What is AI camera control?

It turns a single still image into a video clip with a deliberate camera move — orbiting, pushing in, dropping down from overhead — instead of leaving the movement up to a text prompt. You pick the move; the model renders the shot.

Which camera moves are supported, and which are not?

The camera travels on a sphere around your subject and always stays pointed at it. That covers orbits, quarter arcs, dolly in and out, and high or low angle moves from directly overhead to looking up from below. It does not cover pan, tilt or roll — those rotate the camera in place so the subject leaves the frame — and it cannot do a dolly zoom, which needs a focal length change this model does not expose.

Will my product or character get distorted?

This is the specific problem the model was built to avoid. It uses a fixed internal camera path rather than re-imagining the scene from a text description, so the subject holds its shape as the camera moves around it.

What do I need to provide?

One image. A prompt is optional — leave it blank and the camera move alone drives the shot. Add a prompt if you also want to steer what happens in the scene. Note that a source image implying motion (a jump, spray, smoke) will usually keep animating; the camera path is what you control precisely, not whether the scene is perfectly still.

How long can the clip be?

Between 5 and 15 seconds, in whole seconds. The camera move is spread across whatever length you choose, so a longer clip gives you a slower, smoother move.

How many credits does it cost?

Credits scale with resolution and length: 10 per second at 480P, 16 per second at 768P and 32 per second at 1080P. A 5 second 768P clip costs 80 credits.

AI Camera Controls — Orbit, Dolly and Crane Shots From One Image

Turn a single image into a moving shot. Pick a camera move and H3 Max keeps your subject locked and undistorted while the camera travels around it.

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Camera Controls Examples

One image in, one camera move chosen, one finished shot out — the subject stays exactly as it was.

Source image

Camera move

Hero Reveal

Rises from a low angle and closes in — a dramatic entrance

Generated video

Nine camera moves, one click each

Every move is a preset built from tested keyframes. You never type an angle.

360 Orbit

Circles the subject a full turn — the go-to product reveal

Bird's Eye Descend

Drops from a near top-down view into a tight close-up

Whip Spin

Two fast full turns that land back where they started

Hero Reveal

Rises from a low angle and closes in — a dramatic entrance

Dolly In

Pushes straight toward the subject

Dolly Out

Pulls back to reveal the wider scene

Arc Left

Sweeps a quarter turn to the left

Arc Right

Sweeps a quarter turn to the right

Worm's Eye Rise

Starts low looking up, then levels out

Why this beats writing “orbit the product” in a prompt

Camera movement driven by an actual camera path, not by a model rewriting your scene.

Your subject does not warp

Prompt-driven camera moves usually fail the same way: ask for an orbit and the model redraws the product from a guess instead of moving the viewpoint. This model runs a fixed internal camera path, so the subject you uploaded is the subject you get back.

Presets, not numbers

Orbit, arc, dolly, overhead descent and more are ready to click. The underlying keyframes were calibrated on real generations, so you skip the trial and error entirely.

5 to 15 seconds, with audio

Pick any length from 5 to 15 seconds. Every clip comes back with a synchronized audio track.

Up to 1080P

Render at 480P for quick drafts, 768P as the everyday default, or 1080P when the shot is going somewhere public.

How to add camera movement to an image

Three steps, no keyframing.

Upload your image

Whatever sits at the centre of the frame becomes the subject the camera orbits. The output keeps your image's aspect ratio.

Pick a camera move

Choose from nine presets — 360 orbit for product reveals, dolly in to build tension, bird's eye descend for a dramatic open.

Set length and resolution, then generate

Choose 5 to 15 seconds and a resolution. The prompt is optional — leave it empty and the camera move alone drives the shot.

Camera Controls FAQ

What it does, and what it does not.

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Pick a move and get a finished shot in seconds.

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