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Image-to-video

Image-to-video is the AI workflow of generating a short video clip from a single still image — used in fashion ecommerce to turn catalog photos into reels, hero banners, and shoppable video ads.

Image-to-video closes the gap between still photography and moving content. Upload a product photo, pick a motion preset (subtle camera pan, model turn, garment movement, scene reveal), and the AI generates a 3-6 second video clip.

Common use cases: TikTok and Reels content, Amazon video ads, Meta and Google Performance Max video assets, hero video on the storefront homepage, shoppable video carousels on PDPs.

Brands without video budgets ship video-first content for the first time using image-to-video. The bar is now 'almost as good as a shoot', not 'obviously AI', for most lifestyle and product-motion use cases.

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