One photo in · Festive card out · Free to start, no sign-up
A knitted sweater, a lit tree, a roaring fire behind you. The festive card is built from a photo you already have, ready to send the same evening.
A real festive card, rendered on this page’s model. Drag the divider to compare the plain portrait with the finished card. Every output is AI-generated, so your picture varies with your photo, your prompt, and the scene you describe — treat this as a preview of what the tool can do, not a fixed result.
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The knitted sweater, the hat, the lit tree, the stockings on the mantel, the snow falling past the window — one ordinary photo restyled into the festive portrait you would print on a greeting card and mail in December.
Instead of wrangling everyone into matching outfits and booking a studio in the busiest month of the year, you upload a clear picture, describe the scene you want, and the model builds it while keeping your face and expression recognizable. On Kavel the tool runs on the Nano Banana image model, so a finished card image arrives in one generation rather than an afternoon of set dressing.
You start from your uploaded photo — the flow defaults to image-to-image — set the format and the resolution, and the credit estimate updates before you commit; a failed run is refunded automatically (unless it broke the content policy), so trying a second scene costs nothing but time. The result suits a family sending cards, a small brand posting a seasonal greeting, or anyone who left it too late to organise a real shoot.
And because the same studio also builds birthday shoots, stickers, and framed portraits, one workflow covers a range of looks without a new tool for each. Think of it less as a filter and more as a set designer on call — with the direction in your hands, and your own face in the frame.
Creative engine
Upload a photo, describe the scene, choose the format and resolution, and the credit estimate updates before you generate.
Upload one clear photo and the model reads your face, then rebuilds the shot as a festive greeting-card portrait.
Describe the scene you want — fireside, snowy doorstep, red-and-gold studio, a tree covered in lights — and the card follows that brief.
Set the format, check the credit estimate, and generate; a run that fails costs you nothing, so a second scene is free to try. A Christmas card is made to be sent. The movie poster and the Polaroid print the same photo for a wall or a shoebox instead of a Christmas envelope.
From one plain photo to a card-ready portrait, with the cost shown before you commit.
Add one clear picture with the faces visible and evenly lit. A sharp, front-facing shot gives the model the most to dress up.
Set the look: a knitted sweater, a hat, a tree covered in fairy lights, a fireplace and stockings, snow through the window. Specific direction keeps the card on-brief.
Confirm the estimate, generate the card image, and download it for print. If a run fails, it is free, so you can adjust and try another scene.
Family cards, work greetings, a last-minute post on the day itself.
Dress everyone in matching knits and set them by a tree without getting a single person to sit still for a real shoot.
Turn a team photo into a festive greeting for the feed, made in an afternoon rather than booked in October.
Make a card-ready portrait in December when every studio in town is fully booked and the post office is closing in.
Common questions about turning a photo into a festive greeting card with Kavel.
The clothes and the room. You end up in knitwear beside a lit tree, with a fire, stockings, and snow past the window — while your face and expression carry over from the plain photo you started with.
Free credits arrive with the account, and a failed run is refunded automatically (unless it broke the content policy). Beyond that, cost depends on the resolution and how many cards you generate, and the estimate is on screen before you press the button.
A sharp, front-facing shot with the faces evenly lit. Everything else — the sweaters, the tree, the room — is being built around you, so the faces are the only part that has to survive intact.
Yes. Upload a photo with everyone in it and describe the scene — matching knits, a couch by the tree. The more faces in the frame, the more a sharp, evenly lit original matters, because every likeness has to hold.
Yes. Generate at a higher resolution before downloading if they are going to a printer — a 1K file will not survive being printed at card size.
Later than a real shoot, which is rather the point — there is no studio to book and no day to lose. If the cards are going in the post, work back from the last posting date and give your printer their turn.
One credit pool covers Nano Banana images and Seedance and Veo video. The cost shows before every run, and failed jobs are not charged. Use a subscription for ongoing work, or a one-time pack when you just need to top up.
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Use one balance across every supported image and video model — eleven of them today, listed below — and check the credit cost before each request.
Video models
Image models
Model credit guide
You're only charged for successful generations. The exact estimate in the generator varies by model, length, resolution, audio, and number of images.
| Type | Model | Credit cost |
|---|---|---|
| Video | Seedance 2.5 | The long-take tier, priced per second: 5s 480p ≈ 211 credits, 5s 720p ≈ 473. A full 30s take runs ≈ 1,260 at 480p and ≈ 2,835 at 720p. Supplying a reference clip lowers the per-second rate. |
| Video | Seedance 2.0 | 5s 720p image-to-video ≈ 188 credits; text-to-video ≈ 308 credits. Scales with resolution and length. |
| Video | Seedance 2 Fast | Faster and lower cost. 5s 720p text-to-video ≈ 248 credits. |
| Video | Seedance 2 Mini | The cheapest Seedance tier. 5s 720p ≈ 154 credits, 5s 480p ≈ 72 credits. |
| Video | Seedance 1.5 Pro | Audio doubles the rate. 5s 720p ≈ 27 credits silent, ≈ 53 with audio; 1080p ≈ 57 and ≈ 113. |
| Video | Veo 3.1 | Billed per video, not per second (Lite tier). About 45 credits at 720p and 53 at 1080p. |
| Video | Kling 3.0 | Audio raises the rate. 5s 720p ≈ 105 credits silent, ≈ 150 with audio; 1080p ≈ 135 and ≈ 203. |
| Video | MiniMax H3 | Fixed 2K, no resolution ladder. Priced per second — a 5s clip ≈ 158 credits. |
| Image | Nano Banana 2 | Generate or edit from text and images. About 8 credits per 1K image, 12 at 2K, 18 at 4K. |
| Image | Nano Banana Pro | Consistent run times across generations. About 12 credits per 1K or 2K image, 21 at 4K. |
| Image | Nano Banana 2 Lite | Faster, simpler variant. A flat 8 credits per image at every resolution. Start here to test. |
| Image | GPT Image 2 | The lowest-cost image model here. About 3 credits per 1K image, 6 at 2K, 12 at 4K. |
| Image | Seedream 5.0 Lite | Flat pricing — about 8 credits per image whether you generate or edit. |
The model behind the card, and other ways to restyle a photo.
Send it the same evening you thought of it. Choose the scene, check the estimate, and the art comes back print-ready.
A real edit made with this tool — drag your own photo in on the left, the prompt is already written, then press Generate.
