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Animating a picture

Turn any picture into a video clip by describing how it should move.

In the Video lane, a picture becomes a short clip. The picture is already the scene, so your prompt only says what moves and what the camera does.

Your picture
A cartoon robot reading a book in a hammock between two palm trees.
The clip
One picture in, a moving clip out.

Make a clip

  1. 1
    Click Video in the sidebar. The Studio opens on the Video lane, with Auto picked as the model.
  2. 2
    Under Source image, click Upload a photo or Library.
  3. 3
    Pick a Length. The price on the button changes with it.
  4. 4
    In Prompt, describe the motion and the camera: “slow push-in, hair moving in the wind”. Leave it empty and you get subtle, natural motion.
  5. 5
    Click Generate video. A card follows the run, and the clip lands in the result panel and your Library.
TipJust made a picture? Under the result, 🎬 Animate this with Kling 2.5 Turbo Pro starts a clip in one click.

Auto or a model you pick

Auto always runs Kling 2.5 Turbo Pro and charges its price. Its button reads cost varies instead of a number. Auto also hides the end frame, ✨ Direct and the Avoid box. Pick Kling 2.5 Turbo Pro yourself to get them — same model, same price, and the exact number on the button.

Every other model is in the Model list. The Best for filter and the Cheapest sort help you choose. Good places to start:

Everyday
Kling 2.5 Turbo Pro — reliable motion and camera control, 5 or 10 seconds. Takes an end frame.
Lowest price
Grok Video 1.5 Lite — the cheapest way to animate a picture. It makes sound, runs 5 to 15 seconds, and goes up to 1080p.
With sound
Veo 3.1, Veo 3.1 Fast, Veo 3.1 Lite, Kling v3 Pro, Kling 2.6 Pro and Grok Video 1.5 Lite make sound with the clip. The sound is included in the price.
Longer clips
Seedance 2.5 goes up to 30 seconds. Seedance 2.0, the Kling v3 models, Wan 3.0 Prime, Grok Video 1.5 Lite and the H3 models go up to 15.

Length, resolution and shape

Each model offers its own lengths under Length. Some also offer a Resolution choice. Longer and sharper clips cost more, and the button always shows the exact price for your choices — see How video pricing works.

The clip takes its shape from your picture. For a vertical clip, start from a 9:16 picture.

Let ✨ Direct write the prompt

Every picture-to-video model except Auto has ✨ Direct · free under the prompt. Type a few rough words (“slow push-in, fog”), or none, and press it. An AI film director looks at your picture — and your end frame, if you set one — and writes a full motion prompt into the box.

It also fills in Avoid. On a model without an Avoid box, those words go at the end of the prompt instead.

Pressing is free. 9 credits are added once, when you generate, and the button shows + 9 ✨. You get 25 free presses a day once you’ve bought credits, or 3 on sign-up credits alone.

More controls

Avoid (negative prompt, optional)
Words for what you don’t want: “floating, sliding feet, morphing faces, text”. On Kling 2.5 Turbo Pro, Kling v3 Pro, Kling 2.6 Pro, the three Veo 3.1 models and PixVerse V5.
End frame · optional
A second picture showing where the motion ends. It makes the clip travel. See Using an end frame.
@ Entities
Type @ in the prompt to name a saved character, prop or place. Picture-to-video models get its written description, so it needs one. See Entities.
🎨 Style
Opens the style gallery. Pick a look, and “in the style of @…” is added to your prompt.
Versions
Start 1 to 4 takes at once and keep the best. Each is its own run and charge, and the button shows the total.
Video lane settings for Kling 2.5 Turbo Pro: source and end frame, length, prompt with Direct and Style, Avoid, Versions and the Generate button.

While it renders

A video takes from under a minute to several minutes. The picker shows each model’s usual time. The run’s card shows your place in line, then the time left.

You don’t have to wait. Start another run, or leave the page — videos keep rendering and land in your Library. Come back to the Studio and their cards return.

Cancel · refund
Shows while the run waits in line. Cancel then and your credits come back. Once it starts rendering, it finishes.
Busy right now
A note under the button when this model’s runs are waiting to start. You can still go ahead: a run that can’t start within 15 minutes is refunded automatically.
🔔 Tell me when it's ready
A desktop notification and a chime when a run finishes while you’re on another tab. This browser remembers the choice.
📧 Email me when it's ready
An email when a video finishes after you’ve left the page. Saved to your account.

When the clip is done, ✂️ Send this clip to Clip tools under it lets you upscale, extend or edit it. See Clip tools.

More in Creating Images, Video & Audio

Generating images
Make one to four pictures from a prompt, in the shape you need.
Editing photos with instructions
Change any picture by describing the change in plain words.
Upscaling images
Make a picture bigger and sharper, from a quick cheap sharpen to brand-new fine detail.
Removing objects with the erase brush
Paint over anything and it disappears, with the background filled in.

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