clearer your image and prompt, the more accurately our AI can animate video that matches your vision.
Our AI is designed to enhance your animated clip with appropriate audio. It automatically generates relevant sound effects (SFX) and ambience based on the content of your image and prompt. Depending on your settings, the AI can also generate a voiceover to narrate the scene using our range of AI voices.
You can animate your image into any format. By default, videos are optimized for 9:16, perfect for TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and Instagram Reels, but you can also export widescreen and square formats.
Animation time typically takes just a few minutes. The length and complexity of the motion can slightly affect the duration. Your AI-generated video will be ready to view as soon as it's done.
Animating images with our Image to Video AI consumes credits from your account. The specific number of credits required will be displayed before you generate the video and depends on your current subscription plan.
Yes. Once your video is generated, you can add subtitles, a voiceover and background music to refine it before exporting and downloading your finished video.
Yes. When you upload your own image and animate it, the resulting video is yours to use and share according to your plan. Please make sure you have the rights to any image you upload, and avoid animating photos of real people without their consent.
Absolutely. Your motion prompt is where you direct the shot. Specify the camera move (push-in, orbit, pan, parallax), what should move in the scene, the pacing, and the overall style (e.g. 'cinematic', 'dreamy', 'energetic'). Experiment with different phrasing to see varied results from the same image.
Yes. 'Image to Video' starts from a photo or image you upload and animates it into a moving clip, keeping your original picture as the anchor. 'Prompt to Video' starts from a text description alone and generates the visuals from scratch. Use Image to Video when you already have the image you want to bring to life.
Videos made with our Image to Video AI are optimized for short-form platforms like TikTok, YouTube Shorts, and Instagram Reels, especially in 9:16. However, you can download your creations and share them across any social media platform, website, or presentation where engaging video content is valued.
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