Video to video AI — restyle, edit or transform any clip with a prompt
Upload footage and describe the change. The AI video to video generator keeps your motion and timing while it swaps the style, the weather, an object, the framing — or continues the shot. Seedance 2.5, Kling 3.0, Wan 3.0. 4K, no watermark.
- Keeps motion & timing
- Up to 30 s per pass · 4K
- No watermark, ever
- Free credits, no card
Day to neon night · Modify · Seedance 2.5
“Same street, same camera — make it a rainy neon night, wet reflections, keep every car and person”
What is video to video AI?
Video to video AI takes an existing video and generates a new one from it — keeping the motion and timing while changing the style, the scene, a subject or the length. Kenerate’s AI video to video generator has four modes: Restyle (anime, cartoon, cinematic, 3D), Modify by instruction (weather, lighting, camera angle, remove or replace objects), Motion transfer (drive a character with your movement) and Extend (continue the shot). Clips up to 30 seconds per pass, 4K, no watermark, free credits.
Four ways to transform a video
Restyle, modify, transfer motion or extend
Competitors do one of these. Pick the mode that matches your change and the model that does it best.
Real footage to anime · Wan 3.0
“Restyle as painted Ghibli-style animation, keep the walk cycle and camera exactly”
AI video style transfer
Turn real footage into anime, cartoon, 3D render, watercolour, comic, vintage film or a cinematic grade. Motion, timing and composition stay; only the look changes.
Keeps
motion · timing · composition · faces (optional)
Changes
art style · palette · grain · lighting mood
Before → after
Video to video examples
Each tile is a real clip transformed with one prompt. Tap to load it into the studio.
How to restyle a video with AI
How do I edit a video with video to video AI?
No masks, no keyframes. Upload, describe the change, download.
Upload a clip
MP4, MOV or WebM up to 200 MB, up to 30 s per pass, 720p or better. Trim to the part you want to change.
Pick a mode and describe it
Restyle, Modify, Motion transfer or Extend. Write what should change and what must stay. Choose Seedance 2.5, Kling 3.0 or Wan 3.0 and a strength.
Generate & download
About a minute later the new video is ready in 1080p — upscale to 4K, add subtitles or dub, download with no watermark.
Prompting for edits
How do I write a video to video prompt?
Say what to keep before what to change. The clearer the boundary, the less the model touches.
| Part | Examples |
|---|---|
| Keep | "keep the camera move, the faces and the timing" |
| Change | "make it a rainy night" · "restyle as anime" · "swap the jacket to red" |
| Where / when | "only the background" · "from 0:03 to 0:06" · "the man on the left" |
| Strength | low = subtle grade · high = full re-render |
Tip: for restyles, name a concrete reference (“Ghibli”, “Super-8”, “halftone comic”) rather than an adjective.
Restyle as painted Studio-Ghibli-style animation, soft edges, keep the walk cycle, faces and camera exactly as the original
Same shot, make it a rainy neon night with wet reflections; keep every person and car in place
Reframe as a tight cinematic close-up of the lighthouse at the same moment, shallow depth of field
Continue the shot for 8 more seconds: the car drives off and the camera tilts up to the skyline
Compared · 16 September 2026
Which video to video AI is best?
The tools people compare for restyling and editing footage, from their own pages. Kenerate is the only one with all four modes.
| Tool | Modes | Clip · res | Free tier | Watermark | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenerate AI | Restyle · Modify · Motion transfer · Extend | 30 s per pass · 4K | Free credits, no card | No watermark | Seedance 2.5 region edits, Kling 3.0, Wan 3.0 in one place |
| Luma Modify | Modify by instruction, restyle, reframe | 10 s · 1080p | Starter plan | Watermark on free | Strong instruction edits |
| Runway Aleph / Gen-4 | Instruction edits, style, camera | 5–10 s · 1080p | Trial credits | Watermark on free | Pro-grade, paid |
| Magic Hour | Restyle (20+ named styles) | Per-frame credits | 3 first-frame previews/day | Not stated | Style templates, API |
| DeeVid | Restyle, extend | <30 s · <50 MB | Free start | Not stated | Style intensity slider |
| Viggle | Motion transfer | Short loops · 1080p | Free tier | Watermark on free | Character mimics a clip |
| EaseMate / MindVideo | Restyle | Model-dependent | Credits | Varies | Aggregators |
Luma Modify and Runway Aleph are excellent instruction editors; Magic Hour and DeeVid are restyle-only; Viggle is motion-only. Kenerate combines them with Seedance 2.5’s region-level edits. See also our AI video to video converter.
Models for video to video
Seedance 2.5 vs Kling 3.0 vs Wan 3.0 vs Veo 3.1
Same upload, four engines. Pick by the kind of change.
| Model | Modes | Clip | Max res | Audio | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seedance 2.5ByteDance | Restyle, region + time-bounded edits, extend, motion | 30 s | 4K upscale | Native | Instruction edits without full re-render |
| Kling 3.0Kuaishou | Restyle, motion transfer, lip-sync | 15 s | 4K (Pro) | Native | People, dance, talking heads |
| Wan 3.0Alibaba | Restyle (illustrated styles), extend | 30 s | 1080p | Native | Anime, painterly, typography |
| Veo 3.1Google | Extend, first/last frame | 8 s | 4K | Synced | Cinematic continuation |
Before you upload
What footage works best?
Formats
MP4, MOV, WebM (H.264/H.265). Audio is kept or regenerated — your choice.
Length
Up to 30 s per pass; chain passes or use Extend for longer scenes.
Resolution
720p minimum, 1080p recommended. Output 1080p; upscale to 4K after.
Size
Up to 200 MB per file. Trim first — shorter clips render faster and cleaner.
- Steady, well-lit source clips restyle cleanest
- Trim to the exact seconds you want changed
- Use a face reference if identity must survive a heavy restyle
Video to video AI free
Is video to video AI free?
Yes to start. New accounts get free credits with no card, every mode is included, and exports have no watermark. Pay-as-you-go packs from $15 after that; credits never expire.
- Free credits on sign-up — no credit card
- All four modes on free credits
- No watermark on any export
- 1080p downloads; 4K upscale on any plan
- Full commercial rights for footage you own
After you transform
Finish it in the same tab
From US creators
What people transform with video to video AI
“Shot on a phone, restyled to anime, kept every beat of the choreography. Clients think it was rotoscoped.”
“One hero clip, six colourways in Modify mode. Same lighting, same motion, no reshoot.”
“Day to dusk on a walkthrough in one prompt. Extend gave me the extra seconds the edit needed.”
“Motion transfer from my own dance clip onto a 3D character — the timing is exact.”
People also ask
Video to video AI FAQ
Video to video AI takes an existing clip and generates a new one from it — keeping the motion and timing while changing the style, the scene, a subject or the length. Kenerate offers four modes: Restyle, Modify by instruction, Motion transfer and Extend, using Seedance 2.5, Kling 3.0, Wan 3.0 and Veo 3.1.
Written by the Kenerate AI team
We run every video to video model on this page in production and re-test clip limits, motion preservation and edit fidelity when a model updates. Competitor figures come from their public pages. Last updated 16 September 2026. Corrections: hello@kenerateai.com.
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