VideoVideo variants and adaptationIntermediateGenerates a video

Image-to-video motion prompt for a product still

A motion-only prompt for animating an existing product image: it does not re-describe the picture, only what moves and how the camera behaves.

For: Paid social marketers, Creative strategists, Brand and content marketers · Works with: Runway (Gen-4.5 and earlier), Google video models (Gemini Omni Flash, Veo 3.1), Kling, Adobe Firefly Video, Any text-to-video or image-to-video tool

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Your prompt

Animate the supplied image. Do not change the product's appearance, colours, labels or shape. Subject motion: the water in the glass ripples gently and the condensation slowly runs down. Camera motion: a slow push-in toward the glass. Ambient motion: dust motes drift in the sunbeam. Timing: the motion starts immediately and ends at a held close-up with the droplet near the base of the glass; keep it smooth and slow. Length and shape: 5 seconds, 4:5 (match the image). Sound: soft water ripple and room tone. Constraints: no new objects, no text, no morphing of the product, no sudden light changes.

Customize

The fields start with example values so you can see how the prompt works. Everything stays in your browser.

What the subject does.

Camera.

Background life.

Where it finishes.

Length.

Match the source image.

Audio.

Example of what to expect

Illustrative only. It describes the kind of result this prompt aims for; real output varies by tool, model and run.

The supplied product image comes to life: gentle ripples, a slow push-in and drifting dust, ending on a held close-up, with the product unchanged.

Expected format: One short clip from one image.

How to use it

  1. Attach your product image in the tool's image-to-video mode.
  2. Describe motion only; the image already defines the scene.
  3. Compare frames with the original to confirm the product is unchanged.

Limitations

  • Per Runway's help center (seen via search snippet) the image acts as the first frame, so re-describing the scene can confuse results.
  • Products and labels may still distort; verify.

Platform notes

Runway (Gen-4.5 and earlier)

Official docs only partly readable · checked 2026-10-11

Per Runway's help center (seen via search snippet), with image-to-video the image is the first frame, so describe the motion rather than re-describing the image.

General notes on Runway (Gen-4.5 and earlier)
  • Per Runway's help center (seen via search snippet), Gen-4.5 supports text-to-video and image-to-video. With image-to-video the image is the first frame, so describe the motion instead of re-describing the image.

Google video models (Gemini Omni Flash, Veo 3.1)

Official docs read · checked 2026-10-11

Google's Gemini API docs describe Veo 3.1 as supporting video extension and first/last-frame control, and native audio; check current limits, which the docs page did not list.

General notes on Google video models (Gemini Omni Flash, Veo 3.1)
  • Google's Gemini API docs name Gemini Omni Flash as the recommended default and Veo 3.1 for native audio, video extension and first/last-frame control.
  • Google's detailed Veo prompt guide could not be fully read, so structure here follows general video-prompt anatomy, not Veo-specific claims.

Kling

Not verified: third-party guidance only · checked 2026-10-11

Only third-party guidance was found for Kling: name the camera move explicitly and give the motion an end point. Treat as unverified and test.

General notes on Kling
  • Only third-party guidance was found. Reported advice: name the camera move explicitly, keep the element count modest, and give motion an end point. Model versions behave differently, so test.

Adobe Firefly Video

Official docs only partly readable · checked 2026-10-11

Adobe's help pages (seen via search snippet) say Firefly Video reads prompts literally, works best with a single subject doing a simple action, and benefits from first and last frames.

General notes on Adobe Firefly Video
  • Adobe's help pages (seen via search snippet) say Firefly Video reads prompts literally and gives the best results with a single subject doing a simple action; first and last frames can improve coherence.

Any text-to-video or image-to-video tool

Official docs only partly readable · checked 2026-10-11

Plain scene description for any text-to-video or image-to-video tool. OpenAI shut down Sora 2 and its Videos API on 2026-09-24, so no prompt here targets Sora.

General notes on Any text-to-video or image-to-video tool
  • Written as plain scene descriptions: subject, action over time, camera, lighting, style, aspect ratio. Duration, resolution and aspect ratio are usually settings in the tool, not words in the prompt.
  • OpenAI shut down Sora 2 and its Videos API on 2026-09-24, so none of these prompts target Sora.

Source, license and attribution

Origin
Original by MarketerTools
Publisher
MarketerTools
License
Original work by MarketerTools, free to copy and use. Informed by the linked documentation; no third-party text is reproduced.
Platform assumptions checked
2026-10-11

Documentation and references behind this prompt

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