Photo to video AI
Image to Video AI: Turn Photos Into Video
Upload a photo, describe the motion and Pictory turns the image into a video clip. Then add it to your scene.
- Animate any photo, picture or still
- Pixverse 5.5, Veo 3.1 Fast and Veo 3.1
- Add captions, a voice and music after
- Free trial, online in your browser
300 credits with your free trial. No credit card required.
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What is image to video AI?
Image to video AI turns a still photo or picture into a short video. You describe the motion in words and an AI video model generates the clip. In Pictory you add or make the image, choose Animate image, pick a model in AI Studio and drop the clip into your scene.
A photo, then motion. A product shot turns slowly, mist drifts across a landscape, a listing photo pushes in on the room. Write the motion you want and generate it again until it fits.
Need the starting image first? Make it with the AI image generator, then animate it here.
Animate imageProduct photo
Clip readyAdded to scene 2
How it works
How to turn an image into a video with AI
To turn an image into a video with AI, open AI Studio from any scene in Pictory and add or generate your image. Choose Animate image, describe the motion you want and pick a video model. Preview the clip, then add it to your scene.
Add or make your image
Upload a photo, or generate one in AI Studio.
Choose Animate image
Open Edit with AI on the image and pick Animate image.
Describe the motion
Write what should move, then pick Pixverse 5.5, Veo 3.1 Fast or Veo 3.1.
Add the clip to your scene
Preview it, then add it to the scene or download it.
AI Studio
Create any image or video you need with generative AI
The latest image and video models, built into the editor. Generate it, then drop it straight into your scene.
Generate and edit images
Describe it, or edit an existing image with a prompt.
Keep characters consistent
Use reference images to keep the same person or product in every scene.
Create video clips with sound
Generate clips with audio. Yes, characters can talk.
Extend any clip
Keep any clip going with a new prompt, even one you uploaded.
✓Get four options at once
Generate up to four versions and keep the best one.
Stay on brand
Bring in your brand from a website, a document or a logo, and it is applied to every scene.
✓
Choose your model
Pick a model for stills or 5 to 10-second clips.
Also in AI Studio: Nano Banana Lite for images and Omni Flash for video.
AI models
Choose your AI model
Pick a video model for each clip in AI Studio. Pixverse 5.5 gives fast, smooth motion. Veo 3.1 Fast and Veo 3.1 are Google’s video models: Veo 3.1 Fast suits quick drafts and social clips, and Veo 3.1 gives higher-quality output with realistic movement.
Photo to video
Photo to video AI
Photo to video AI works on any picture: a product shot, a portrait you have the rights to, a listing photo or a landscape.
Turn a photo into a video with AI, then create video from photos you already have, one clip at a time, in the same project.
Several photos
Turn many photos into one video
Image to video AI animates one picture at a time. To join several photos and clips into one video, start from the page that fits.
Slideshow maker
Photos in order, with music and captions.
Video montage maker
Photos and clips joined one after another.
Video collage maker
Several photos in one scene, as layers.
Free trial
Image to video AI free
You can try image to video AI free in Pictory. The free trial gives you 300 credits for 14 days, with no credit card required, and it works on every model. Each clip uses credits, and every model page shows what it costs and what the trial makes.
Use cases
Who is using image to video AI?
- Training
Moving diagrams for lessons
Animate a diagram or a slide image, then add narration and captions.
More AI video features
Your complete AI video generation tool
AI avatars
Add a talking presenter, or a digital twin of you.
Captions
Accurate, synced captions in your brand style.
Translation
Captions and voiceover for every market.
Text editing
Edit the transcript to edit the video.
Team workspaces
Share projects and brand kits with your team.
API
Generate branded videos from your own product.
Why Pictory
Loved by creators, trusted by enterprise teams
From solo creators to global L&D teams. Read the case studies
4.6 / 5
Average rating on G2, plus Capterra’s Best Ease of Use award for 2025.
20,000+
companies and institutions creating video with Pictory.
SOC 2
and GDPR compliant, ready for enterprise security reviews
GDPR
Case studies
Teams that scaled video with Pictory
“Pictory is the easiest, most efficient way to get from an idea in text to multimedia imagery on the screen. It’s the critical component to get us out of death by PowerPoint.”
Read the Whirlybird Labs case study“Pictory helps us consistently deliver the high-quality videos we’re known for, content we’re proud of and our clients are proud to use. They always get a five-star response.”
Read the VRC case study“82% of our 10,000+ partners keep coming back to our training videos even though they aren’t mandatory courses. That’s how we know the content’s working.”
Read the AppDirect case study“It increased subscriber growth by 78% and cut my video creation time from a couple of hours to a few minutes. It’s been a godsend.”
Read the NetRock case study“Through Pictory videos, leads up by 500%, video production costs are down 90%.”
Read the Online Super Tutors case study“We only launched our new app a few months ago and already have over 500 subscribers. People come back regularly to watch more videos made with Pictory.”
Read the Game of Yield case study
Open AI Studio from any scene in Pictory and add or generate the picture. Choose Animate image, describe the motion and pick a video model. Preview the clip and add it to your scene.
Pictory has a free trial you can use for image to video AI. The free trial gives you 300 credits for 14 days, with no credit card required, and it works on every model.
It depends on the clip. Pixverse 5.5 gives fast, smooth motion, Veo 3.1 Fast suits quick drafts and social clips, and Veo 3.1 is for higher-quality output with realistic movement. The AI models page compares them.
In Pictory you describe the motion in words, choose one of three video models and can add audio to the clip. The clip then sits in your video project, where you add captions, a voiceover, music and your brand kit.
Yes. Image to video AI animates one picture at a time. To join several photos into one video, use the slideshow maker, the video montage maker or the video collage maker.
Yes. Every clip goes into your Pictory project, where you add music from the library, captions in your style and a voiceover from 170+ AI voices.
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