Upload an old photo and the AI adds a few seconds of natural movement - a blink, a breath, the head turning slightly. It works on a scan or just a phone snap of a print.
What the motion looks like
A blink, a breath, a small shift. Small motion is what keeps it looking like them.
Animating an old photo means generating a few seconds of video from a single still, so the person in it blinks, breathes or shifts slightly. Nothing is added that was not in the photo - it is the same image, moving. It does not repair damage or sharpen a blurry scan; that is photo restoration, a different job.
A phone snap works. Get the whole photo in frame, avoid glare, and keep the face as large as you can.
One photo at a time. Faces facing roughly forward animate best.
Optional. Small is usually better here - a blink and a breath reads as real, a big head turn does not.
A short MP4. The original photo is untouched.
You do not need a flatbed scanner. A straight-on photo of the print in decent light is enough.
The point is that it still looks like them. Small, natural motion beats dramatic motion every time.
The photo is used to make your clip and stays in your account.
New accounts get 30 credits, enough for five clips. No card.
The most common reason people try this. One good portrait is all it takes.
A few animated shots make a slideshow feel less like a slideshow.
A short clip of someone moving again lands differently than a still on a screen.
Reunions, weddings, class photos - anything where people are looking at the camera.
The AI reads the face and the scene in your photo and generates a few seconds of video from it - a blink, a breath, a small shift of the head or shoulders. Nothing is added that was not in the photo; it is the same image, moving.
No. This tool adds movement, it does not restore. If your photo is torn, heavily faded or very low resolution, run it through a photo restoration tool first and then bring the cleaned-up version here - the movement will look much better on a sharp image.
A face that is reasonably large in the frame, looking roughly toward the camera, in even light. Profile shots, very small faces and heavy shadows across the face are the three things that most often come out wrong.
Yes, and it is the most common reason people use this. Keep the motion small - a blink and a breath reads as them, while a big movement usually does not. Only upload photos you have the right to use.
On a clear, front-facing portrait it usually does. It gets less convincing as the face gets smaller in the frame, and it cannot invent detail that is not in the original - a blurry face stays a blurry face, just moving.
New accounts get 30 free credits and a clip costs 6, so you get five without a card. The pricing page has the plans.