Turn a Photo into Video with Vidu
Upload a still image, add a motion prompt, and create a video draft that keeps the original subject in view while changing movement and camera behavior.
Image-to-Video Workflow Comparison
Compare image-to-video, text-to-video, and reference-led workflows to choose the best starting point for your project.
| Decision area | Vidu workflow | Manual workflows often need extra tools to turn still assets into motion-ready video. |
|---|---|---|
| Starting input | Use image-to-video when a photo should become a video, or choose text-to-video or reference-to-video when the project needs a different starting point. | Manual workflows often require separate tools to turn still assets into motion-ready video. |
| Creative control | Vidu supports source-image-led generation with prompt and reference guidance to keep the output aligned with the original visual. | Generic workflows may need more manual editing to match the intended look and motion. |
| Workflow fit | Vidu is built for creators, marketers, agencies, and developers making cinematic clips, anime, social content, product ads, and multi-shot stories. | Manual or generic workflows usually need more stitching across tools for the same content types. |
| Account access | You must log in before using Vidu generation services. | Some generic tools may offer limited access patterns, but account rules vary by platform. |
| Export and watermark | Free-user exports may include a watermark; paid members can choose watermark or no-watermark exports under current settings. | Manual or generic exports depend on the tool’s own export and branding rules. |
What Is an AI Video Generator from Image?
An image-to-video workflow treats a still picture as the first frame of a new clip. The image provides subject, style, and composition cues, while the prompt guides motion and scene behavior.
How to Generate Video from an Image
1. Upload an image you have the right to use. 2. Describe the motion you want. 3. Add camera or atmosphere details. 4. Generate a draft. 5. Review identity, stability, and scene continuity.
How to Use AI Video Generator from Image
Upload Starting Frame
Open Vidu Image to Video and upload your first image as the starting frame; add a second image as the ending frame if you want a defined transition.
Set Prompt and Options
Describe what the subject should do in the prompt, then choose the available generation settings such as model, mode, motion strength, style preference, and output length.
Create and Download
Click Create, wait for the video to finish, then preview the result and download it if the motion and transition look right.
Creator Drafts
AI Video Generator from Image helps you turn a single image into a quick video draft for creator content, social posts, or campaign review, and the image animation workflow makes that first step feel natural.
Marketing Tests
An AI Video Generator from Image helps you shape a still photo into a moving concept that is easy to assess before you invest in a larger production workflow, and the image animation workflow gives you a practical way to explore motion from a single frame.
Team Review
Use the first image based video output with collaborators to judge whether the motion, timing, and scene direction should be adjusted or taken in a new direction, or whether a motion direction approach would better match the creative goal.
Image to Video Follow Up Paths
Frequently Asked
Questions
Use AI Video Generator from Image when you want to turn a still picture into a video draft quickly and see how the scene might move before you refine it further.
The workflow works best when you begin with a focused AI Video Generator from Image test and one clear outcome in mind.
Compare the result against the original goal before refining, exporting, or scaling the project.
Turn an Image into Video
Start with one focused image-to-video test in Vidu, then use the result to decide whether to refine motion, adjust the prompt, or export.