> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.tryvinci.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
# Chain a still and a clip on the canvas
> Put the still and the clip on one canvas, connect them, and run the chain with one click. The price of the chain shows before the run.
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.
> [card] What you get
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> A still and a 6-second clip made from it, in one run, for \$0.37.
> [card] Time to read
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> About 5 minutes. The steps take about 5 minutes, and the run takes about 2 minutes.
## 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 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.
## What you need
* The free and open source Vinci studio, with live spend on (the install is in step 1 of the [Image guide](https://docs.tryvinci.com/learn/four-stills-from-one-prompt.md))
* A model provider key (this example uses Wavespeed)
* A prompt for the still and a prompt for the move. The [Image](https://docs.tryvinci.com/learn/four-stills-from-one-prompt.md) and [Video](https://docs.tryvinci.com/learn/animate-a-still.md) guides show how to write them.
## 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.
> [!TIP]
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> **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.
> [!NOTE]
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> 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**.
## 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
## Two ways to go further
> [card] [Let Vinci make it](https://tryvinci.com/meet?utm_source=guide\&utm_medium=docs\&utm_campaign=still-to-clip)
>
> Send us your product and your idea, and we return the stills and clips in your brand style. Book a demo to get started.
> [card] [Free and open source Vinci](https://github.com/tryvinci/vinci)
>
> Run the Vinci studio on your own machine with your own model keys. It shows the price before every run.
## More guides
> [card] [Make four product stills from one prompt](https://docs.tryvinci.com/learn/four-stills-from-one-prompt.md)
> [card] [Turn a still into a 6-second clip](https://docs.tryvinci.com/learn/animate-a-still.md)
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