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AI tool that turns old photos into short talking, singing or hugging videos, plus photo restoration.
Free AI tool that animates a still photo into short video using models like Sora and Veo, aimed at social and marketing creators.
Free-to-start AI image-to-video generator giving two daily watermarked clips, with paid tiers for more output.
Multi-model AI photo and video studio bundling Sora 2, Veo 3.1, Seedance and Nano Banana on one credit plan.
Alibaba's Wan AI platform for generating video and images from text or reference images, part of the Tongyi generative AI family.
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- ✦Photo-to-video animation (~5s)
- ✦AI audio: speech, singing, music with lip sync
- ✦Old-photo restoration and colorization
- ✦'Add loved one to photo' compositing
- ✦AI hug video generator
- ✦Prompt-guided motion
- ✦Image-to-video generation
- ✦Choice of multiple AI video models
- ✦Custom start and end frame control
- ✦Consistent character and scene retention
- ✦Automatic AI sound effects
- ✦Supports PNG, JPG, WEBP up to 16MB
- ✦Image-to-video animation
- ✦Text-to-video generation
- ✦Up to 1080p watermark-free export (paid)
- ✦Prompt-guided motion and effects
- ✦Multiple model options
- ✦Audio and duration controls
- ✦Sora 2 and Veo 3.1 video generation
- ✦Nano Banana image generation and editing
- ✦Video translation/dubbing
- ✦Unlimited prompt generators
- ✦Shared credit system across models
- ✦Text-to-video generation
- ✦Image-to-video generation
- ✦Text-to-image and image editing
- ✦Open-source model releases for developers
- ✦Part of Alibaba's broader Tongyi AI ecosystem
- →Reviving family memories
- →Restoring damaged old photos
- →Memorial and tribute videos
- →Shareable animated keepsakes
- →Product and e-commerce promo clips
- →TikTok and YouTube Shorts content
- →Animated portraits and pet videos
- →Marketing and ad videos from photos
- →Short social videos for TikTok and Instagram
- →Product and ad animations
- →Real estate photo tours
- →Turning concept art into motion
- →Creating short AI videos
- →Generating and editing images
- →Translating and dubbing videos
- →Producing marketing and social content
- →Content creators generating short AI video clips
- →Developers building on open-source Wan model weights
- →Marketers producing quick visual content
- →Researchers experimenting with video diffusion models