AI Image to Video Generator

Video models handle images in three different ways, and picking the wrong one is the most common reason a clip disappoints. Cinel labels them clearly:

1. First frame: your image opens the clip and the model invents what happens next. Best for "bring this photo to life".
2. First and last frame: you supply where the shot starts and where it ends, and the model fills in the motion between them. Best for reveals, transitions and product turns.
3. Multi-reference: several images guide a character, outfit, product or setting that the model then stages freely. Best for keeping identity across a scene.

• Your picture stays the anchor: composition, colours and subject carry into the motion.
• Camera direction: push-ins, orbits, pans or a locked-off frame.
• Native sound on supported models: ambience, effects and dialogue.
• Lengths from 1 to 30 seconds and resolutions up to 4K, depending on the model.
• Social formats: 16:9, 9:16, 1:1 and more.
• Image → video in one place: create the still with Text to Image or Image to Image, then animate it.

Control type	Models on Cinel	Starting cost
First frame, low cost	Seedance 1.0 Turbo (2–12 s, silent)	4 credits
First frame with sound	Wan 2.5 · Wan 2.6 · Sora 2	75 · 145 · 124 credits
First frame, fast iteration	Kling 3.0 Turbo · Grok Imagine Video 1.0	123 · 30 credits
Up to 2 images, up to 4K	Kling 3.0	93 credits
First + last frame	Kling O1 (5 or 10 s) · Kling O3 · Wan 2.7	230 · 93 · 160 credits
First + last frame with audio, up to 4K	Veo 3.1 Fast or Pro	400 · 1,072 credits
Multi-reference	Seedance 2.0 Mini · Seedance 2.0 · Seedance 2.5 · MiniMax H3 · Grok Imagine Video 1.5 · Veo 3.1 Fast Beta	68 · 76 · 184 · 124 · 31 · 120 credits

Free users can attach up to 3 images; members can attach up to 8 where the model allows, plus one video or audio reference of up to 15 seconds on supported models.

1. Open Image to Video and upload your picture. Match its shape to the output: a landscape image for 16:9, a portrait image for 9:16.
2. Pick a model from the table according to the control you need. Add an end frame or extra references if the model supports them.
3. Describe only the motion: "steam rises from the cup, camera slowly pushes in". The image already shows what things look like.
4. Choose duration and resolution, and turn on sound if available.
5. Generate, review, then render the keeper at a higher resolution or longer length.

• Use a sharp image with space around the subject, so the camera has room to move.
• Keep motion small for portraits (a blink, a smile, hair in the wind). Big actions can distort faces.
• For first-and-last-frame clips, keep the lighting and background consistent between the two images.
• Products look best with slow orbits, light sweeps or a simple pour.
• Sora 2 rejects input images that contain human faces. For portrait animation, use Kling, Wan or Seedance.

• Product showcases: a rotating sneaker, a perfume with a light sweep, a drink being poured.
• Living portraits and avatars for profiles and intros.
• Animated artwork: illustrations, posters and album covers with subtle motion.
• Real-estate and travel stills turned into gentle camera moves.
• Ad variations: one hero image, several motion directions to A/B test.
• Story beats: start and end frames for a planned transition.

Use image to video when the look must be exact: your product, your character, your brand palette. Use Text to Video when you're still exploring and want the model to invent the scene. Animating a strong still usually gives more control than describing every detail in words.