Guide to Restyling Videos
Turn a video into anime, a cartoon, a comic or a watercolor in getimg.ai with a simple prompt or a picture of the style.
How It Works
You can turn a clip into a drawn style, like anime, a cartoon, a comic or a watercolor. The AI redraws the clip while closely following its motion, camera and timing.
The maximum length of the clip you can attach as a reference, and so edit, varies by model:
Model | Max length of the attached clip |
Seedance 2.5 | 30 seconds |
MiniMax H3 | 15 seconds |
MiniMax H3 Max | 15 seconds |
Kling 4.0 | 30 seconds in total, across up to 5 clips |
Wan 3.0 | 15 seconds |
There are two ways to do it:
- From the full video view: for any video in your gallery, including uploads.
- From the Create video prompt box: for a clip you upload or pick from your gallery.
In both, you can attach more references to the same edit with the Reference button, like a photo or an audio file.
Ask for the whole scene to be redrawn, not only the people, for example: turn the whole scene, including the street and the sky, into a hand-drawn 90s anime. Otherwise the background can stay photographic.
Option 1. Restyle from Full Video View
This works for any video you have already generated or uploaded:
- Log into getimg.ai and click a video in your gallery (All media, Uploads, a folder or the Create video gallery). It opens in full view, with the clip already attached to the prompt box below.
- Optionally, click the Reference button in the prompt box and add a picture in the style you want.
- Describe the edit in the prompt box.
- Click the arrow in the prompt box. The edited video appears in your gallery as a new video.
Examples:
- turn this video into a bright 2D cartoon with bold outlines
- redraw it as an inked comic book with halftone dots.
Option 2. Restyle Using the Create Video Prompt Box
Use this when you want to start from Create video:
- Open Create video in the sidebar, under the Video group.
- Click the model button in the bottom left of the prompt box and choose one of the available models that support videos as references.
- Click the Reference button in the prompt box and press Upload file or Select existing to add your clip.
- Optionally, click the Reference button again and add a picture in the style you want.
- Describe the edit in the prompt box.
- Click the arrow in the prompt box to generate.
Examples:
- restyle the video in the art style of the picture
- turn it into a loose watercolor with soft washes and paper texture.
Frequently Asked Questions
Anime, 2D cartoons, comic books, watercolor, pencil sketches, cut paper and more. Name a decade, a technique or a mood, like 90s cel anime or a linocut print.
Yes. Attach the picture as an image reference with your clip and ask for its style. It is often easier than describing every line and color.
The AI closely follows the motion, the camera and the timing of your clip. The result is a new video, so small details like hand positions can differ from the original.
It depends on the model: up to 30 seconds on Seedance 2.5, up to 30 seconds in total across up to 5 clips on Kling 4.0, and up to 15 seconds on MiniMax H3, MiniMax H3 Max and Wan 3.0. For a series of clips, reuse the same style prompt or picture so they match. The general flow is in the Guide to Video Editing Basics.