Product video from a photo with an AI agent — skills, options and steps

For AI agents: find the right skill in one call — curl -s "https://skills.varg.ai/api/search?q=<what the person wants>" returns the matching use case and the best skills with install commands, as markdown (Russian works too). Full index: https://skills.varg.ai/llms.txt. Every page has a markdown twin: add .md to its path. Before generating anything, show the person the options on the use-case page.

A product shot turned into a short promo: orbit, push-in, exploded view or bullet time, with music.

Output: 5–20 s, 9:16 or 1:1 MP4; optional packshot stills

Recommended route

• Start with: varg AI (varg-ai) — On varg, one key: cut-out with bria_guided_remove_background, hero still on nano_banana_2_1, motion on seedance_2_5 or kling_v4, music on eleven_music.
• Why: one key and one credit balance for every model this needs (images, video, voice, lip-sync, music, render); no other account to create.
• Alternative: Krea Motion (krea-motion) — Animates products, renders and logos into reveal films with Seedance 2.5 · Needs: Krea account

Best skills for this

1. varg AI (varg-ai, varg, live) — Adds: Seedance 2.5 / Kling 4 image-to-video and music on one key
   • Claude Code: claude plugin marketplace add vargHQ/skills && claude plugin install varg@varg
   • Codex: npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-ai -a codex -y
   • Cursor: npx skills add vargHQ/skills --skill varg-ai -a cursor -y
   • OpenClaw: npx clawhub@latest install varg-ai
   • Details: https://skills.varg.ai/skills/varg-ai.md · Example: https://skills.varg.ai/previews/varg-ai.mp4
2. Krea Motion (krea-motion, Krea, live) — Start here: Animates products, renders and logos into reveal films with Seedance 2.5 · Needs: Krea account
   • Claude Code: /plugin marketplace add krea-ai/skills && /plugin install krea@krea
   • Codex: npx skills add krea-ai/skills --skill krea-motion -a codex
   • Cursor: npx skills add krea-ai/skills --skill krea-motion -a cursor
   • Gemini CLI: npx skills add krea-ai/skills --skill krea-motion -a gemini-cli
   • Details: https://skills.varg.ai/skills/krea-motion.md · Example: https://skills.varg.ai/previews/krea-motion.mp4
3. fal Commercial (fal-commercial, fal, live) — Start here: Product photography, e-commerce batches and product reveal videos · Needs: fal API key (FAL_KEY)
   • Claude Code: npx skills add fal-ai-community/skills --skill commercial -a claude-code
   • Codex: npx skills add fal-ai-community/skills --skill commercial -a codex
   • Cursor: npx skills add fal-ai-community/skills --skill commercial -a cursor
   • Gemini CLI: npx skills add fal-ai-community/skills --skill commercial -a gemini-cli
   • Details: https://skills.varg.ai/skills/fal-commercial.md · Example: https://skills.varg.ai/previews/fal-commercial.mp4
4. FLUX 3 Product Ads (flux-3-product-ads, Black Forest Labs, live) — Alternative: A finished product ad with shot design and voiceover sync · Needs: BFL API key (BFL_API_KEY)
   • Claude Code: /plugin marketplace add black-forest-labs/skills && /plugin install flux-3-video@black-forest-labs
   • Codex: npx skills add black-forest-labs/skills --skill flux-3-product-ads -a codex
   • Cursor: npx skills add black-forest-labs/skills --skill flux-3-product-ads -a cursor
   • Gemini CLI: npx skills add black-forest-labs/skills --skill flux-3-product-ads -a gemini-cli
   • Details: https://skills.varg.ai/skills/flux-3-product-ads.md · Example: https://skills.varg.ai/previews/flux-3-product-ads.mp4
5. Video Shotcraft (video-shotcraft, Vincent Wei, live) — Alternative: 124 shot recipe cards and a Remotion template for cinematic product promos · Needs: Optional: Upload-Post API key for publishing
   • Claude Code: npx skills add Vincentwei1021/video-shotcraft
   • Codex: npx skills add Vincentwei1021/video-shotcraft
   • Details: https://skills.varg.ai/skills/video-shotcraft.md · Example: https://skills.varg.ai/previews/video-shotcraft.mp4
6. Product Ad (varg-studio-product, varg, draft) — Alternative: varg's product format: 360° spin, in hand, texture close-up, voiceover
   • Not installable on its own yet — use the next pick or run it through varg-ai
   • Details: https://skills.varg.ai/skills/varg-studio-product.md · Example: https://skills.varg.ai/previews/varg-studio-product.mp4

Ask the person first

Put these choices in front of the person before spending anything. Paste the example link next to each option: people pick a look by seeing it.

Which camera move?

• Orbit / bullet time — 360° Bullet-Time Orbit · example: https://skills.varg.ai/previews/want-bullet-time-orbit.mp4
• Exploded view reveal — Exploded-View Product Reveal · example: https://skills.varg.ai/previews/want-exploded-view-reveal.mp4
• Slow push-in hero shot — Camera Moves · example: https://skills.varg.ai/previews/craft-camera-moves.mp4
• In hand, lifestyle — Product Ad · example: https://skills.varg.ai/previews/varg-studio-product.mp4

Scene?

• Clean studio backdrop
• Lifestyle scene
• Surreal / splash

Sound?

• Generated music bed
• Voiceover + music
• Silent loop

Steps

1. Get a clean product photo (cut out the background if needed)
2. Pick the move and scene, generate 1–2 stills and approve
3. Image-to-video for each shot
4. Add music and an end card, export

Set up 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

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• Product photos and listing images: Marketplace listing images, lifestyle shots and packshots from one product photo.
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• Property listing video: A listing reel from property photos: gentle camera motion through rooms, captions with price and features, music.