Car Transformation Effects

Overview

Car Transformation Effects turns a single car photo into a cinematic vehicle clip. The body shape, paint color, headlights, wheels and other design details of the photographed car serve as the visual reference, so the car stays recognizable in every effect.

There are three effects. Transfor rebuilds the car as a standing robot: in the preview, a classic two-tone sedan becomes a teal and chrome robot with wheels on its legs and the grille on its chest. Car Cartoon puts eyes on the windshield and drives the car through a desert town with a motel and a diner in low evening sun. San Andreass parks the car on a palm-lined suburban street styled like an open-world game, with characters standing around it.

The setting comes from the effect. Car Cartoon moves the sedan from its leafy street to the desert, while Transfor keeps a street much like the one in the photo.

What you can build

• Shareable clips for car owners and clubs from one photo of their own car.
• Vertical, square or widescreen edits for social feeds.

Inputs

• One clear photo of a car (JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF or HEIC).
• Effect: San Andreass (default), Transfor or Car Cartoon.
• Ratio: 9:16 (default), 16:9 or 1:1.
• Duration: 5 seconds (default), 10 or 15.

Outputs

One MP4 with sound at the chosen ratio and length, in 720p at 24 fps (a 9:16 run comes back at 716 by 1284).

Recommended settings

• Shoot the whole car from a front three-quarter angle in even light, as in the default input. That view shows the grille, headlights, wheels and side line the effects carry over.
• Check the look on a 5-second clip before rendering 10 or 15 seconds.

Limitations

The three scenes are fixed. There is no prompt, so the setting, story and camera cannot be changed.

Safety & compliance

Use photos of cars you own or have permission to show. San Andreass, the default, recreates a street and characters from a published video game, and the other two effects echo well-known film franchises. The car's badges carry over too, so do not use these clips in ads without the rights holders' permission.