Video Gen Now

Image to video

Your image becomes the first frame and the model takes it from there. It is the fastest route to a product clip, a moving portrait or an animated illustration, because the look is already decided — you are only directing the motion.

Describe only the motion you want. Your image is already the first frame, so re-describing the scene works against it.

Sign in to upload an image. Everything you have typed is kept.

This model renders a synchronized audio track on every clip — there is nothing to switch on.

13 credits

New accounts start with 20 free credits — enough for one render at these settings. Pricing

Made with this model

Every clip below was rendered here, on the settings shown under it. The caption is the exact prompt that produced it.

The lid of the case lifts open, droplets slide off the shell, and the rim light sweeps across the wet surface as the camera pushes in.

Seedance 2.0 · 720p · 16:9 · 4s

The cat lifts its head, ears turning toward the window, then settles back into the sunbeam as the curtain stirs. Slow push-in, dust drifting through the light.

Seedance 2.5 · 720p · 16:9 · 4s

The cat stretches, blinks awake and settles back down; dust motes drift slowly through the sunbeam. Gentle handheld drift.

MiniMax H3 · 2K · 16:9 · 5s

How image to video works here

  1. Upload the first frame

    JPEG, PNG or WebP. Whatever is in the picture — a face, a bottle, a landscape — is what the model has to keep consistent.

  2. Describe the motion only

    Not the scene. “Steam rises and the camera pushes in” works; re-describing the photo fights the image you just uploaded.

  3. Render

    Seedance 2.0 honours the aspect ratio you pick; MiniMax H3 follows the shape of your image. Both hand back an MP4.

Specs at a glance

ModelDurationResolutionNative audioReference imagesFrom
Seedance 2.04–15 seconds480p · 720p · 1080p · 4KYesNot used38 credits for 5 seconds
Seedance 2.54–30 seconds480p · 720pYesNot used58 credits for 5 seconds
MiniMax H35–15 seconds2KNoNot used130 credits for 5 seconds
MiniMax H3 Max Turbo5–15 seconds480p · 768pYesNot used13 credits for 5 seconds
MiniMax H3 Max5–15 seconds480p · 768pYesNot used25 credits for 5 seconds

Getting motion that holds up

Use a clean, well-lit source. Motion amplifies compression artefacts and blur you would never notice in a still.

Ask for less than you think. A slow push and drifting steam reads as real; a full camera orbit rarely does.

Leave headroom in the frame. Anything cropped tight against an edge has nowhere to move into.

For products, name the material. “Condensation on cold glass” tells the model what the light should be doing.

Image to video questions

Other ways in

AI video generatorTurn a prompt, a photo or reference images into a finished clip. Three models — Seedance 2.0, Seedance 2.5 and MiniMax H3 — in one editor, MP4 export, pay per render in credits.Open this page
Text to videoType a description and get a finished clip. Text to video on Seedance 2.0, Seedance 2.5 and MiniMax H3 — up to 4K, up to 30 seconds, native audio, cost shown before you render.Open this page
Reference to videoUpload reference images and keep the same character, product or style across every shot — up to nine on Seedance 2.0 and MiniMax H3, up to thirty on Seedance 2.5.Open this page
MiniMax H3Run MiniMax H3 in your browser: text, image and reference to video at 2K, 5 to 15 seconds, flat per-second pricing with no aspect-ratio surcharge.Open this page
Seedance 2.0Run ByteDance Seedance 2.0 in your browser: text, image and reference to video, 480p to 4K, 4 to 15 seconds, with synchronized native audio.Open this page
Seedance 2.5Run ByteDance Seedance 2.5 in your browser: text, image and reference to video, up to 30 seconds in a single take, up to 30 reference images, native audio. 480p and 720p.Open this page
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