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Welcome
  • Welcome to Colabz
  • Sign-up walkthrough
  • Tour the dashboard
AI Photoshoot
  • Make your first image
  • The Photoshoot Wizard
  • Prompt patterns
  • Reusing products and faces
  • Quality tiers (1K, 2K, 4K)
Video Studio
  • Make your first video
  • Animate a still
  • Picking a vibe
Photo Magic
  • Photo Magic overview
  • Remove Background
  • Replace Background
  • Extend
  • Erase
  • Upscale a photo
  • Model Swap
  • Advanced Edit
Brand Library
  • Products explained
  • Adding a product
  • Faces explained
  • Generate a face
  • Styles explained
  • Trained models
Studios
  • Studios explained
  • Picking a Studio
  • Custom Studios coming soon
Workspace
  • Your library
  • Creating boards
  • Saving and sharing
  • Inviting members
  • Roles explained
Plans & Billing
  • Plans overview
  • How credits work
  • Top up credits
  • Subscription and billing
  • Launch promo (April 2026)
Free Shot
  • The free Shot tool
Help
  • Help center
  • Credit questions
  • Getting help
  • Rules and policies
Video Studio

Animate a still

Image-to-video locks composition while adding motion. It is the right choice for product spins, slow zooms, dolly pushes, and atmospheric pans on a hero shot you already love.

When image-to-video wins#

  • You already have a hero shot you love and want to animate it.
  • You need consistent product placement across a video set.
  • You want predictable motion (text-to-video can drift).
  • You are running a campaign with a fixed hero asset.

Picking the start frame#

The start frame defines composition for the whole clip. Use a clean, well-lit image with the product centered or on the rule of thirds. Tight, busy compositions struggle.

Adding an end frame#

An end frame defines where the motion lands. Common pairs: same product on a different background, same product at a different angle, same scene with one element changed (lights on/off, sun rising).

Tip: If start and end frames are too different, the model fights itself. Keep them in the same conceptual neighborhood.

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  • Make your first video
  • Picking a vibe
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