Animate an existing still
Bring a product shot, portrait or concept frame to life with image-to-video.
Image AI
AI Image Generator coming soon
Seedance 2.5 image generation is on the roadmap. Today, the live studio focuses on video: upload a photo, describe the motion, and animate it into a watermark-free clip.
Coming soon
Image generation is not live yet.
The live Seedance studio currently supports text-to-video, image-to-video and reference-to-video. Use image-to-video if you already have a still frame to animate.
Open image-to-videoWhat it does
Image generation is planned — video is live now
The public studio currently ships text-to-video, image-to-video and reference-to-video. A dedicated text-to-image workflow is planned, but it is not the live path yet.
If you already have a still image, you can use the live image-to-video mode today: upload the frame, describe the motion, and download a clean video result.
Examples
Visual directions the studio can animate
Use a still frame as the starting point for image-to-video.
Why this one
What to use today
Generate from text
Use text-to-video when you do not have a source frame yet.
Reference-guided video
Use reference images or clips to guide the look and motion.
No watermark
Video downloads are clean, with paid plans clearing commercial use.
FAQ
AI image generator questions
Not yet. Dedicated image generation is planned, but the live studio currently focuses on text-to-video, image-to-video and reference-to-video.
Yes. Upload your existing image in image-to-video mode, describe the motion, and render a watermark-free clip.
Image editing is not live yet. Use image-to-video for animation, or text-to-video for a new scene.
The site standard is clean downloads. Current video outputs are watermark-free, and image tools will follow that standard when they ship.
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Turn a single prompt or reference image into a polished HD clip in one shot — no editing timeline, no watermark, no forced subscription.