Short answers. If one is missing, support answers the rest.
- What do I need to make a video?
- One photograph of one person, looking at the camera or close to it, with the face unobstructed. No account setup beyond an email, no card, and nothing to install. If you have no photograph, describe the person instead and the site draws one you can then animate.
- How long does a video take?
- About two minutes for a five-second scene, and it renders in the background — you can close the tab and come back to it. Pictures are faster: those come back in seconds.
- Is the first one really free?
- Yes. The first generation costs nothing and asks for no card. After that a run costs credits, and credits come with a plan or as a one-off top-up.
- How much does it cost after the free one?
- Plans start under ten dollars a month and include a monthly credit allowance, every scene in the catalogue, and both storefronts. You can cancel at any point and keep everything you have already made.
- How many scenes are there?
- Over five hundred, and the number on this page is read live from the catalogue rather than typed here. They are ranked by how often they are actually used, so the ones at the front are the ones that work.
- Can other people see what I make?
- No. Uploads and results are private to your account. Nothing is published, nothing is shown to other users, and nothing you make is used to advertise the site to anybody else.
- What happens to the photo I upload?
- It is used for the render and then swept — it is not kept indefinitely and it is not shared. If you come back later to run the same photo through a second scene, you may be asked for it again, which is the visible side of that sweep.
- What makes a good source photo?
- Even light, a face that is not cropped or turned away, and one person in frame. Sunglasses, heavy shadow across the face, motion blur and group shots are the four things that most often produce a result nobody wants.
- Can I use a video as the starting point?
- No — the starting point is a still. A clip cannot be used as a first frame, and the site will say so rather than charge for a run that cannot work.
- Does it work on a phone?
- Yes, in the browser, with no app to install. The site can also be added to a home screen and then opens full screen like an app.