Image to Video AI

Image to video AI turns a still photo into a short video clip. You upload an image and describe the motion, and the model keeps your subject, colors, and composition as the first frame while it generates the frames that follow, including camera moves like a push-in or a pan. On Krea, image to video runs on models such as Kling 4.0, Veo 3.1, Seedance 2.5, and Wan 3.0.

It depends on the shot, which is why Krea lets you try several models on the same image. Kling 4.0 and Seedance 2.5 handle long, complex motion in clips of up to 30 seconds; Veo 3.1 is strong on realism, generates sound, and renders up to 4K; Wan 3.0 makes clips of up to 30 seconds with native audio. Run one photo through two or three of them and keep the best take.

ChatGPT is good at writing the motion prompt, but the animation itself comes from a video model. Draft your prompt in ChatGPT, then upload your photo here and paste the prompt, and Krea sends both to a model like Kling, Veo, or Seedance.

Yes, you can start for free. A free account gets 100 compute units a day, enough for about two 5-second clips at 512p with LTX-2 19B. Hailuo 2.3 Fast and MiniMax H3 (free only during the current MiniMax promotion) are also open to free accounts, but one clip from either costs more than a day's free units. Kling, Veo 3.1, Seedance 2.5, and Wan 3.0 need a paid plan.

Clear, well-lit photos with one obvious subject animate best, and portraits, product shots, illustrations, and AI-generated images all work. Use the sharpest version you have and avoid tiny thumbnails or heavily compressed files. You can upload JPG, PNG, WebP, HEIC, and HEIF images, and if an old photo is blurry, sharpen it first with the Krea Enhancer.

Describe what moves and what the camera does, in plain words: "slow push-in, she smiles and looks up, hair moving in the wind" works far better than "make it move". Keep it to one or two actions per clip and don't re-describe what's already in the photo. If you leave the prompt empty, Krea uses a simple prompt for subtle, natural motion.

It depends on the model. The longest single clip is 30 seconds, on Kling 4.0, Seedance 2.5, and Wan 3.0; Veo 3.1 makes 4, 6, or 8-second clips and LTX-2 19B makes 5 to 10 seconds. For longer scenes, extend a clip from its last frame in the video tool.

Up to 4K with Veo 3.1 and Flux 3 Video, and up to 1080p with Kling 4.0, Seedance 2.5, Wan 3.0, and MiniMax H3 Max. LTX-2 19B, the most affordable model on the free plan, renders at 512p or 768p. To sharpen a finished clip, run it through the Krea video upscaler.

Most clips are ready in one to five minutes. In Krea's own measurements, the median wait including the queue is about one minute for LTX-2 19B and Hailuo 2.3 Fast, two to three minutes for Veo 3.1, Seedance 2.5, and Wan 3.0, and about four minutes for Kling 4.0. Longer and higher-resolution clips take more time.

Yes. Veo 3.1, Kling 3.0, Wan 3.0, and other supported models generate ambient sound, effects, and speech together with the motion. To sync a portrait to a specific voice recording, use Krea Lipsync, which turns a photo and an audio file into a talking video.

Yes. Kling 4.0, Veo 3.1, Seedance 2.5, Wan 3.0, and MiniMax H3 Max accept a start frame and an end frame and generate the motion between them. It's the easiest way to control a transition, a product reveal, or a seamless loop: your image opens as the start frame in the video tool, where you can add the end frame.

Most models support landscape 16:9 and portrait 9:16, and many also offer square 1:1 and ratios such as 4:3 or 21:9. Choose 9:16 for TikTok, Reels, and Shorts, and 16:9 for YouTube.

Yes. Krea is available in 11 languages, including Spanish, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, and Indonesian, and you can write your motion prompt in your own language. If a model misreads a prompt, rewriting it in English usually helps.

Yes, on a paid plan. Paid Krea plans include a commercial license for the videos you create, so you can use them in ads, client work, and products. Only animate images you own or have permission to use.

No. Krea doesn't add a visible watermark to the videos you generate. Some model providers embed invisible provenance markers, such as Google's SynthID in Veo videos.

Krea is SOC 2 compliant, which means an independent auditor has examined its security controls; the Krea Security page has the details. Your upload is used to generate your video and provide the product, and the Krea Privacy Policy explains how files are stored, deleted, and used. Only animate photos of people who have agreed to it.

Krea puts the leading image-to-video models in one workspace, including Kling 4.0, Veo 3.1, Seedance 2.5, Wan 3.0, MiniMax, and Flux 3 Video, so you aren't tied to one company's model. Kling's own app runs only Kling models, and avatar tools like HeyGen center on talking presenters. On Krea you can also set end frames, extend clips, and upscale the result in the same place.

Text to video generates a clip from a written description alone, so the model decides how everything looks. Image to video starts from your picture, so the subject, style, and composition stay the way you want, and the prompt only has to describe the motion. To generate from text, use the AI video generator.