How do I animate an image in Claude?

Connect Seedance 2 to Claude

1. In Claude (web, desktop or mobile), open Settings → Connectors and choose Add custom connector.
2. Name it Seedance 2 and paste the server URL: https://www.seedance2.net/mcp
3. Click Connect, sign in with your Seedance 2 account and approve the connection. New accounts get free credits, no card needed.
4. Start a new chat and ask for a video, naming the model, for example "Use Seedance 2 to make a 5-second Seedance 2.5 clip of…".

Get the motion you want

1. Describe what moves and what must stay: "keep her face and the red coat; she turns and walks out of frame".
2. Name the camera: push-in, orbit, handheld, static.
3. Give a last frame when the clip must end on a specific image.
4. Pick the length and ratio; the ratio should match your photo.

Prompts to try

• Animate this portrait: wind moves her hair, she blinks and looks at the camera, slow push-in, 5 seconds.
• Use photo 1 as the first frame and photo 2 as the last frame; the room changes from day to night, static camera, 8 seconds.
• Bring this illustration to life: the dragon lifts its head and breathes a little smoke, embers drift, 6 seconds, with sound.

What happens when you ask

1. The assistant calls list_models and tells you the credit price of the settings it picked.
2. It calls generate_video, which returns a task id right away.
3. It polls get_task until the video is done, usually one to several minutes, and gives you the file.
4. If a generation fails, its credits are refunded automatically.

What it costs

Questions

Which model should I pick?

Seedance 2.5 runs up to 30 seconds; Seedance 2.0 up to 15 seconds and costs less. Seedance 2.0 Fast and Seedance 2 Mini are the cheapest drafts.