animation not animating

Thanks for the reply,

I use Firefly, Veo and Kling, All give very similar results. Veo would normally be my go to model as I find Kling is useless at following prompts and Firefly loves to add animation not requested.

I use an image for the first and last frame for reference. I would then have the prompt to specify direction.

Prompt example (similar to one I have used) - Cinematic seamless looping scene, first frame identical to the last frame. The hooded man does not move, as if frozen in time. His hoodie moves naturally in the hot wind. The enormous wall of fire behind him roars and shifts continuously, burning beams collapse in the distance and sparks sweep through the air. Smoke and heat distortion move naturally. Subtle cinematic camera push-in. No sudden movements… This took 4 attempts to get the scene I needed using the models above. Each attempt failed to move the fire leaving me with near static videos.

The problem would be what I call consistent across most projects. It has got to the point that I am surprised if I don’t have to try again.

Sometimes there is no motion at all, Kling has totally nailed that failure! Other times there is movement that was not requested, Firefly loves to add it’s own ideas which is always annoying. Veo, on the other hand, is usually not too bad. But over the last 4 to 5 weeks seems to also animate what it feels like or just produce a static clip. Most of the clips I create are only asking for lights flickering, clouds moving, lightning, fire moving, mist or dust/particle movement.

It’s not that I am being picky or petty here, but it is just really annoying to see 7000 credits go so low, so quickly, when they usually last me the month. I am already down to 1185 credits and it won’t refresh until the 24th September. As it stands with the reliability of these models, I’ll be lucky to get one more 5 to 8 second video I can use. 

Your comment “build complexity gradually through multiple iterations”.. surely that is also going to work out using multiple credits? Like I said, I am not making movies here, just seamless looping 5 to 8 second scenes

Hi ​@AEROwave,

Thanks for sharing your feedback. I'm sorry to hear about your experience. I understand how frustrating it can be when video generations don't follow the prompt as expected, especially when credits are being consumed on results that don't meet your requirements.

To better understand the issue, could you help us with a few details?

• Which model(s) are you using most often when this occurs (Firefly Video, Veo, Kling, etc.)?
• Are you generating from a text prompt only, or are you also using reference images?
• Could you share an example prompt where you specified that the first and last frames should be identical?
• Does the problem occur consistently across all projects, or only with specific scenes?
• Are you seeing no motion at all, incorrect motion, or completely unrelated changes in the generated video?

In the meantime, here are a few things that may help improve results:

• Try explicitly describing the desired animation and the looping requirement separately, for example: "Create subtle drifting mist and flickering firelight. The scene must end in the same visual state as it begins to create a seamless loop."
• Use simpler prompts and build complexity gradually through multiple iterations.

Regards.

Tarun