Use Photoroom’s Video Generator to create a video from a photo on Android. This tool uses AI to animate your image, making it more eye-catching and appealing. It's ideal for social media posts, product demos, and marketing visuals.
To learn how to create a video from a photo that you upload, see the Steps section below. To create a video based on a design that already exists in Photoroom, see Create a video from a design (Android).
Availability
Video Generator:
Is available on the Max and Ultra plan only.
Requires AI credits.
Steps (Android)
To upload a photo and use it to create a video:
(Video is edited to show video generation at faster speed).
Select the Space you want to work in.
Note: The Video Generator feature is only available in Max and Ultra Spaces.
Select AI Tools.
Select Video Generator.
Choose an option:
Select a template to start with preset layouts, models, and camera directions. For best results, choose a template from the automatically selected category.
Select Skip template to create a video from scratch, using only a prompt.
Provide an image.
Either:
Choose an image from your Recent uploads or Latest from Gallery
Take a photo with your device's Camera
Upload a photo from your device's Gallery
Upload an image file from your Files
Generate an image with AI*
*If you use Generate an image with AI, you will need to use another AI Tool to create the image. When you have the image, select Use image to return to the Video Generator.
[Optional] Use the prompt field to add a text description of the video. Describe what you want to see, the type of lighting, the background, whether a person is smiling or serious, etc.
Choose the dimensions for the video:
Landscape (16:9)
Portrait (9:16)
Square (1:1)
Select Generate video.
Note: Video generation costs AI credits.
Wait for Photoroom to generate the animation. It can take a few minutes. When it is finished, the video will appear.
Select Save to save the video to your device's photo gallery.
Tip: The video's context menu ( ... ) has options for saving and deleting videos.
[Optional] Use the video settings, prompt, and arrow button to make changes and generate variations of the video. Each generation will cost more AI credits.
Select the back arrow to exit the video generator.
To use the video in other applications, download it from your device's photo gallery. The video is also stored in a folder for the Space in Photoroom.
Troubleshooting
If you are having problems creating a suitable video, try:
Not using a template (select Skip template instead) and then use the prompt to describe what you want. For tips, see Write more effective prompts for AI.
Using a template only or a prompt only, but not the two combined.
Note: The Video Generator will continue to evolve and improve over time.
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