Animate a landscape
The prompt “Animate this landscape photograph: clouds drifting slowly, grass moving in a light wind. Keep the terrain static.”
Selective motion. Only some elements should move, and the model must know which.
- Models tested
- 16
- Top score
- 5.00 15 models tied
- Average
- 5.00
- Lowest
- 4.96 Google Gemini Omni
Source image
Every model below was given this exact same image, so the comparison is fair.
Every model, same prompt
The clips on screen play together from the first frame, muted. Open one for sound, controls and our notes.
Kling 4.0
KuaishouClouds drift and the grass moves while the hills stay fixed, with no camera move. Compared with the reference image.
Wan 3.0
AlibabaClouds drift and grass sways while the terrain stays fixed, with no camera move. Compared with the reference image.
Vivix W1
VivixClouds drift and grass sways while the terrain stays fixed, with no camera move. Compared with the reference image.
FLUX 3
Black Forest LabsClouds drift and grass moves while the hills stay put, matching the source photo. Compared with the reference image.
PixVerse v5.5
PixVerse
Runway Gen-4.5
RunwayKling 3.0 Turbo
Kuaishou
MiniMax H3
MiniMaxTerrain stays anchored, motion correctly restricted to clouds and grass.
MiniMax Hailuo 02
MiniMaxTerrain stays static, motion correctly restricted to clouds and swaying vegetation.
Google Veo 3.1
GoogleTerrain stays fully static, motion correctly restricted to clouds and grass.
Seedance 2.5
ByteDanceOnly clouds and grass move; the terrain stays static.
Seedance 2.0
ByteDanceOnly clouds and grass move; the terrain stays static.
Grok Video
xAITerrain static, clouds/grass move correctly.
Kling 3.0
KuaishouTerrain static, clouds/grass move correctly.
OpenAI Sora 2
OpenAITerrain stays static, clouds and grass move, correctly selective motion.
Google Gemini Omni
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