Animate images and apply effects with ChatGLM (Zhipu AI)
Demo summary
The creator demonstrates the ChatGLM (Chingyang) interface, performing text-to-video generation and using the 'hug effect' to animate a static photo into a video of two people hugging.
Step-by-step
- Go to the Chingyang AI video section
- Select either Text to Video or Image to Video
- Choose your desired aspect ratio
- Enter your prompt or upload an image
- Click generate and wait for the estimated processing time
- Apply the hug effect by uploading a photo and selecting the effect option
Options
- Upgrade to better quality and 60fps (paid)
- Add voice to the video (3 times daily for free)
- Use existing community styles or create your own
- Apply pre-set effects like the hug effect
Watch out for
- Free users are limited to 5-second video durations
- High quality and 60fps settings are paid features
Tips
- Use a more detailed prompt to achieve better visual results
- Utilize the image-to-video feature for smoother animations compared to text-to-video
- Use prompts from external tools like ChatGPT to improve generation quality
Highlights
“The text to video is okay, but not super powerful in my opinion. But what I like the most is image to video. It's really solid.”
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