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August 11, 2025
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Issues with creating a simple animation

  • August 11, 2025
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Hi there,

 

I tried Firefly a few months back when it was in its testing phase. I knew that I would be updating my website with some new projects at some point, one of which was a branding project that used an illustrated pheasant in the logo. My idea was that it would be great if, for use as an animated header on the case study page, I were able to take the illustration of the pheasant, have him run in from offscreen on the left, stop in the middle of the screen, look around, and then run offscreen to the right. I had a go in the testing version of Firefly, was pretty pleased with the results (knew it would need a bit of tweaking) but figured I'd come back to it when it was time.

 

Fast-forward to the present day and that time is now. However, using the same illustration and the same prompts, the results I'm getting are nowhere near the same as previously. When it generates the video it's completely changing the style of the pheasant (which I need to stay as is for obvious reasons) and its not running in from off-screen and then out again as requested.

 

Any help that I could get on this would be greatly appreciated as I only need a fairly simple animation which lasts a few seconds and can then loop indefinitely.

Correct answer Kartika Rawat

Thanks for writing back. You can use this prompt: animate the background like running through forests, lakes, and mountains (using Veo 3)

 

Let me know how it goes.
^KR

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Kartika Rawat
Community Manager
Kartika RawatCommunity Manager
Community Manager
August 13, 2025

Hi ob_default45492892!

Thanks for writing in. You want a bird to come in frame from the left and fly to right? What prompt are you using? We'll try it on our end.

 

Let us know. Happy to help.

^KR

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ob_default45492892Author
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August 19, 2025

That would be amazing, thank you.

 

So basically that illustration of the pheasant is the mascot for the brand that we created. I literally wanted to take that exact illustration, and have it run in from off-screen on the left-hand side, stop in the middle, look around, and then run off-screen to the right. I was aiming for a runtime of 5 to 6 seconds so that it could be used as a continually looping animation.

 

Like I say, I'm just not getting the desired result, mainly because it keeps changing the style of the pheasant (rather than leaving as is). I also cannot get it to run in, and out, from off-screen. This is my first time of using Ai in this way so very inexperienced!

Kartika Rawat
Community Manager
Kartika RawatCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
Community Manager
August 22, 2025

Thanks for writing back. You can use this prompt: animate the background like running through forests, lakes, and mountains (using Veo 3)

 

Let me know how it goes.
^KR

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