Image-to-Video Workflow

Lock the frame as a still, then animate — the professional route.

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AI Video Creation — Beginner to Advanced

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1. 00:00Image-to-Video Workflow. Lock the frame as a still, then animate — the professional route.
2. 00:05Text-to-video gives you a lottery ticket.
3. 00:10Image-to-video gives you a storyboard you already approved.
4. 00:15Generate (or shoot) a keyframe, fix it until it is perfect, then hand it to the motion model with a short motion-only prompt.
5. 00:24Step 1 — Generate the keyframe at high resolution with an image model.
6. 00:29Step 2 — Repair it: faces, hands, text, logos. A flaw in the still becomes a flaw in every frame.
7. 00:37Step 3 — Write a motion prompt only: what moves, and how the camera moves.
8. 00:43Step 4 — Generate 3-5 variations, keep the one with the least warping.
9. 00:48Motion-only prompt (js): // The image already defines subject, environment and grade.…
10. 00:53Note: Aspect ratio is decided by the keyframe. Produce 16:9 for YouTube and a separate 9:16 keyframe for Shorts/TikTok — never crop a 16:9 generation to vertical.

Text-to-video gives you a lottery ticket. Image-to-video gives you a storyboard you already approved. Generate (or shoot) a keyframe, fix it until it is perfect, then hand it to the motion model with a short motion-only prompt.

• Step 1 — Generate the keyframe at high resolution with an image model.
• Step 2 — Repair it: faces, hands, text, logos. A flaw in the still becomes a flaw in every frame.
• Step 3 — Write a motion prompt only: what moves, and how the camera moves.
• Step 4 — Generate 3-5 variations, keep the one with the least warping.

// The image already defines subject, environment and grade.
const motion = 'Subject breathes and slowly turns head to camera. ' +
  'Camera: gentle 5% push-in. Hair and steam drift. No cuts.';