Will both faces stay visible during the hug?

Yes, in our current prompt both faces stay in frame, cheek to cheek. An earlier version let the camera orbit far enough that one person's back ended up facing the lens, so we changed it to a straight push-in instead.

Can the camera orbit around the couple instead of pushing in?

You can try it by editing the prompt, but in our tests an orbiting camera sometimes turned one person's back to the lens partway through. A straight push-in gave a cleaner embrace on both of our test photos.

Does it work with two people of noticeably different heights?

It should, but photos where both faces sit at a similar height in frame make the cheek-to-cheek moment easiest to read.

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.

How long is the Embrace clip, and can it be longer?

Embrace defaults to a 5-second clip. Before you run it in Studio, you can choose a longer length — the maximum depends on the model you pick — and the price on the button updates to match. You can also continue on the canvas from the clip's last frame.

Embrace AI Video Effect

Styles

After Dark

Laser Room

Color Smoke

Silk Drop

Petal Storm

Slow Shutter

Candlelight

Behind the Hair

Call Me

Champagne Toast

Darkroom Red

Doorway Lean

Eyes on You

Join Me

Late-Night Dance

Club Strobe

Romance

Kiss

Embrace

Camera moves

Tiny Planet

Transform

Molten Gold

Fashion

Mirror Glance

Atmosphere

Lace Shadows

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

Two people in your photo wrap each other in a slow, close hug, cheek to cheek, as the camera pushes gently in.

MiniMax H3

Model: MiniMax H3
Length: 5 s
Resolution: 768p
Per run: $0.185
Type: Romance
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.

The two adults in the photo turn toward each other and wrap their arms around each other in a slow, tender embrace, cheeks resting gently together so both faces stay visible, eyes closing with soft smiles. The camera pushes in slowly in warm, soft light.

Customize in the generator

Pictures that work best

Use a photo of two adults who are both happy for you to animate them this way.
Choose a photo where both faces are visible and roughly the same height, so cheek-to-cheek framing works.
Standing close together in the original photo, arms already near each other, gives the smoothest hug.
Avoid photos where one person is turned mostly away from camera; the effect needs both faces to read clearly once they embrace.

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 Embrace sample.
02
Check the price
Embrace 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 Embrace clip renders in the background, lands in History and is never published.

Do the move yourself

Embrace keeps one version of this shot. To give Embrace 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

Embrace turns a photo of two people into a slow, tender hug. They turn toward each other, wrap their arms around one another, and rest cheek to cheek so both faces stay visible, eyes closing into soft smiles while the camera pushes in slowly under warm light.

In our two test runs on MiniMax H3, two men on a city rooftop at blue hour — one in a charcoal suit, one in a navy overcoat — opened their arms and stepped together over the first two seconds, then held a close embrace cheek to cheek with both faces in frame as the camera pushed in and the light warmed toward the end. A couple on a golden-hour terrace followed the same beats: she wrapped her arms around his shoulders as he held her waist, and from the second mark they hugged cheek to cheek with their eyes closed and smiling while the camera eased closer.

We first tried a version where one person rests their head on the other's shoulder while the camera orbits a few degrees, and on one photo that turn carried on until a back faced the lens, so the hug read more like two friends slapping backs than a couple embracing. Asking instead for cheeks resting together, with both faces staying visible, and a straight push-in rather than an orbit fixed it on both photos we reran — worth knowing if you edit the prompt yourself and want to keep an orbiting camera.

It suits anniversaries, engagement or wedding content, a tender beat inside a couple's photo story, or the closing shot of a relationship-focused reel — anywhere a hug says more than a static pose.

The prompt is public and editable. If you'd like the hug to end in a kiss instead of a held embrace, open it in the generator and add "then share a soft kiss" after "eyes closing with soft smiles."