Does the final eye contact always land strongly?

It was strongest in our closer, upper-body test run. In a full-length shot, the hair flip itself still worked, but the final look at the lens read as smaller and less direct — closer framing gets you the stronger version.

How fast is the flip itself?

Quick — it happens in brief slow motion over the first one to three seconds in our tests, with the rest of the clip spent settling into the held look at the lens.

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.

Hair Flip 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

Hair Flip

Club Strobe

Romance

Kiss

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

In brief slow motion, your subject flips their hair back over one shoulder and meets the lens with a confident look.

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.

In brief slow motion, the main subject flips their hair back over one shoulder, strands fanning out and catching a warm backlight, then settles and meets the lens with a confident look, holding it. The camera stays steady at eye level. The person stays exactly as they appear in the photo.

Customize in the generator

Pictures that work best

Loose or medium-to-long hair gives the flip the most visible fan-out and backlight catch.
Waist-up or closer framing gives a stronger, more direct final look at the lens than a full-length or distant shot.
A light source behind or to the side of the subject helps the strands catch the backlight as described in the prompt.
A slightly turned starting pose (rather than dead-on) gives the flip somewhere natural to travel from.

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

Do the move yourself

Hair Flip keeps one version of this shot. To give Hair Flip 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

Hair Flip is a quick, graphic beat: in brief slow motion, your subject flips their hair back over one shoulder, strands fanning out and catching a warm backlight, then settles and meets the lens with a confident look, holding it. The camera stays steady at eye level throughout. It's built for impact in a short window rather than a long, evolving moment.

In our test runs on MiniMax H3, a woman in a silver sequin dress on a club floor whipped her hair back in slow motion, the strands lit up by the stage lights, then settled and smiled straight into the lens from second three. A woman in a white shirt at the waterline at sunset flipped her hair back at seconds one to two, then stood in profile and looked back; with a full-length photo the flip itself read well, but the eye contact at the end was smaller and less direct than in the close-up run.

The honest takeaway from those two runs: closer, upper-body framing gives you a stronger final look-to-camera than a full-length or distant shot, where the hair flip still works but the ending eye contact is more subtle.

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.

It's a fast, punchy clip for a reel opener, a transition beat between shots, or a confident single moment for a profile header.

The prompt is public and editable. If you want a bigger final smile, open it in the generator and add detail to "meets the lens with a confident look."