Put any performance on any character. Add a character image and a motion clip, or pick a move from the library, and Kling 3.0 or Kling 2.6 recreates the body movement, gestures and expressions, with no mocap suit and no keyframes.
Popular dances, gestures and action moves, ready to use as your reference. Hover to preview, click to load, then add your character.
Motion transfer examples
Each result shows its two inputs in the corner: the character image decides who performs, the motion clip decides the body movement, gestures and expressions.
Photo to dance video
A full-body photo and a phone-shot dance clip are enough. With Match video, your character steps into the dancer's street and hits every beat, while the face, hair and outfit stay those of the person in your photo.
Try it with your characterAnime and illustration
A real performer's heart gestures, hand flicks and head tilts carry over to a hand-drawn character. With Match image, the illustration keeps its own street, line work and colours, and only the performance is borrowed.
Try it with your characterMascots and non-human characters
A crocodile-headed character in streetwear picks up a real dancer's arm swings and bounce without losing its scales, puffer jacket or neon Tokyo street. Brand mascots and game characters get a human performance without any rigging.
Try it with your characterOne motion, many characters
One idol-pose clip drives two different characters, so a campaign gets matching performances without another shoot. Film or pick the move once, then swap the character image for each variant.
Try it with your characterHow it works
Two inputs and a few choices. No prompt, no keyframes, and nothing is charged until you run.
A photo, illustration or 3D render of the character you want to see moving.
Upload a clip of one person moving, or pick a move from the motion library. Phone footage works.
Match the video or match the image, then pick Kling 2.6 or Kling 3.0 and 720p or 1080p. Keep the clip's audio or switch it off.
The credit cost appears before you confirm. Download the result or send it straight to the upscaler or extender.
This setting changes the result more than any other. Decide what has to survive: the performer's movement or your image's composition.
Choose it when the movement matters more than the pose in your image.
Choose it when the picture is already composed the way you want it.
Most failed runs trace back to the character image or the motion clip, not the model. Check both files against this list before you spend credits.
The whole body, head to feet
The model can only move limbs it can see: hands and feet stay in the image, and the performer stays fully in view throughout the clip.
Matching framing in both files
Full-body photo for a full-body dance, upper-body shot for a seated talk. Mismatched framing stretches or crops the character.
One person, one continuous take
A single subject in a steady shot, from the first frame to the last, gives the cleanest motion.
Trimmed to the move you need
The result runs as long as the clip and you pay per second, so cut the idle start and end first.
Cropped limbs or a hidden face
Crossed arms, props over the joints and an obstructed face hide the joints and features the motion needs to follow.
More than one person in frame
Only the largest figure is animated; everyone else is treated as background and can bleed into the movement.
Cuts, transitions or montages
Every cut is a jump the model tries to animate through.
Occlusion and whip pans
Walking behind objects, leaving the frame or fast camera swings break the motion.
Use cases
Dance videos are only the start. Motion transfer fits anywhere a real performance needs a different character.
Put a trending dance on your own character for TikTok, Reels and Shorts, with the song still on beat.
Example: Your own photo doing this week's dance challenge for Reels.
Record your own gestures and voice once, and let a virtual presenter or a stylized version of you deliver them.
Example: A 3D avatar opening a tutorial with the host's real hand gestures and voice.
See how a character design moves before anyone models, rigs or animates it.
Example: A concept-sheet warrior walking and turning from a reference walk cycle.
Turn a single lookbook photo into a walk or a turn that shows how the outfit moves.
Example: A studio outfit photo animated with a runway turn for a product page.
Both tiers accept the same files with the same limits. The result is always exactly as long as the motion clip.
Send the performance to the next tool without downloading and re-uploading it.
Generate a clip from a prompt, a still image, a reference or existing footage.
Open toolCut the subject out of any clip and export a transparent WebM or a solid colour.
Open toolWhat it is, how it differs from image-to-video, length, models, identity, selfies, sound, cost, commercial use and export.
AI motion control transfers the body movement, hand gestures and facial expressions of a reference video onto a character image, and returns a video of that character performing the same moves. It is also called motion transfer or pose transfer. You need no motion capture suit, no keyframes and no animation skills: one character image and one clip of a person moving are enough.
Image-to-video animates a still from a text prompt, so the model invents the movement. Motion control, also called motion transfer or pose transfer, copies the movement from a real clip, so choreography, timing and gestures come out the way they were performed. Use motion control when you have a reference; use image-to-video in the AI Video Generator when you only have an idea.
Between 2 and 30 seconds when the scene matches the video, and up to 10 seconds when it matches the image. Files can be up to 50 MB. The result is exactly as long as the clip you upload.
Both take the same image and clip with the same limits, and both render at 720p or 1080p. Kling 3.0 keeps the face and outfit more consistent through fast, complex movement, turns and changing angles, at a higher per-second rate. Start with Kling 2.6, and switch to Kling 3.0 when spins, footwork or hand gestures need more accuracy.
The face, hair, outfit and art style come from your image, not from the performer. Drift is most likely when the face is small or hidden, when the character turns fully away, or when the framing of the two files differs. A clear face and matching framing help most, and Kling 3.0 holds up better on fast moves.
Yes. Use a clear photo of yourself as the character image and a clip of the moves you want. A full-body photo suits a full-body dance and a waist-up selfie suits gestures or a seated talk; matching the framing of the two files keeps your proportions right.
Illustrations, anime, clay and 3D characters all work when the whole figure is visible and the body reads clearly. The movement comes from a human performer, so characters with a human-like body, a head, two arms and two legs, map best. Four-legged animals and creatures without limbs are much less predictable.
Yes. The clip's audio, whether music, voice or footsteps, is carried into the result by default, so a dance stays on the beat of its song. Switch off Keep audio if you plan to add your own track.
You pay per second of motion clip, and 1080p output costs more than 720p: Kling 2.6 at 14/23 credits per second (720p/1080p) and Kling 3.0 at 26/34, rounded up to a whole credit. The exact cost shows before you confirm, and failed runs are refunded automatically.
Subscription plans include a commercial license, and we do not claim ownership of the videos you create. Results made on a free account are public. The rights in your inputs still apply: use a character image and a motion clip you are allowed to use, and get permission for identifiable people, brand characters, and someone else's choreography or footage.
No. Motion control produces a finished video, not motion-capture data, so there is no skeleton, rig or keyframes to export. If you need animation data for a game engine or 3D software, you still need a mocap or pose-estimation tool.
Motion transfer
Upload a character image, pick or upload a motion clip, and see the exact cost before you run.
