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title: "Turning a photo into a video using AI in less than 2 mins!"
url: https://sam-page.com/thinking/turning-a-photo-into-a-video-using-ai-in-less-than-2-mins
date: 2026-02-06
author: Sam Page
type: Post or article
categories: [Emerging tech and AI]
reading_time: 1 min
summary: "It's this simple... but don't turn on sound or watch to the end"
first_published: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn%3Ali%3AugcPost%3A7425445017663610881
---

# Turning a photo into a video using AI in less than 2 mins!

It's this simple... but don't turn on sound or watch to the end

This experiment shows how incredibly easy it is to turn a still picture (of me and Forbes Low) into a video.

The platform: Gemini 3 Pro, selected the VEO tool and wrote this prompt:

"Make the people shake their heads"

Clearly, this is not a master class in prompting effectiveness!!!

What it does show is how impressive AI is getting at animating images.

The movement and detail of the wigs is very good.

However, it also shows how easily it can still make mistakes still without the right instructions, guardrails and checking.

The sound it added is "gobbledygook", and if you watch until the end, you will see what I mean (sorry Forbes)!!!

These challenges can be minimised by using a better prompt, tools and models.

Flora Fauna is a great starting point as it gives you access to multiple models and workflows.

Posted with permission from Forbes!