Image to Video Portrait Animation
Turns a still portrait into a subtly living shot using Kling's image-to-video mode, with the restraint that keeps animated stills out of the uncanny valley.
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The subject in the source image {{motion}} — one small, natural movement that begins gently, resolves, and settles back into stillness for the remainder of the take. Nothing else about them changes: the pose holds, the head stays where it is, and the facial structure, proportions and features remain exactly as they appear in the source. At the edges of the frame {{secondary-motion}}, adding a second layer of gentle life well away from the face. The camera holds a completely locked-off, static position throughout. The lighting, colour, grain and composition of the source image carry through unchanged from the first frame to the last, exposure and white balance holding constant. Photographic realism is preserved throughout, including the original depth of field and any existing softness in the background. Aspect ratio: {{aspect-ratio}}.
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Upload your portrait as the start frame in Kling's image-to-video mode, then paste this prompt. Restraint is the entire technique — one primary motion and one secondary motion, never more. Stacked movement is exactly what makes animated stills look uncanny, so resist adding a camera move on top. Negative prompt: warped face, distorted eyes, extra limbs, changing facial features, morphing, text, watermark. Use Professional mode at around 5s and push the Relevance slider high to keep the model anchored to your source image. In Professional image-to-video the camera is driven by numeric sliders rather than words — leave horizontal, vertical and zoom at zero here, since any camera move fights the restraint this prompt depends on.
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