# Mimic Motion AI > Mimic motion AI makes the person or character in a photo copy the movement in a video — a dance, a gesture, a song. On Kenerate AI, PixVerse Mimic and DreamActor v2 do it with no prompt at all, from clips up to 30 seconds, and ten more engines handle longer or higher-resolution mimic videos. URL: https://kenerateai.com/mimic-motion-ai Publisher: Kenerate AI (https://kenerateai.com) Last updated: 3 October 2026 ## Key facts - No-prompt engines: PixVerse Mimic · DreamActor v2 - Clip on those two: Up to 30 s (longer refused) - PixVerse output: 360p, 540p or 720p - DreamActor v2: Face + lips · keeps sound - Longest mimic: 2 min · SCAIL 2, SteadyDancer - PixVerse Mimic (PixVerse): Image + video up to 30 s · no prompt → 360p, 540p or 720p · silent. Fast, punchy social clips where the photo copies one move. - DreamActor v2 (ByteDance): Image + video up to 30 s · no prompt → Follows the source · keeps sound. Mimics the whole performance — body, face and lip movement — and keeps the sound. - SCAIL 2 (WaveSpeed): Image + video up to 2 min → 480p or 720p · keeps sound. Mimic routines longer than 30 s, up to 2 min, with the music kept. - SteadyDancer (WaveSpeed): Image + video up to 2 min → 480p or 720p · silent. Mimic dance with fast spins, kept steady and on-model. - Kenerate Motion (Kenerate): Image + video (first 20 s used) → 720p or 1080p · 24/48 fps · sound switch. A quick 1080p mimic of the first 20 seconds. ## Steps 1. Trim the clip to 30 seconds or less — PixVerse Mimic and DreamActor v2 refuse longer clips. One clear person, steady camera, no cuts. 2. Pick the engine — PixVerse Mimic for a body move; DreamActor v2 when the face, lips and sound matter. 3. Upload the photo — A clear photo of one subject. DreamActor v2 needs JPG or PNG, from 480×480 up to 1920×1080. 4. Generate — No prompt to write. On PixVerse choose 360p, 540p or 720p; DreamActor follows the source. Download the MP4. ## In depth ### What 'no prompt' really means PixVerse Mimic and DreamActor v2 take only two inputs, so everything — the look, the lighting, how loose clothes move — comes from your photo, and everything about timing comes from the video. That makes them quick and predictable, but the only way to change the result is to change one of the inputs: a better-lit photo, a cleaner clip, a tighter trim. ### Body mimic vs performance mimic PixVerse's docs describe Mimic as analysing the motion sequence and rebuilding it on your character with rhythm and pose alignment — body first. ByteDance's DreamActor-M2 paper describes animation without an explicit skeleton that also carries over facial expressions, and DreamActor v2 in the tool copies body, face and lip movement. Pick by what the clip is about: steps or a performance. ### A three-take mimic routine Failed jobs are refunded automatically, so a quick test costs nothing if it doesn't run. - Take 1: PixVerse Mimic at 360p on a 5–10 second slice to check the photo works. - Take 2: the full clip at 720p, or DreamActor v2 if the face matters. - Take 3: SCAIL 2 or SteadyDancer if the routine is longer than 30 seconds. ## FAQ Q: Do I need a prompt to mimic a video? A: Not on PixVerse Mimic or DreamActor v2: you give them a photo and a video and they work out the rest. The other ten engines in the Motion Transfer tool take an optional description of the look, which helps with stylised characters. None of them needs you to describe the movement, because the video already shows it. Q: What is MimicMotion? A: MimicMotion is a research framework from Tencent for human motion video generation with confidence-aware pose guidance, published at ICML 2025 with open code on GitHub. It is not one of Kenerate's engines; the tool runs PixVerse Mimic, DreamActor v2, SCAIL 2 and nine others that do the same kind of job — a photo copying a video's movement. Q: Why was my clip refused? A: Most likely it is longer than 30 seconds. PixVerse Mimic and DreamActor v2 refuse over-long clips instead of trimming them, while SCAIL, Wan, Kling, Kenerate Motion and SteadyDancer trim. Cut the clip to 30 seconds or less, or switch to SCAIL 2 or SteadyDancer, which take up to 2 minutes. Q: Can a photo mimic a dance? A: Yes. Upload the dance as the driving video and the photo copies the routine. PixVerse Mimic suits short social dances up to 30 seconds; SteadyDancer is built to keep a dancer stable through fast spins; SCAIL 2 handles routines up to 2 minutes and keeps the music. A full-body photo is essential for full-body dances. Q: Can a cartoon or a pet mimic a video? A: Often, yes. PixVerse's documentation asks for a photo with a clear subject such as a person or an animal, and the driving video must show a person as the main subject. Cartoon and 3D characters work best when their arms and legs are clearly visible; very unusual body shapes can distort. Q: Which mimic engines keep the sound? A: DreamActor v2 keeps the clip's audio automatically, which is why it suits singing and talking mimics. SCAIL 2 keeps it too, and Kling 3.0 and Kenerate Motion have a keep-sound switch. PixVerse Mimic and SteadyDancer return silent video, so add music in an editor afterwards if you use them. Q: Can I make a photo of someone else mimic a video? A: Only with their consent. Use photos of yourself, of people who agreed to it, or characters you made — never celebrities or strangers. Mimic engines like DreamActor v2 copy faces and lip movement closely, so label the result as AI-made when you post it. ## Related pages - AI Motion Control: https://kenerateai.com/ai-motion-control - AI motion transfer: https://kenerateai.com/ai-motion-transfer - Make a photo dance: https://kenerateai.com/make-photo-dance - Viggle AI alternative: https://kenerateai.com/viggle-ai-alternative - Kling Motion Control: https://kenerateai.com/kling-motion-control ## Sources - Kenerate Motion Transfer tool: https://kenerateai.com/app/tool/motion - PixVerse — Motion Control (Mimic) docs: https://docs.platform.pixverse.ai/how-to-use-mimic-1982936m0 - Tencent/MimicMotion on GitHub: https://github.com/Tencent/MimicMotion - DreamActor-M2 paper (arXiv 2601.21716): https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.21716 - Mimic — AI Photo Face Animator (Google Play): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.magiclabs.mimic