The outcome
Generate a usable moving shot without asking the model to reinvent the entire frame.
Step by step
A workflow you can repeat.
- 01
Prepare a high-quality input image with clean anatomy, edges, perspective, and the final intended composition.
- 02
Choose an image-to-video model and begin with the single most important subject or camera motion.
- 03
Describe what should move using direct, positive language; avoid redescribing everything visible in the image.
- 04
Generate short variants and compare continuity, motion, artifacts, and camera behavior frame by frame.
- 05
Add one motion detail per iteration and save the generation settings for the selected result.
Working standard
What good use looks like.
- Let the image define appearance.
- Let the text define motion.
- Fix source-frame artifacts before animation.
Official references