Snapchat Launches AI Clips To Turn Your Still Photos Into Short Videos

Snapchat just announced a new feature called AI Clips that does exactly that. By using this new tool, you can take any standard picture from your camera roll and transform it into a short, five-second video. It brings a new level of creativity to the app and gives users another fun way to share memories with friends easily.

How Snapchat’s new AI Clips feature works

When you want to use the feature, the process is very simple. You select a photo, and the application analyzes the image to generate movement. It fills in the blanks to create a short clip that lasts about five seconds. The results can range from realistic background motion to more strange animations depending on the original picture.

This format is built directly into the Snapchat interface. Anyone can try it out immediately.

Snapchat is rolling it out to Lens Studio

The technology is also opening doors for developers. Creators can access the tools behind AI Clips through Snapchat’s Lens Studio. This means they can build custom lenses and filters that use the same photo-to-video generation. It is a big step for the platform as it tries to keep users engaged and compete with other video-heavy social networks.

We can expect to see a lot of interesting video clips popping up in stories soon on Snapchat that use the new functionality.