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What a Single Still Turns Into

Three image to video jobs that start with a frame you already own.

01 / 03

Turn a Paid-For Product Shot Into a Listing Clip

You commissioned that packshot once. Image to video reuses the exact frame as its opening state, so the packaging, colour and angle buyers recognise survive into motion.

02 / 03

Cut One Campaign Frame Into a Week of Posts

An approved key visual rarely gets used twice. Push it through image to video at a different ratio and length each time, and one sign-off carries a week.

03 / 03

Move a Concept Render Before the Client Meeting

Static boards get talked over; a looping render gets watched. Test the deck frame at a draft tier, then spend a full-tier run on the panel that survived.

What Happens Between Your Still and the Clip

Your upload is not a reference the model glances at — it is the first state of the timeline. Image to video reads depth, subject edges and light direction out of that frame and extends them forward, so the product or face you signed off on stays recognisable. Text-to-video invents the composition; image to video inherits yours.

A savanna sunset still extended into drifting cloud

Three Faces of the Image to Video Panel

Where the still comes from, what an attempt costs, how many cuts.

A portrait still loaded into the image to video panel

Two Ways to Get the Still In

Upload a photo, screenshot or render, or build the frame in the Vorapix image studio and carry it over. One balance covers both.

This Face Covers

  • Bring Your Own Frame

    Camera files, renders and screenshots qualify

  • Make It Next Door

    Draft the still next door, hand it over

  • One Balance Either Way

    Stills and clips bill from one balance

What the Image to Video Panel Gives You

Every image to video control and output spec, on screen.

01Fidelity

Your Frame Is the Anchor

Starts from your pixels, so layout and detail carry

02Resolution

480p Through 4K

Draft small, re-run the keeper at full size

03Runtime

Four, Five or Ten Seconds

A tier picked per run, not an export you trim

04Aspect

Landscape, Portrait or Auto

Pick the shape up front; it renders natively at it

05Cost

Credit Cost on the Button

Engine, length and size priced before you commit

06Repeat

Runs Kept With Settings

Clips keep the seed and options behind them

Stills People Send Through Image to Video First

Six folders that already exist, and what leaves each.

A small store's stocked shelf, a photo the seller already owns

Shelf Stills Nobody Has Time to Reshoot

Sellers own one clean photo per item and no shoot budget. Load the packshot, ask for a slow push, run the range through image to video at an entry tier.

Typical Runs

  • Packshot to a five second loop
  • Shelf photo to a vertical hook
  • Bestseller re-run, higher tier
  • Seasonal set, frame by frame
A campaign team walking placements pinned across a board

One Hero Frame, Every Channel It Covers

Campaign owners get one approved visual and four placements. Instead of briefing four edits, they push the signed-off frame through image to video once per channel.

Typical Runs

  • Vertical hook from the key visual
  • Wide pre-roll, same frame
  • Second length for a partner
  • Seed locked, set stays matched
An artist inking a concept board on a pen tablet

Concept Boards That Move Before the Pitch

Illustrators and 3D artists show frames that take a day to animate by hand. The board becomes the image to video opening state, and the survivor gets a full-tier run.

Typical Runs

  • Character sheet to an idle loop
  • Environment board, drifting light
  • Style frame for a deck
  • Cheap pass first, full tier after
An agent photographing an empty room on a phone

Listing Photos Stuck Twelve to a Page

Property galleries are stills nobody scrolls twice. Each room photo becomes a slow push, so the portal slot gets motion without booking a videographer.

Typical Runs

  • Room still to a slow push
  • Vertical cut for the portal
  • Whole gallery at one tier
  • Re-run when the price moves
Hands over a printed cover proof on a studio table

Cover Art That Only Gets Posted Once

Labels and publishers commission artwork for a single release, then post it flat. That artwork becomes the opening frame of an announce loop instead.

Typical Runs

  • Cover to an announce loop
  • Second length for the pre-save
  • Square cut for the feed
  • Draft pass first
A headshot session running against a studio backdrop

Team Headshots the Careers Page Reuses

Hiring posts get one portrait per person and nothing else. The signed-off headshot becomes a short intro cut, so nobody sits for a second session.

Typical Runs

  • Portrait to an intro cut
  • One look across the team
  • Vertical cut for the job post
  • Re-run as people join

Three Moves From Still to Clip

What you click on the image to video panel, in order.

  1. 01
    Step

    Drop In the Opening Frame

    Drag a photo or render onto the panel, or bring one from the image studio. It becomes the first state.

  2. 02
    Step

    Set Tier, Ratio and Length

    Choose the image to video tier, aspect and runtime, plus a motion line if the shot needs direction.

  3. 03
    Step

    Run It, Then Re-Run the Winner

    Generate, review, then send the version that worked back through image to video at a higher tier.

Image to Video, Answered Before You Spend a Credit

Mechanics, limits, cost and rights before your first run.

How does image to video decide what moves in a frame that never moved?

It estimates depth and separates subject from background, then predicts a plausible continuation — parallax behind the subject, weight shifts, drift in cloud.

What does image to video do that keyframing a still cannot?

Editing software only moves pixels that already exist, so a keyframed still is a pan or a parallax cut-out. Image to video generates frames never photographed.

Which stills come out worst from image to video?

Heavily compressed uploads, tiny crops, dense text and busy group shots disappoint most — too little detail to extend. Re-upload the largest copy you have.

Can one image to video upload cover a vertical story and a wide pre-roll?

Yes, as two runs off one file rather than an export cropped later. Set the portrait ratio and run it, then switch to landscape. Each pass generates at its own aspect.

What does one image to video run cost, and what do sign-up credits cover?

Cost follows the engine tier, resolution and length you pick, and the figure sits on the run button before credits leave. New accounts start with 10 free credits.

Can these clips go into client work and paid ads?

Commercial use follows your plan, so check the pricing terms before a campaign ships. Rights in the source still are separate: upload only work you own.

Do I need an account and a prompt before the first image to video run?

An account, yes — generation starts once you sign in. A prompt, no: the still alone is a valid image to video input.

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