Scan Sharp
600 pixels across the face is the floor. Phone photos of a print usually work; a screenshot of a group chat does not.
An AI brother and sister video generator that brings one old print back for six seconds: a turn, a laugh, a hand on a shoulder.
ANIMATE THE PHOTO









Prompt Guide
Model
Reference Image
Three choices that decide whether the print moves or turns into rubber.
One clear frame of two people. A crowded album scan gives the model six decisions to make, and it gets all six wrong.
A turn of the head, a laugh, a hand on a shoulder. One, not three.
If one person turns away, the other becomes the subject. Decide who holds the frame before you generate.
Childhood frames, birthdays, wedding speeches.
A brother and sister sit on a low garden wall in late nineties clothes, he kicks his feet, she looks at the camera and smiles, sun flare at the edge of frame, faded film colour, slight camera shake as if handheld, 4:3.
Try This StyleA brother in a suit pulls his sister up from a chair onto a wedding dance floor, she resists then gives in, guests blurred around them, warm evening light and string bulbs, handheld medium shot, 16:9.
Try This StyleA woman waits at an airport arrivals barrier and spots her brother coming through the doors, she raises both hands, he drops his bag, warm terminal light, static wide shot then slight push, 16:9.
Try This StyleLayered paper cut-out figures of a brother and sister stand on a handmade hill, paper clouds drifting behind, warm pastel palette, soft shadows, gentle stop motion feel, 16:9.
Try This StyleA child leaning down from a top bunk to whisper, blanket edge, night light glow, low angle, still camera.
Try This PromptA brother and sister standing on stone church steps, one hand on a shoulder, midday light, medium wide, no faces turned.
Try This PromptA laptop propped against a kitchen jar, a hand waving at the screen, evening light, static shot, domestic clutter.
Try This PromptTwo kids on one bicycle, one pedalling, one on the crossbar, suburban street, afternoon sun, tracking shot.
Try This PromptA hand holding folded notes at a reception table, glass raised off frame, warm string lights, tight shot.
Try This PromptHands opening a taped box on a bed, phone on speaker beside it, soft lamp light, top down framing.
Try This PromptEyes, edges and era are where family clips fail. Check each one before you export.
600 pixels across the face is the floor. Phone photos of a print usually work; a screenshot of a group chat does not.
Let one sibling move and keep the other still. Two moving faces in six seconds is where drifting starts.
Eyes are the first thing to slide. Keep the head turn small and the face toward the light.
Name what is behind them: a kitchen, a garden, a car. Unnamed backgrounds dissolve.
Clothing, hair and grain should match the decade of the print, or the clip reads as a costume party.
Ask your sibling first. A family photo is still a likeness right, and a wedding screen is a public showing.
Notes from families animating old photos.
I used a photo of my brother and me on a porch in 1996 for his birthday. He watched it twice and then called me, which he does not usually do. The grain and the squint are what made it feel like that day.
For my sister's wedding I played one clip from a childhood photo before my speech. It took three tries because in two of them our faces blurred together when we both turned at once.
My brother lives eight time zones away. I send him a short clip from an old photo every few months and he says it is the only thing anyone sends him that is not a link.
Close, if the photo is sharp and frontal. Expect a family resemblance rather than a portrait match.
Long clips and big head turns. Keep it to six seconds and a small movement.
A sharp, front-facing shot of both of you, ideally taken in the same light.
Yes. Grok Imagine Video 1.5 offers one free clip.
Yes, with both people's consent. Avoid scanning photos of people who have not agreed to appear.