AI Melt Effect — your photo drips into a puddle

Four parts, in this order:

• The material and the trigger: “warm wax”, “ice cream”, “clay”, plus where the melt starts — the top, one edge, the base.
• The flow: direction and speed — “slowly drips downward, pooling at the base”.
• What stays solid: background, frame, lighting, the parts that must not melt. Unnamed things drift first.
• The camera: “still camera” keeps the melt readable; save the slow push-in for the final puddle.

Pick by what the clip has to do:

• Holding one photo while the melt spreads — Seedance 2.0: starts from your exact photo, 4–15 seconds, 36 credits a second at 480p.
• Testing whether the drip looks right — Wan 3.0: 15 credits a second at 480p, so a 5-second draft is 75 credits.
• The drip and splash sound — Veo 3.1 Fast: sound generated with the picture, 45 credits a second.
• The polished final cut — Seedance 2.5: up to 4K, longer clips, 54 credits a second at 480p.

From each vendor's own page or search summary, read on 30 October 2026 ^[1][2][3][4]:

• Pollo AI: upload an image, click Create, download. The page says the effect is free to try and describes a realistic dripping motion; it shows no per-clip price ^[1].
• Vidu: a melt-down generator — upload a photo, choose how many outputs, create and download; the page lists no prices or plans ^[2].
• Morphic: a text-to-video tool where you describe what melts, where the melt starts and what stays solid. Its guide says the clearer the line between solid and melted, the more convincing the flow ^[3].
• Kenerate: no template — the prompt recipe on this page, the credit price per second printed above, and the exact cost shown in the studio before every render.

Miraflow's melt-prompt guide makes the same point as the template sites: for this effect the starting photo matters more than for most AI video trends, so pick a clear, recognisable subject ^[4]. A single object with a clean edge gives the model a boundary to melt from; a cluttered scene gives it nothing to pool.

Label the clip as AI when you post — TikTok, Reels and Shorts all ask for that on realistic AI content — and keep a melted face or a real person's photo to people who agreed to it.

The candle flame stays lit while the wax softens from the top and slowly drips down the sides, pooling on the saucer; the window, curtains and background stay exactly the same; still camera.

The scoop softens and melts downward over the cone, dripping in slow streams; the cone, the hand and the sunny park behind stay unchanged; still camera.

Her hair softens and drips down her shoulders like warm wax, slowly pooling on the floor; face, expression, jacket and the grey studio backdrop stay exactly the same; still camera.

The chocolate bar softens from one corner and slowly melts into a glossy pool on the plate; the plate, lighting and table stay exactly the same; close-up, still camera.

The sandcastle softens at its base and slides into a low wet puddle as the wave pulls back; the beach, sky and sea stay unchanged; still camera.

A candle softens and drips slowly down its sides; the flame flickers gently; audio: a soft drip and a faint sizzle, no music, no voice-over; the room stays exactly the same.

The product bottle softens gradually from the top, its label warping and sliding down into a glossy pool; the surface, lighting and background stay exactly the same; slow push-in.

The cartoon character slowly drips into a puddle of paint, line style and white background unchanged; flat 2D animation look; still camera.