A performance moved onto a photo
One-tap templates driven by a reference performance: your photo, their moves.
The full job
AI Motion Transfer in Versely
Opens the studio directly. Every generation costs credits.
Overview
AI motion transfer, also called motion control, takes the movement from one video and gives it to someone else. Film the walk, the gesture or the dance yourself, or start from a clip you have the rights to: the timing comes from the clip, the performer from you. Versely has two routes, and they differ in what else carries over.
Route one is Copy the moves in Versely Remix. Your person or character (a photo, one of your avatars or a ready-made character) does the clip's moves inside the clip itself: its place, camera, timing and original sound stay, and a new place or style is optional. Start from a trending reel, a TikTok, Instagram, YouTube or X link, or an upload, and keep 4 to 15 seconds of it. It costs the same as a swap, from 30 credits for 5 seconds at Lite 480p, with the exact price on the bar before you generate.
Route two is a motion-control model on a still: Kling's V3 Standard and Pro for body motion and ByteDance's DreamActor V2 for facial expressions and head movement, listed in the roster below with credits. Use it for a driving clip longer than 15 seconds, or when the performance should sit on your own image rather than inside the original clip.
More detail
Check the driving clip before you spend credits. On Kling V3 it must show the head, shoulders and torso, run 3 to 30 seconds, stay under 100 MB and be an MP4 or QuickTime file of at least 340 px. Keep the framing of your character still close to the framing of the clip.
Models inside
Motion-control models: a driving performance in, your character doing it out.
9 models in Versely's catalog do this job, 5 of them with a spec page. Prices are Versely credits and update with the catalog.
Where to go next
- Best motion control modelEvery motion-control model, ranked by the credits one job costs.
- AI motion controlWhat it means, what a reference clip needs and the orientation setting.
- Higgsfield GenjutsuIts Motion Transfer and Object Swap modes, with sourced limits and prices.
- Kling V3 motion control guidePuppeteering brand characters with a driving clip.
- MJ Dance templateA motion-control template: one photo, a reference performance.
What AI Motion Transfer does
Copy the moves keeps the clip around them
In Versely Remix the clip's room, camera, timing and original sound stay, and only the performer changes. Add a new place or style when you want one.
The driving clip sets the timing
Beats land where they landed in the source. That is the difference between a dance that syncs to a track and one that nearly does.
Your subject, not a generated one
The performer comes from your photo, an avatar, a ready-made character, an illustration or a mascot, so the identity is fixed before any motion is applied.
Repeatable performances
One clip can be re-used across characters, which is how you build a library of consistent moves instead of re-rolling each time.
Body or face on the still route
Kling V3 motion control re-performs the movement of a driving video that shows the head, shoulders and torso. DreamActor V2 is a face-reenactment model: it carries expressions and head movement onto your still. Pick by what has to move.
Framing has to match
A full-body clip needs a full-body performer: a full-body photo in Remix, a full-body still on Kling. Mismatched framing is the single most common reason a transfer looks wrong.
How it works
- 1
Get the moves
In Versely Remix, pick a reel in the trend library, paste a TikTok, Instagram, YouTube or X link, or upload a clip you own. For the still route, film the driving clip on a phone against a plain background, keep the subject fully in frame, and keep it to 30 seconds or less (Kling V3 needs at least 3).
- 2
Pick the performer
In Remix: a photo, one of your avatars or a ready-made character. On the still route: one image framed the same way as the driving clip, with the whole body visible if the motion uses it.
- 3
Generate
Copy the moves keeps 4 to 15 seconds of the clip, with its place and sound, and shows the price before you generate. On Kling V3, choose whether the character's orientation follows the video (the default) or your image; the model renders the motion at the driving clip's timing.
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Finish
Add captions to a Remix take or schedule it with Auto Post. A still-route result can be trimmed to the beat, composited onto a background, or upscaled if it is going somewhere paid.
Who uses AI Motion Transfer
- Dance trends performed by an original character
- Mascot and brand-character animation
- A re-usable library of gestures
- Streamer and VTuber-style motion
- Choreography previews before a shoot
- Consistent motion across a campaign
Frequently asked questions
What is motion control in AI video?
Motion control is the mode where a video model takes the movement from a driving video and applies it to a different subject: the performance stays, the performer changes. Motion transfer is the same job under another name. Kling calls its version motion control. Versely runs the job two ways: Copy the moves in Versely Remix, and Kling Video V3 Standard and Pro or DreamActor V2 on a still.
What do I need to start?
For Copy the moves in Versely Remix: a clip (a trending reel, a link or an upload) and the person or character who should perform it, as a photo, an avatar or a ready-made character. For the still route: a driving video and a still of the character, with framing, distance and orientation as close between them as you can manage.
What does Kling's motion control do?
You give it a driving video and a still of your character, and it re-performs the video's movement as that character at the video's timing. On Kling V3 the driving video must show the head, shoulders and torso and run 3 to 30 seconds, and you can choose whether the character's orientation follows the video (the default) or your image. Standard renders 720p and Pro renders 1080p.
What video and image limits apply?
Copy the moves uses 4 to 15 seconds of a clip, from uploads up to 200 MB or a link, with up to 8 photos. Kling V3 takes one driving video (MP4 or QuickTime, up to 100 MB, 3 to 30 seconds, at least 340 px, aspect ratio between 2:5 and 5:2) and an optional prompt of up to 2,500 characters. DreamActor V2 takes a character image (JPEG or PNG, up to 4.7 MB, 480x480 to 1920x1080) and a driving video (up to 30 seconds, MP4, MOV or WebM, 200x200 to 2048x1440).
Does it copy the face as well as the body?
That depends on the route. Copy the moves re-renders your whole person or character in the clip's motion. DreamActor V2 is a face-reenactment model that carries expressions and head movement from the driving clip. Kling V3 motion control re-performs the movement of a driving clip that shows the head, shoulders and torso. Each model's page lists its inputs.
Does the background come across too?
It depends on the route. Copy the moves in Versely Remix keeps the clip's place, camera and sound unless you add a new place or style. Kling V3 motion control takes the backdrop from the driving video by default and can take it from your image instead. DreamActor V2 moves the face and head in your still, so the rest of the picture is your image.
How is this different from image-to-video?
Image-to-video invents motion from your description. Motion transfer copies motion you have already captured. If the exact timing matters (music, choreography, a gesture that has to hit a word), the transfer route is the only one that gives it to you.
How long can the driving clip be?
Copy the moves keeps 4 to 15 seconds; a longer clip opens a scrubber so you choose the part. Kling V3 and DreamActor V2 take driving clips up to 30 seconds. All of them bill by length, so cost scales with the performance. Short, deliberate clips transfer more reliably than long ones and cost proportionally less.
Is AI motion transfer free?
No. Every transfer costs credits, shown before you confirm; there is no free generation tier. Copy the moves starts at 30 credits for 5 seconds at Lite 480p. Free on-device helpers under /free-tools can trim a driving clip before you upload it.
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