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Video to Anime

Video to Anime

Restyle live-action footage as an anime-inspired video with Cuta. Use your source clip to explore illustrated characters, colors and animated scene treatments.

Try Video to Anime
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Start with your content

Add your source now, or later in Studio.

Original videoOptional
Up to 200 MB
50

Review settings and cost in Studio before generating. Your selected files and inputs will be carried over.

Working with Video to Anime

Keep motion while exploring another visual treatment

Supply a source clip and describe the medium, palette and appearance you want. Repeat the subject details that should stay recognizable.

Materials for this task

Add the materials to their named inputs. Original video: one video.

Choose the supported settings

Available settings include Target style; Processing strength; Process subject only; Subject description; Replacement background color. Review the full options in Studio before generation.

From idea to creation

How to use Video to Anime

  1. Add the source

    Add the materials to their named inputs. Original video: one video.

  2. Set the direction

    Available settings include Target style; Processing strength; Process subject only; Subject description; Replacement background color. Review the full options in Studio before generation.

  3. Review the result in Studio

    Check faces, outlines and texture across the whole clip. A style may look good in one frame but flicker during movement.

A starting direction for Video to Anime

Illustrative artwork shows the intended visual direction. Your result depends on your source materials and settings.

An example to adapt

Two adjacent views of the same young adult traveler by a train window, left realistic cinematic photography and right original hand-drawn anime illustration, matching clothing and pose. luminous diffuse lighting, understated background and distinct subject colors

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Ideas for Video to Anime

Visual look development

Compare how an existing movement could appear in a different artistic medium.

Themed sequences

Explore a consistent treatment for a short scene and review transitions and detail changes.

Frequently asked questions

Add the materials to their named inputs. Original video: one video.

Your next creation starts here

Make something worth sharing.

Start with your own content in Video to Anime. Review the settings in Studio and create your result.

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