Your cover already exists; this preset gives it motion. It opens the Image to Video tool with a prompt written for cover art, so the composition, typography, and colours stay put while one or two elements move: light drifting across the image, smoke curling, hair or fabric lifting, a slow parallax push. Upload the finished cover, describe the motion or keep the default, pick 9:16 for Spotify Canvas, Reels, and Shorts or 16:9 for a YouTube visualizer, choose a tier, and generate a clip of five seconds or more. The result is an MP4 you can loop as motion artwork where your platform accepts it, run behind a lyric video, use as the opening of a music video, or post as the release announcement. Because the tool animates whatever you upload, it works for singles, EPs, and album art alike, including artwork made with the AI Image Generator or the Album Cover Maker. Each clip is billed in credits with the price shown before you generate.
Motion artwork is now standard on the biggest releases: Spotify shows a Canvas behind the track, some platforms accept motion cover art through your distributor, and every social feed favours video over stills. An animated cover reuses the art you already paid for and gives you one asset that works as a Canvas, a Shorts loop, a lyric-video background, and a pre-save announcement.
The tool uses your image as the first frame and generates the frames that follow from the prompt. That is why the artwork stays recognisable: the engine is continuing your picture, not repainting it. Describe what should move and, just as importantly, what should not. Slow drifting light and floating dust with the subject and text unchanged is a better prompt than make it epic. Standard renders quick clips; Best follows the prompt more closely and keeps the subject steadier.
Upload the cover image, keep or edit the motion prompt, pick an aspect ratio and tier, and generate. Download the MP4 when it finishes; it is usually ready in a few minutes.
As a Spotify Canvas, as motion artwork on platforms that accept video covers, as a looping visual behind a lyric video, as an intro for a music video, or as the release post on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts.
The default prompt asks for the composition and title to stay unchanged, and small movements keep lettering intact. Strong motion can warp text, so if the title matters most, describe motion in the background only.
The video engines render 9:16 or 16:9. Upload the square cover and choose the ratio you need; the frame is extended or reframed to fit. For a true square loop, crop the finished clip in your editor.
Not in this tool, but the AI Image Generator makes cover art from a prompt and the Album Cover Maker is a free template-based option. Make the art there, then animate it here.