video

Create a realistic video from your own image

Upload a real reference image, describe motion and camera behavior, and generate a reviewable clip.

20 minutes

Intermediate

Video creators

Remote execution

What You Will Finish With

A generated video derived from your image lands in Media with provider provenance and is ready for review.

1
Upload the reference
Upload the image through Media and finalize it. Confirm you have permission to animate the depicted person or material.
2
Describe the result
Explain subject motion, camera movement, lighting, duration, aspect ratio, and what must remain unchanged.
3
Inspect live capabilities
Ask the agent to call creative_capabilities. Select a currently available image-to-video or avatar-video model rather than assuming one.
4
Submit the hosted job
Reference the uploaded asset key and approve the quoted credit estimate before submission.
5
Review the imported asset
Track the job until SUCCEEDED. Check identity, artifacts, motion, and safety before attaching it to a campaign.

Where to go next

Part of Create your first piece of content. Finish the journey in order for the full picture.

Ask my agent

Copy a ready prompt for this tutorial and paste it into any agent connected to Postward.

Preview the prompt

Follow the Postward tutorial "Create a realistic video from your own image".

Outcome: A generated video derived from your image lands in Media with provider provenance and is ready for review.
Prerequisites to verify first: Hosted Creative entitlement; Writable storage; A connected provider serving image-to-video or avatar video; A rights-cleared reference image.

Steps:
1. Upload the reference: Upload the image through Media and finalize it. Confirm you have permission to animate the depicted person or material.
2. Describe the result: Explain subject motion, camera movement, lighting, duration, aspect ratio, and what must remain unchanged.
3. Inspect live capabilities: Ask the agent to call creative_capabilities. Select a currently available image-to-video or avatar-video model rather than assuming one.
4. Submit the hosted job: Reference the uploaded asset key and approve the quoted credit estimate before submission.
5. Review the imported asset: Track the job until SUCCEEDED. Check identity, artifacts, motion, and safety before attaching it to a campaign.

First inspect my environment and existing configuration, and verify each prerequisite before acting.
Follow the current Postward documentation rather than assuming tool names.
Do not replace unrelated configuration.
Verify the result and report exactly what changed.

Prerequisites

Hosted Creative entitlement
Writable storage
A connected provider serving image-to-video or avatar video
A rights-cleared reference image

Works With

Postward MCP
Hosted Creative