Will the hand cover the face?

No. The prompt says the hand never covers the face, and only a single fingertip moves the hair.

Does it work on short hair?

The wind effect is much weaker with short hair, because there are no long strands to cross the eyes.

Can I use a different model, or make it longer?

Yes. Five seconds on MiniMax H3 is the default; before you generate you can set up to 15 seconds or 2K on H3, or switch to another model listed for this effect in Studio, such as Wan 3.0 for up to 30 seconds. The Generate button shows the updated price first. Our samples were made on MiniMax H3, so other models may interpret the prompt a little differently.

Will it change what's in my photo?

No. The effect only adds motion, light and atmosphere; everyone in the photo stays exactly as they appear in it. The default model doesn't filter photos. Some models you can switch to in Studio apply their own content filters and may turn a photo down.

Is my result private?

Yes. Your upload and the finished clip stay private to your account and never appear on a public page.

Each effect defaults to a five-second clip priced in US dollars on the Generate button. Before you run it, you can switch to a different model, adjust the length, or change the resolution in Studio, and the price on the Generate button updates to match. An ordinary failed or expired run normally releases the reserved amount. For a content refusal, follow the selected model’s billing policy.

Will this effect change how the person in my photo looks?

Your photo anchors the subject; the effect adds the motion and look described in its prompt. Check the face, hands and clothing in the result. If a gesture distorts them, try a clearer crop or a simpler movement.

Can I upload a photo of someone else?

Only one you have the right to use, and never to make intimate content of a real person without their documented consent. The content policy has the full rule.

Behind the Hair AI Video Effect

Styles

After Dark

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Color Smoke

Silk Drop

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Behind the Hair

Call Me

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Darkroom Red

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Eyes on You

Join Me

Late-Night Dance

Club Strobe

Romance

Kiss

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Tiny Planet

Transform

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Fashion

Mirror Glance

Atmosphere

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Motion

Groove

Fun

Meltdown

Product

Ingredients Burst

Film looks

Film Burn

Video templates

The Glance Back

Candles Come Alive

Silk Drift

Neon After Hours

Sway Under the Lamp

Mirror Moment

Morning Light

Passing Headlights

Whisper Session

Slow Push-In

Half Orbit

Drone Rise

This effect writes the prompt for you. Add one image.

We never filter your prompt.

Back to the studio

Wind blows long strands across the eyes; the person looks through them for two seconds, then hooks them away with one fingertip.

MiniMax H3

Model: MiniMax H3
Length: 5 s
Resolution: 768p
Per run: $0.185
Type: After Dark
Also runs on: Seedance 2.0 Fast, Seedance 2.0, Wan 3.0, Vidu Q3 Turbo, Wan 2.6 Flash, Seedance 2.0 Mini

What this effect sends

This is the full prompt, word for word. Copy it, or open it in the generator and change anything you like.

Within the first second a gust of wind blows several long strands of hair across the person's eyes and lips. They hold their gaze on the lens through the strands for two full seconds, eyes clearly visible between the hair. Then they hook the strands away with a single fingertip and hold the look with a faint smile. The hand never covers the face. The camera holds close. The person stays exactly as they appear in the photo.

Customize in the generator

Pictures that work best

Choose a portrait with loose, long hair that is not pinned back.
Keep the eyes sharp and open in the source photo so they stay readable through the strands.
Outdoor or open spaces suit the idea of wind better than a tight indoor shot.
Avoid photos where the hand is already near the face.

Models this effect runs on

The same prompt on different models. Pick by look and by price.

MiniMax H3$0.185 per run
5 s · 768p
Seedance 2.0 Fast$0.484 per run
5 s · 720p
Seedance 2.0$0.76 per run
5 s · 720p
Wan 3.0$0.45 per run
5 s · 720p
Vidu Q3 Turbo$0.33 per run
5 s · 720p
Wan 2.6 Flash$0.113 per run
5 s · 720p
Seedance 2.0 Mini$0.265 per run
5 s · 720p

How it works

01
Add one photo
Choose the photo to match the example: include both people for a shared gesture, and keep the face and any hands involved clearly visible. Upload your own photo or start with a Behind the Hair sample.
02
Check the price
Behind the Hair defaults to a 5-second clip for $0.185. Swap the model or change the length and resolution before you run — the price on the button updates to match, and that's the whole cost of the clip.
03
Generate
Your Behind the Hair clip renders in the background, lands in History and is never published.

Do the move yourself

Behind the Hair keeps one version of this shot. To give Behind the Hair your own motion or ending, write it yourself in Image to Video, starting from the prompt above.

Open Image to Video

What it does to your photo

Behind the Hair is all about a look held through a veil of hair. Within the first second a gust of wind blows several long strands across the person's eyes and lips. They keep their gaze on the lens through the strands for two full seconds, eyes clearly visible between the hair. Then they hook the strands away with a single fingertip and hold the look with a faint smile. The hand never covers the face, and the camera stays close.

In our test runs on MiniMax H3, a woman with long black hair and blunt bangs in a black leather biker jacket over a white tee on a city rooftop at night had several strands blown across her eyes and lips within the first second, held her gaze on the lens through the hair for two seconds, then hooked the strands away with a fingertip and held the look with a faint smile. In a second run, a woman with long light-brown waves in a loose cream knit sweater on a city balcony at dusk had her hair blown across her face by a gust within the first second, kept looking at the lens through the strands, then brushed them away by second three and settled into a faint smile.

Long hair, and especially long hair with bangs, gives the wind real strands to work with. Very short or tightly styled hair barely moves, so the effect is weak. Close, chest-up portraits with the eyes visible are best, and a bit of space around the face helps the hair fly. The effect leaves the person exactly as they are in your photo and only adds the motion, light and atmosphere.

It runs on MiniMax H3 for five seconds by default, and H3 itself goes up to 15 seconds and 2K if you want more. Studio also lets you move the same prompt to another model before you generate, such as Seedance 2.0 or Wan 3.0, and the price on the Generate button updates with every change. Our samples were all made on MiniMax H3, so other models will read the prompt in their own way.

A strong fit for moody portraits, profile video loops and fashion-style intros.

The prompt says "hold their gaze on the lens through the strands for two full seconds" and "hook the strands away with a single fingertip". Try making the hold longer, or have the strands drift away on their own instead.