Image to Video — model skill for cinematic & short films
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Animate stills into video: pick the right model, then prompt motion and camera moves that hold together.
- Type: Model · Cinematic & short films
- Slug:
inference-sh-image-to-video - Status: live
- Publisher: inference.sh (vendor, verified)
- License: MIT
- Source: https://github.com/inference-sh/skills/tree/main/tools/video/image-to-video
- Works in: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI
- Requires: inference.sh account, belt CLI (
belt login) - Cost: Billed by inference.sh
- Adoption: 11 installs, 781 GitHub stars (skills.sh, 2026-10-26)
What it does
A still-to-video guide for inference.sh that compares Wan 2.5 image-to-video, Seedance, Fabric and Grok Video and says when to use each. It also teaches motion prompting and which camera movements to ask for.
Use when
- Animating a photo or illustration
- Choosing an image-to-video model
- Writing motion and camera prompts
Install
- Claude Code:
npx skills add inference-sh/skills --skill image-to-video -a claude-code - Codex:
npx skills add inference-sh/skills --skill image-to-video -a codex - Cursor:
npx skills add inference-sh/skills --skill image-to-video -a cursor - Gemini CLI:
npx skills add inference-sh/skills --skill image-to-video -a gemini-cli
Models it drives: wan_2_5, seedance_2, veed_fabric_1_0, grok_imagine
Example output
https://skills.varg.ai/previews/inference-sh-image-to-video.mp4 — Wan 2.5 image-to-video output from fal's model page (the skill's falai/wan-2-5-i2v app): a still of a white dragon warrior animated with a slow push-in that circles to a close-up (credit: fal (Wan 2.5 image-to-video example), https://fal.ai/models/fal-ai/wan-25-preview/image-to-video)
Used for
- Animate a photo: A still photo brought to life: a subtle smile, blink, camera move or full scene motion.
More cinematic & short films skills
- Previz to Seedance: Plan multi-shot AI video before paying: story, anchor sheets, a three.js grey-box previz, then a Seedance v2v pack.
- Higgsfield Generate: Generate images, video, 3D and audio across 30+ models, plus ad videos and virality scoring, from one CLI.
- fal Recipes: Follow proven multi-step fal pipelines for commercials, product shots, characters, lip-sync and try-on.
- fal Fan Cam: Put someone into a live sports broadcast: a realistic fan-cam cutaway with scoreboard and channel overlays.
- Gemini Omni Flash: Generate and edit video with Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash: text-to-video, first/last frames, extensions, edits.
- Melies: Generate images, video, movie posters and thumbnails from the terminal with 148 AI actors and style flags.
Run the generation on varg
varg is one API key for the models these skills drive — Seedance 2.5, Kling 4, Veo 3.1, Wan 3, Nano Banana 2.1, GPT Image 2.5, ElevenLabs v4 and 200+ more — billed in credits, with a cost estimate before anything runs.
- Claude Code:
claude plugin marketplace add vargHQ/skills && claude plugin install varg@varg(skill + hosted MCP) - Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI, OpenClaw:
npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-ai -a <agent> -y - Claude.ai, ChatGPT, any MCP client: connect
https://mcp.varg.ai/mcp - API key: https://varg.ai/dashboard/api · Model specs: https://varg.ai/models/llms.txt