AI image to video: animate any photo
Give a model a still picture and a sentence about the motion, and it generates a video that starts from your exact frame. It is how you turn a portrait into a moving shot, a product photo into a spinning hero clip, or a landscape into a living scene. On Mina Labs this starts at 4 credits, with 20 free credits for new users and no subscription — every price is shown before you spend anything.
How it works
- Upload your photo. It becomes the first frame, so the person, product or place stays exactly as it is.
- Describe the motion. "Slow push in, hair drifting in the wind" — a sentence is enough.
- Pick a length and generate. A clip lands in under a minute; a failed run refunds itself.
💰 Every image-to-video model, real prices
| Model | From | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Cosmos 3 Super (NVIDIA) | 4 credits | The cheapest way to animate a photo — physically grounded motion, same price at every resolution, up to 7 seconds |
| Grok Imagine (image to video) | 8 credits | Fast, budget clips with strong prompt understanding |
| Kling v3 Turbo Standard | 22 credits | Flagship motion realism at the Turbo price |
| Kling v3 Turbo Pro | 28 credits | The highest Kling fidelity for faces and detail |
| Veo 3.1 (image to video) | from 40 | Google's flagship — up to 4K, with native audio |
| Pixverse C1 / Grok 1.5 | varies | Extra styles and reference-driven motion |
🏆 Which one should you pick?
- First time, or lots of clips: Cosmos 3 Super at 4 credits — a new user's 20 free credits cover five 2-second animations.
- Fast social clips: Grok Imagine image-to-video at 8 credits.
- Best motion realism: Kling v3 Turbo — most of the flagship look for 22.
- Maximum quality with sound: Veo 3.1 — the only one here that generates native audio, up to 4K.
Bottom line: animating a photo on Mina Labs starts at 4 credits — roughly $0.26 with Cosmos 3 Super, and scales to Veo 3.1 4K when the shot demands it. No subscription, no watermark surprise, and every failed generation refunds automatically.