> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.percify.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Turn a photo into a video with AI

> Percify turns one photo into a video two ways: a talking video that speaks your audio with lip-sync, or a moving clip from an image-to-video model.

Percify turns a single photo into a video in two ways. To make the person in the photo speak, use **Clone Yourself**: add the photo and the audio, and Percify lip-syncs the face to it. To make the photo move without speech, run an image-to-video model in the **Playground**, where the price shows before you generate.

The same photo can become a vlog, a UGC clip, a cinematic shot or an animated character:

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  <div>
    <video controls muted playsInline preload="none" poster="/assets/spotlight/percify-photo-to-talking-video-vlog.webp" src="https://cdn.percify.io/videos/avatar-2.mp4" aria-label="Percify talking video from one photo, Vlog style" className="w-full rounded-xl object-cover" style={{ aspectRatio: '9 / 16' }} />

    <p className="mt-2 mb-0 text-sm text-gray-600 dark:text-gray-400">Vlog</p>
  </div>

  <div>
    <video controls muted playsInline preload="none" poster="/assets/spotlight/percify-photo-to-talking-video-ugc.webp" src="https://cdn.percify.io/videos/avatar-3.mp4" aria-label="Percify talking video from one photo, UGC style" className="w-full rounded-xl object-cover" style={{ aspectRatio: '9 / 16' }} />

    <p className="mt-2 mb-0 text-sm text-gray-600 dark:text-gray-400">UGC</p>
  </div>

  <div>
    <video controls muted playsInline preload="none" poster="/assets/made-with/percify-made-with-cinematic-look.webp" src="https://cdn.percify.io/avatars-videos/percify-ai-avatar-alex.mp4" aria-label="Percify talking video from one photo, Cinematic style" className="w-full rounded-xl object-cover" style={{ aspectRatio: '9 / 16' }} />

    <p className="mt-2 mb-0 text-sm text-gray-600 dark:text-gray-400">Cinematic</p>
  </div>

  <div>
    <video controls muted playsInline preload="none" poster="/assets/spotlight/percify-photo-to-talking-video-animated.webp" src="https://cdn.percify.io/videos/avatar-12.mp4" aria-label="Percify talking video from one photo, Animated style" className="w-full rounded-xl object-cover" style={{ aspectRatio: '9 / 16' }} />

    <p className="mt-2 mb-0 text-sm text-gray-600 dark:text-gray-400">Animated</p>
  </div>
</div>

## Make a photo talk

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open Clone Yourself">
    In the sidebar, click **Clone Yourself** and add a clear, front-facing photo, or take one with **Use Camera**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Add the audio">
    Record yourself, upload an audio file, or pick a saved voice under **My Voices**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Generate">
    Pick **Fast** or **High**, check **Estimated cost**, and press **Generate video**.
  </Step>
</Steps>

A talking video is charged by the length of the audio:

| Mode and quality | Credits per second | 10-second clip |
| ---------------- | ------------------ | -------------- |
| Fast, 480p       | 2                  | 20             |
| High, 480p       | 4                  | 40             |
| High, 720p       | 6                  | 60             |

The full walkthrough is in [Create your AI twin with Clone Yourself](/create/clone-yourself). To make a face in an existing video speak new audio, see [Lip-sync a video to any audio](/create/lip-sync).

## Animate a photo without speech

Open the [Playground](/create/playground), choose an image-to-video model, add your photo and a prompt that describes the motion, and run it. Each model has its own lengths and price, listed in [AI models in Percify](/models). For several shots from one prompt, see [Make a multi-shot video in seconds](/create/realtime-video).

## Related

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Make your first talking video" href="/quickstart">
    The shortest path from a photo to a finished video
  </Card>

  <Card title="Write prompts for AI video" href="/guides/prompt-engineering">
    Describe motion so the model follows it
  </Card>

  <Card title="Lip-sync looks off" href="/troubleshooting/lip-sync-errors">
    Fixes for talking videos that look wrong
  </Card>

  <Card title="How Percify credits work" href="/percify/credits">
    What each action costs
  </Card>
</CardGroup>