Does my photo need to already show wet hair or steam?

It helps a lot. Both of our test runs used photos where water or steam was already part of the scene, which is what the droplet and steam detail in the prompt is built to react to.

Will the hands look natural running through the hair?

In both of our test runs the motion read as smooth and deliberate, without visible distortion to the hands or hair.

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.

Slick Back 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

Slick Back

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

Your subject runs both hands back through wet hair, tilts their chin up, then opens their eyes onto the lens.

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 main subject slowly runs both hands back through their hair from the forehead, tilts their chin up with eyes closed, then opens their eyes to meet the lens with a calm, confident look. Light glints on droplets and a little steam drifts through the frame as the camera pushes in slowly. The person stays exactly as they appear in the photo.

Customize in the generator

Pictures that work best

Photos already showing wet hair, water, or steam give the light-glint and droplet detail in the prompt somewhere real to land.
A slightly upward or neutral head angle in your source photo matches the chin-tilt motion naturally.
Close or waist-up framing keeps the hand-through-hair motion and the final eye contact clearly readable.
If your photo is dry, edit the prompt to drop the droplet and steam mentions for a cleaner match.

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

Do the move yourself

Slick Back keeps one version of this shot. To give Slick Back 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

Slick Back is a confident, deliberate beauty beat: your subject slowly runs both hands back through their hair from the forehead, tilts their chin up with eyes closed, then opens their eyes to meet the lens with a calm, confident look. Light glints on droplets and a little steam drifts through the frame as the camera pushes in slowly. It works best where water or steam is already part of the scene, since the prompt leans into that atmosphere.

In our test runs on MiniMax H3, a woman at the edge of a sunlit pool ran both hands back through her wet hair, tipped her chin up with her eyes closed, and opened them onto the lens at second four as the camera pushed in. A man in a misty spa ran his hands back through his hair, held the pose with his head tilted back, then looked straight at the lens. Both runs used water or steam already present in the source photo, which is what gives the light-glint and droplet detail somewhere to land.

If your photo doesn't already show water, steam, or wet hair, the effect still runs the hand motion and the eye-opening beat, just without as much of the droplet and steam detail the prompt describes.

Five seconds on MiniMax H3 is only the default. Before you generate you can lengthen the clip, raise the resolution, or switch to one of the other models listed for this effect, such as Wan 3.0 for clips of up to 30 seconds or Seedance 2.0 for 1080p, and the Generate button shows the new price first. Our samples come from MiniMax H3, so expect a slightly different take on other models.

It fits a poolside or post-swim clip, a confident grooming-moment beat for a personal-brand reel, or an atmospheric opener that leans on light and steam.

The prompt is public and editable. If your photo is dry, open it in the generator and remove "droplets" and "steam" so the description matches what's actually in frame.