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The Image and Video pages make one thing at a time. The Canvas keeps the steps together: a node that makes the still, a wire, and a node that animates the still. You run the chain with one click. When you change one node, only that node and the nodes after it cost money again.

What you get

A still and a 6-second clip made from it, in one run, for $0.37.

Time to read

About 5 minutes. The steps take about 5 minutes, and the run takes about 2 minutes.

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The example

Image Gen on Seedream 4.5 makes the still, and Animate image on Hailuo 2.3 Fast Pro makes the clip from it. One click on Up to here ran both nodes.

The clip at the end of the chain (6-second setting): 5.9 seconds, no sound. Model spend for the run: $0.37 ($0.04 for the still and $0.33 for the clip) at the prices of November 2026.

The Vinci canvas with an Image Gen node and an Animate image node, connected by a wire. Both nodes show the kettle.

The chain after a second run of the same nodes: both results came back saved, for $0. The bar above the selected node shows the price of the run: up to $0.370.

And this is the process in the studio, with the same nodes, prompts and models as the example. Nothing changed, so both nodes gave back their saved results for $0, and each result shows a Saved tag (step 7 explains this).

The steps on the canvas with Seedream 4.5 and Hailuo 2.3 Fast Pro. The still and the clip came back from the saved results, so this run cost $0. 49 seconds, no sound.

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What you need

  • The free and open source Vinci studio, with live spend on (the install is in step 1 of the Image guide)
  • A model provider key (this example uses Wavespeed)
  • A prompt for the still and a prompt for the move. The Image and Video guides show how to write them.

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Steps

1

Open the canvas and add the first node

Pick Canvas on the left rail. On an empty canvas, click Image Gen. If the bottom of the node is below the toolbar, scroll the canvas up.
2

Write the still

Type the prompt of the still in the node.
3

Pick the model and the shape on the node

The pills under the prompt show the model, the shape and the size. Click a pill to change it. A run sends the values on the pills. The example uses Seedream 4.5 at 16:9.
4

Add the clip node

Click the out port on the right edge of the node, and pick Animate image. The studio adds the new node and connects it: the still goes into the new node as its start frame.
5

Describe the move

Type the move in the new node, as on the Video page: Slow push-in on the kettle. The steam from the cup drifts up. Nothing else moves. Pick its model on its pill. The example uses Hailuo 2.3 Fast Pro.
6

Select the last node, then run up to here

Click the clip node. The bar above it shows the price and Up to here: up to $0.370 in the example. Click it one time. The still runs first, then the clip. Each node shows its result when it is done.
7

Change one node and run again

To try a different move, change the prompt of the clip node and click Up to here again. The still node did not change, so its saved result comes back for $0, and you pay only for the new clip.
Check the still before you pay for the clip. Select the still node and click Up to here: only the still runs ($0.04 in the example). When the still is right, select the clip node and run again. The still comes back for $0.
The price on the bar is the most that the run can cost. It adds the price of each node in the run, and a node with a saved result costs $0. The menu next to Up to here also has This node only and Whole page.

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Before you run the chain

  • The still is right before you run the clip node
  • The clip node has the shape of the still
  • The price on the bar is the price that you expect

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Two ways to go further

Let Vinci make it

Send us your product and your idea, and we return the stills and clips in your brand style. Book a demo to get started.

Free and open source Vinci

Run the Vinci studio on your own machine with your own model keys. It shows the price before every run.

Make four product stills from one prompt

Turn a still into a 6-second clip