Record the movement once, even on a phone, and add a picture of whoever should perform it. Kling Motion Control on Yovid hands the rhythm, poses and hand work of your clip to that character, in 720p or 1080p.
Motion control splits a shot into two uploads. A clip of a real performer settles what happens: every step, turn, wave and pause, on the beat it happened. One picture settles who it happens to: the face, outfit, build and drawing style. Kling Motion Control combines the two into a new clip of your character acting the take out. Reach for it when a movement is easy to film and hard to put into words, like a dance routine, a run of hand signs or a presenter’s gestures.
Write the action into a prompt and let the model work out the motion from your still, no footage needed.
Image to video AIKeep the performance and change its surroundings: a new backdrop, product or visual style, with the camera move intact.
Video to video AICast a person, product or set from a few reference pictures into shots of their own instead of copying a take.
Reference to video AIKling paired footage of a young woman running through a playful hand routine in a park with an illustration of a girl beneath a street tree. In the output the drawing keeps its face, braid and backpack, while every hand shape and the wave that closes the routine land on the same beat as in the footage.
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Kling 2.6 Motion ControlClose-up hand work is the hardest part of copying motion. Here a sequence of hand seals from a performer in white robes is carried over to a woman in a pink gown and a tiara, and the finger shapes are still clear. Choose a still where both hands are in view so the model has fingers to work with.
1Kling 2.6 Motion ControlThere is no length setting: the output follows your motion clip, up to 30 seconds. Kling’s yoga example moves a whole stretching sequence from an outdoor lawn into a bright living room in one take. On Yovid any clip over 10 seconds needs Character Orientation set to video.
1Kling 2.6 Motion ControlThe prompt is optional and never has to describe the moves. Spend it on what the clip cannot supply. Kling added one line to a clip of a woman slowly turning on the spot, and a corgi trots in and circles the character’s feet while her full turn keeps following the reference.
1Kling 2.6 Motion ControlOne switch in the composer decides whose framing the result follows, and with it how long your motion clip may run. Yovid starts on image.
Image
The character faces the way it does in your still, and the camera takes direction from the prompt: push in, pull back, rise, lower or stay put. Motion clips can be 3 to 10 seconds. Best for gestures, speaking and dances that stay front-on.
Video
The character turns, travels and is framed as the performer was. Motion clips can be 3 to 30 seconds. Pick it for spins, walks across the frame, full-body choreography and anything longer than 10 seconds.
The two models accept the same files and clip lengths; they differ in rate and in which purchases unlock them. Every figure comes from the generator’s own pricing, so a rate change shows up here too.
| Model | 720p credits / s | 1080p credits / s | 10 s clip at 720p | Motion clip | Subscriptions | Credit packs | Free credits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Kling 3.0 Motion Control | 3 | 4 | 30 | 3–30 s | Lite, Pro and Premium | No | No |
| Kling 2.6 Motion Control | 2 | 3.2 | 20 | 3–30 s | Lite, Pro and Premium | Creator and up | No |
A run is billed on the seconds of your motion clip; the figures above are list rates. Your plan changes them when you generate, and not by the same amount for both models: on some subscriptions Kling 2.6 Motion Control ends up dearer than Kling 3.0 Motion Control, so check the quote in the composer. Failed generations are not charged.
Use cases
Record a trend’s moves at home, then post them performed by an avatar or a drawn persona instead of yourself.
Give a 3D or illustrated brand character the gestures of a real person, with no rigging or keyframes.
Act a scene out on a phone and watch it played by the final character design before an animation pass.
Turn one recorded routine into a card-ready clip starring Santa, an elf or your team’s mascot.
Step 1
Choose Kling 3.0 or Kling 2.6 Motion Control, then upload one JPG or PNG of the character: 10 MB at most, 300 px or more on each side, between 2:5 and 5:2, with every limb that will move in view.
Step 2
Add one MP4 or MOV of the movement, 3 to 30 seconds and up to 100 MB, then set Character Orientation: image for clips up to 10 seconds, video for anything longer.
Step 3
Optionally describe the backdrop, extra details or a camera move in up to 2,500 characters, choose 720p or 1080p, check the credit quote and generate.
Use a clip with a single person, no cuts and a steady camera. When several people are in frame, Kling follows whoever takes up the most space.
Half-body footage wants a half-body picture and a full-body dance a full-body one. Leave room around the character for wide arm and leg moves.
Hands tucked behind the back or feet cut off by the frame give the model nothing to animate, so pick a still where they show.
You pay for every second of the motion clip and the result runs as long as it does, so cut the dead time at either end first.
Human movement maps best onto a humanlike figure in any art style. Kling notes results get worse when, say, a person drives an animal.
The clip’s own audio carries into the result, so use footage whose music and voices you may publish, or a silent clip you will score later.
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