Dance
Point Dance
crisp pop choreography, straight down the lens
In the catalogue
- Action
- Point Dance
- Category
- Dance
- Returns
- A clip of about 5 seconds
- Subscription
- Not required
What this action does
crisp pop choreography, straight down the lens. You give the app a single photograph and it generates a short clip of that movement, roughly 5 seconds long. Nothing is filmed and nothing is recovered: the motion is produced from the one frame you supply.
What photo works best
Everything happens between the shoulders and the waist, which makes an upper body crop unusually forgiving on this shelf. Waist up, front on, with both arms clear of the torso so a wrist can snap across the chest. A plain background keeps the sharp stops readable. The camera stays locked at chest height, so an original taken from well above or below leaves the framing feeling corrected rather than chosen. Something held in one hand is the awkward case, since the pointing hand is meant to be empty.
What to expect
One photograph goes in and a short clip comes out. It is generated rather than filmed, so run it twice if the first attempt puts a hand somewhere strange; the second version will not be identical.
If the result is not convincing, the fix is almost always the photograph rather than the settings. Reshoot it wider, get more light on the face, and move the arms clear of the body. The rest of what decides the result applies to every action here, and the limits apply to this one too.
Common questions
- What kind of photo works best for Point Dance?
- Point Dance builds about 5 seconds of movement out of your photograph, and the one frame you choose is the entire input. Whatever has to appear in the result has to be in the shot, so frame wide enough to take in everything the movement touches, keep the subject sharp and clearly separated from what is behind them, and get even light onto the face and the hands.
- How long is the video?
- About 5 seconds. That is what the default video model in the app's catalogue is configured to produce, and it is the same for every motion action in the library.
- Do I need a subscription to use Point Dance?
- No. Point Dance is not marked as a subscription only action in the app's catalogue. AI Video is free to download, and generating a result uses credits, which are bought as a pack or come with a subscription.
The right action for the photo beats the popular one
Every movement and every style in the library is written up the same way, so you can check whether the picture in your camera roll actually suits it before you spend a credit.
