A Seedance render from our Prompt Library, shown as an example.
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Photo to video in Claude & ChatGPT
Animate your own photo: it becomes the exact first frame, and the prompt only describes the motion.
Example prompt
Your photo
Your photo@ClipSpeed Animate this photo for 5 seconds: she takes a slow sip and smiles at the camera.
Start in 3 steps
- Add ClipSpeed to your AIOne URL for everything:
https://api.clipspeed.ai/mcp. Sign in with ClipSpeed, no API key.Add to ClaudeOther apps - Prepare your briefOne photo, sharp and well lit, in the shape you want the video (9:16 for Shorts and Reels).
- Run your first promptCopy the example, open a new chat, attach anything it needs and send. You see the credits before anything runs and say yes in the chat.
How it goes in the chat
Your photo@ClipSpeed Animate this photo for 5 seconds: she takes a slow sip and smiles at the camera.
Your photo becomes frame one, so I’ll only describe the motion.
ClipSpeedPrompt for this example
Your photoShe sits at a long wooden study table holding the phone out at arm's length, framed chest-up. The phone in her hand is the one recording this, and her eyes go to its lens. Early twenties, blonde hair pulled back, silver over-ear headphones, oversized grey hoodie. She gives a small soft smile and tilts her head; then she brings up a clear plastic cup of iced coffee and sips through the straw, lowers it, glances up and off to the side for a beat, and comes back to the lens with an easy smile. Large public library behind her, tall bookstacks, students working at tables, a long wall of windows, ceiling panel lights. Natural skin texture. One unbroken handheld take, no on-screen text, no logos, no captions.
She walks along a tree-lined park path holding the phone at arm's length, framed chest-up, the frame bobbing gently with her steps. The phone in her hand is the one recording this. Around twenty, long golden-blonde hair, pink over-ear headphones, white crew-neck tee. She is glancing off to the side, lips parted; she turns to the lens and a smile starts, gives a quick wink with a grin, then breaks into a real laugh, eyes creasing, as the low sun flares through her hair. Green leafy trees overhead, a paved path and grass behind her, warm late-day sun backlighting her. Natural skin texture, a golden glow on her cheeks. One unbroken handheld take, no on-screen text, no logos, no captions.
She sits on a bed holding the phone out at arm's length, framed from the knees up. The phone in her hand is the one recording this, and her eyes go to its lens. About twenty, straight light-brown bob with a middle part, freckles across her nose, oversized cream hoodie, black athletic shorts with white side stripes. She looks into the lens with a flat face, closes her eyes in a slow blink, glances off to one side, then comes back and lets a small closed-mouth smile grow, head tilting. A shared room behind her, grey duvet, desks with laptops and office chairs, tall windows throwing bright afternoon sun across her. Natural skin texture. One unbroken handheld take, no on-screen text, no logos, no captions.
Your photo = frame 1Seedance Fast5 s5 credits
This costs 5 credits. Make it?
5 creditsYes, make it
Done. Same photo, now moving.
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