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Drone RiseThis effect writes the prompt for you. Add one image.
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Dark, trickling raindrop shadows slide across a face and the wall behind it, getting thicker as the rain grows heavier.
- 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.
Rain streams down a window just out of frame. Within the first second the moving shadows of hundreds of trickling raindrops start sliding down across the person's cheek, neck and the background behind them, clearly visible as dark wavering trails in cool grey light. The rain grows heavier and the shadows run faster and thicker. They rest their head back with eyes half closed, then turn their eyes to the lens and hold a quiet, wistful look while the rain shadows keep running down their face. The camera holds close. The person stays exactly as they appear in the photo.Pictures that work best
- Use a close portrait with the face filling a good part of the frame.
- A light wall or window-side background lets the shadow trails stand out.
- Soft, even lighting in the source photo gives the cool gray rain light room to take over.
- Photos looking slightly away from the lens suit the head-back moment before the final look.
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 Rain Shadows sample.
- 02
Check the price
Rain Shadows 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 Rain Shadows clip renders in the background, lands in History and is never published.
Do the move yourself
Rain Shadows keeps one version of this shot. To give Rain Shadows your own motion or ending, write it yourself in Image to Video, starting from the prompt above.
What it does to your photo
Rain Shadows lights a close portrait as if rain were streaming down a window just out of frame. Within the first second the moving shadows of many trickling raindrops start sliding across the cheek, neck and wall, clearly visible as dark wavering trails in cool gray light. The rain grows heavier and the shadows run faster and thicker. The person rests their head back with eyes half closed, then turns their eyes to the lens and holds a quiet, wistful look while the shadows keep running down.
In our test runs on MiniMax H3, a woman with a long dark braid in a cream knit sweater sitting by a rain-streaked window watched as, within the first second, the shadows of trickling raindrops began sliding down her cheek and neck; as the rain grew heavier she rested her head back with eyes half closed, then by second four turned a quiet, wistful look to the lens while the rain shadows kept running down her face. In a second run, a long-haired man in a white linen shirt by a night-city window tipped his head back with eyes closed as rain began to fall, and from second two the wavering shadows of trickling raindrops ran down his face, neck and shirt in cool blue light, thickening as he turned a quiet, wistful look to the lens.
Close, chest-up portraits against a light wall or surface work best, because the dark streaks need a pale area to show up on. Dark backgrounds hide most of the pattern. Full-body or distant shots make the shadows too small to read. 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.
Suited to moody portraits, music covers and quiet story moments.
The prompt says "The rain grows heavier and the shadows run faster and thicker" and "a quiet, wistful look". Try keeping the rain light for the whole clip, or change the ending look to a soft smile.