# Image-to-video

> Image-to-video animates a still image into a video clip: the picture fixes the subject and framing, and a prompt describes the motion. It is the standard way to keep a specific face or product consistent in generated video.

Because the reference image carries identity, composition and style, the prompt only has to direct movement — a turn, a breeze, a push-in. Some engines accept both a start frame and an end frame and interpolate between them, which gives precise control over where a clip ends.

## On eroq

Every video engine accepts a start image; Seedance 2.5 also takes an end frame. Sources are a photo, a render from the image studio (press Animate) or a saved Character.

## FAQ

### Does image-to-video keep the face?

Yes — that is its purpose. Kling and Seedance hold identity especially well through motion.

### Should the prompt describe the image again?

No — describe only what moves. Re-describing the subject fights the reference.

## Related

- https://eroq.ai/tools/image-to-video — Image to video
- https://eroq.ai/glossary/first-last-frame — First/last frame
- https://eroq.ai/glossary/reference-image — Reference image

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