One photo in · A short vertical clip out · Cost shown before you generate
AI Melt Effect
Upload one photo and watch yourself slowly melt into a glossy liquid puddle — keep the face, set the look, and see the credit cost before you generate.
Upload a clear picture and the model melts you from the top down into a glossy liquid puddle — while the face stays unmistakably yours until it dissolves.
A rainbow chrome drip, a waxy candle melt, a slow molten pour — describe the style and the clip follows that brief instead of guessing.
The credit estimate appears up front, and a failed generation is never charged, so a second look is free to try.
AI Melt Effect
What is the AI melt effect?
It is a tool that takes one still photo and animates the surreal transition everyone is posting — a person who slowly liquefies, dripping from the top down until they collapse into a glossy puddle on the floor, usually in a few seconds and in one smooth motion. Nothing violent is happening here: it is a satisfying, dreamlike video gag, the moving-image cousin of a chrome-drip render, and it belongs next to the other meme transformations rather than anywhere dark.
On Kavel it runs image-to-video — you upload the picture, describe the drip you want, and the model dissolves the body while keeping the face recognisable until the last moment, which is the entire reason the effect lands. We generated the clip on this page ourselves, on Kavel's own video studio and the same one-photo flow the page hands you: a plain full-body portrait went in, and a rainbow molten pour came back, the figure melting from the head down into a mirror-bright puddle, in a single pass and a single prompt.
That is the honest ceiling of the effect today — it is very good at a clean, front-facing subject against a plain background dripping straight down, and much less reliable when it has to melt around props, busy scenes, or a tight crop that leaves the puddle nowhere to pool. Start from a sharp photo with the whole body in frame; the flow defaults to image-to-video, and the credit estimate updates before you commit, so a run that fails costs nothing but the time. It suits someone chasing the format while it is still moving, a creator who wants a scroll-stopping transition, or a friend group that just wants to watch each other dissolve into colour.
Upload one clear photo and the model melts the body from the top down into a glossy liquid pool on the floor.
Describe the style — rainbow chrome, waxy candle, slow molten pour — and the clip follows that brief.
Check the credit estimate and generate; a run that fails costs nothing, so a second look is free to try. The melt effect destroys the subject on purpose. The cakeify effect slices it open instead of melting it down, and the dance video generator keeps the subject intact and moving.
Creative engine
How the clip comes together
Upload a photo, describe the drip, and the credit estimate updates before you generate.
A real run, start to finish
This clip is not a stock example — we generated it on Kavel with the same one-photo image-to-video flow this page hands you, specifically to see whether the effect actually holds up. Every result is AI-generated, so yours will vary with the photo, the prompt, and the style you set; treat this as the shape of the effect, not a template you get back exactly.
Full-body portrait to a rainbow puddle, one pass
A plain full-body studio portrait went in and this came back — the figure melts from the head down, the colour turns to mirror-bright chrome, and it pools on the floor while the pose reads until the last moment. One prompt, no editing, no second pass. It is also where the limits show: the effect is strongest on a clear, front-facing subject with room around it in the frame.
Open the video studioGolden candle-wax melt, same one-photo flow
The second run, to see how far the material can be steered: a full-body portrait and a prompt asking for warm candle wax instead of chrome. The drip turned gold and glossy, pooled on the floor, and the face carried over until it went under. Naming the material is what changes the look — wax, chrome, glass — rather than leaving it to chance.
Try your own lookMake the clip in three steps
From one plain photo to a short vertical clip, with the cost shown before you commit.
Upload a photo
Add one clear picture with the whole body in frame and some empty floor around it — that space is where the puddle has to pool. A sharp, front-facing shot on a plain background gives the model the most room and the best chance of holding the likeness.
Describe the drip
Set the look: rainbow chrome, waxy candle wax, a slow molten pour, and how fast it should fall. Naming the material and the speed matters — a specific brief melts cleaner than a vague one.
Check credits and generate
Confirm the estimate, generate the clip, and download it to post. If a run fails, it is free, so you can adjust the brief and try another look.
Who makes one of these
Different people, the same one-photo clip, one simple workflow.
Creators chasing the format
Make a scroll-stopping vertical transition in minutes while the format is still moving, rather than keyframing a melt by hand in an editor.
Roasts & group chats
Drop a friend's photo in and send back the clip — the drip lands because it is unmistakably their face right up until it dissolves.
Effect FAQ
Common questions about the melt clip on Kavel.
A video. The tool animates a still photo into a short vertical clip where the subject dissolves over a couple of seconds — the motion of the drip is the whole point, so a single frame would miss it. It comes back as a downloadable clip ready to post.
That is the reason for starting from a real photo — the model keeps the face and pose while the body begins to melt, so it reads as you right up until the drip takes over. A clear, well-lit original holds the likeness longest; a dark or low-resolution one gives it less to work from.
A sharp, front-facing shot with the whole body in frame and empty floor around it — the puddle needs somewhere to pool, and a tight crop leaves it nowhere to go. Plain backgrounds beat busy ones, and even studio light reads more cleanly than harsh shadow.
It comes back as a short vertical clip, the format the effect travels in. You can steer the look by describing it — rainbow chrome, waxy candle wax, a slow molten pour, and how fast it falls. A specific brief lands closer than a vague one, so it helps to name the material and the speed rather than leaving them to chance.
Free credits arrive with the account, and this runs on Veo 3.1 — a free-tier model — so you can try it without a subscription. The estimate is on screen before you press the button, and a failed run is never charged, so you can keep adjusting the brief until the drip lands without watching a meter tick up on every attempt.
Props and busy scenes, for one — the model has to decide what melts and what does not, and a cluttered frame confuses it. Tight crops, profile shots, and dark backgrounds all cut the hit rate too. If a run comes back mushy, the fix is almost always a cleaner, fuller-body source photo rather than a longer prompt.
Kavel Pricing — Credits for AI Image and Video Generation
Kavel pricing — pay only for what you generate
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.
Starter
What's included
- 33,500 credits per year
- Works with Nano Banana images and Seedance and Veo video
- Cost preview before you generate
- Generation history
Creator
What's included
- 89,700 credits per year
- Access to Seedance 2.0, Fast, and Mini
- Nano Banana 2 generation and editing
- Priority credit top-ups
Studio
What's included
- 166,800 credits per year
- Built for high-volume Kavel generation
- Plenty of room for 4K rendering
- Available across the supported models
Credit packs
One-time top-ups — buy extra credits any time you run low.
Credit Pack 1500
What's included
- 1,500 credits
- No ongoing subscription
- Available across the supported models
Credit Pack 3600
What's included
- 3,600 credits
- No ongoing subscription
- Available across the supported models
- Use for both video and image generation
Credit Pack 9000
What's included
- 9,000 credits
- No ongoing subscription
- Handy for Seedance 2.0 final renders
- Valid for 365 days
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One credit balance for every Kavel image and video model
Use one balance across the supported image and video models (Nano Banana 2 / Nano Banana Pro / Seedance 2 / Veo 3.1), and check the credit cost before each request.
Video models
Image models
Model credit guide
What each model costs in credits
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 2.0 | 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. Mini is cheaper still. |
| Video | Veo 3.1 | Billed per video (Lite). About 34 credits at 1080p, about 23 at 720p. |
| 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. About 8 credits per image. Start here to test. |
Explore more of the studio
Other one-photo clips from the same video studio, and where to pick a model.
Melt your own photo into liquid
Upload a photo, describe the drip, check the credits, and a short vertical clip comes back in one pass.