Molten Gold AI Video Effect

Liquid gold pours down from above onto the person's head and flows over their hair, face and shoulders and down their whole figure. Within three seconds it covers everything. The gold then sets into a gleaming polished statue that keeps their pose and expression, with light glinting across the metal. The camera pushes in as the transformation completes and holds on the solid gold figure.

In our test runs on MiniMax H3, a man in a charcoal turtleneck in a white studio was coated in liquid gold from the head down by second two and ended as a gleaming polished gold bust against a dark backdrop. In a second run, a silver-haired older woman with pearl earrings in a black turtleneck against a deep green backdrop was drenched in liquid gold poured onto her head from the first second, coated down to the waist by second three, and ended as a gleaming polished gold statue that kept her smile and the folds of her sleeves. In a third run, a young man with curly hair, a thin moustache and a gold chain in a white T-shirt against a black backdrop had liquid gold poured onto his head from the first second, was coated from head to chest by second two, and from second three stood as a gleaming polished gold bust with sculpted curls.

Works best on a clear photo of a person standing or posed with a defined silhouette and some expression, because the statue locks in exactly what the photo shows. The person ends as a metal statue, so the final frame will not read as their real skin, and fine details such as freckles or patterns turn into polished metal. Strong side lighting in the photo helps the glints look natural.

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.

Good for trophies, awards, luxury-style teasers and dramatic transformations. It is a clean way to end a clip on a hero image.

Change "gleaming polished statue" to "matte bronze statue" for a more antique look, or change "covering everything within three seconds" to "covering everything within five seconds" for a slower pour.