Does it add a cigarette?

The prompt only asks for a lighter and a flame. In our test runs no cigarette appeared, but generation can vary, so check your result before you share it.

Does the clip end in darkness?

It ends just after the flame goes out, so the last frames are much darker than the first. Remove the last sentence of the prompt if you want the light to stay.

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.

Lighter Glow 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

Lighter Glow

Late-Night Dance

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

The room goes dark, a lighter flame lights your subject's face from below, and they hold your eyes before softly blowing it out.

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.

The room sinks into near darkness. The main subject flicks open a small lighter, and the tiny flame lights their face warmly from below as they look straight into the lens over it. They hold the look for a long beat, then softly blow the flame out with the hint of a smile. The camera holds close and still. The person stays exactly as they appear in the photo.

Customize in the generator

Pictures that work best

Head-and-shoulders portraits keep the flame close to the face, where it matters.
Dark or moody photos make the flame glow stand out.
A direct gaze in the photo helps the long look over the flame land.
If your subject is holding something, the model may swap it for the lighter.

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

Do the move yourself

Lighter Glow keeps one version of this shot. To give Lighter Glow 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

Lighter Glow is all about one small flame. The room sinks into near darkness, your subject flicks open a lighter, and the tiny flame lights their face warmly from below as they look straight into the lens over it. They hold the look for a long beat, then softly blow the flame out with the hint of a smile while the camera holds close and still.

In our test runs on MiniMax H3, a woman in a black turtleneck lit a small lighter, held its glow at chin height with her eyes on the lens, then blew it out. In a second run, a grey-bearded man in a leather jacket flicked a lighter in a darkening room, held the flame under his chin while looking into the lens, and blew it out at second four and a half. No cigarette appeared in either run.

Close portraits in dim light work best, because the flame is the only light that matters. Wide shots make the flame too small to carry the scene.

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.

Use it as a dramatic cold open, a teaser that ends on darkness, or a beat right before a cut to the next scene.

The prompt is public and editable. To keep the light on at the end, delete the last sentence about blowing it out; to make the flame a candle instead, change "a small lighter" to "a single match".