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How to make a knight cat AI video (3 ways + free prompt)

Three ways to make a knight cat AI video of your own pet: one photo here, our free prompt in another AI video tool, or a still you animate. Steps and prompts inside.

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What you need

One clear photo of your cat or dog, face visible. For the version where you kneel beside it, a photo of yourself too. That’s it: no filming, no costume, no editing app. If you’re not sure your photo is good enough, the photo guide has seven quick checks.

Way 1: one photo here (about 3 minutes)

  1. Open the maker and upload your pet’s photo. For You + your pet, switch the mode and add your photo first, then your pet’s.
  2. Pick vertical 9:16 for TikTok, Reels and Shorts, or wide 16:9. Pick Standard 480p or HD 720p.
  3. Press Make my video and choose a pack. Pay with Apple Pay, Google Pay or a card. No account needed.
  4. Wait about three minutes. You can close the tab: we email you a link when the video is ready.
  5. Download it and post. We delete the video and your photos 3 days after it’s ready, so save it first.

Standard and HD cost the same: one video from your pack. If a render fails, it goes back into your pack automatically. One video is $5.99, and packs bring it down to $3.00 a video; see pricing.

Way 2: our free prompt in another AI video tool

Any image-to-video tool that takes a reference photo and a text prompt can attempt it. Attach your pet’s photo as the reference, paste the prompt below, set the length to 10 seconds and the aspect to 9:16 if the tool allows it. Text-only tools can’t keep your pet’s face.

Pet knight prompt

A vertical 9:16 cinematic fantasy clip, exactly 10 seconds, photoreal live action, epic film look: cold desaturated blue-grey grade, heavy fog, sideways rain, shallow depth of field, anamorphic lens. No text, no subtitles, no logos, no watermarks. THE KNIGHT is the pet from your pet photo: exactly its species, breed, size, face, eye colour, coat colour and markings, sharp and recognisable in every shot. It is a real, small animal standing upright on its hind legs like a tiny knight, wearing a fitted suit of polished, battle-scuffed silver plate armour sized for it (breastplate, pauldrons, gauntlets on the front paws), its own furry head bare, and a long crimson cape. Its ears, whiskers and fur stay its own. It is tiny next to the world around it. Setting: an empty, windswept moor at dusk, wet dark grass, mud and puddles, low storm clouds, fog rolling across the ground. A plain steel longsword, taller than the pet, is stuck point-down in the mud beside it. 0-3s: extreme wide shot, the camera pushes in slowly across the foggy moor toward the tiny armoured pet standing alone beside the sword, cape whipping sideways in the wind, rain slanting through the frame. 3-7s: medium shot at the pet's eye level, the pet grips the sword's hilt with both front paws and heaves it out of the mud in one strong pull, mud and rainwater spraying; it raises the sword high toward the sky for a moment, then lowers it to rest at its side, standing firm. 7-10s: low-angle close-up, the pet's face fills the frame, wet fur blowing in the wind, rain dripping from its whiskers, eyes narrowed and fearless, staring past the camera at something huge in the distance. Lightning flickers in the clouds behind it. Keep the same pet, same armour and same cape in every shot. Real animal anatomy, natural fur, steady face, no morphing. Avoid: cartoon, CGI look, a human, a person in an animal costume, a helmet covering the face, extra animals, extra limbs, distorted paws, flicker, text, captions, logos, watermarks. Sound: howling wind, heavy rain, distant thunder, the wet scrape and ring of the blade pulled from the mud, a low swelling cinematic drum hit at the end. No dialogue, no music with vocals.

For the version with you in it, attach two references, your photo first and your pet’s second, and use this one instead:

You + your pet prompt

A vertical 9:16 cinematic fantasy clip, exactly 10 seconds, photoreal live action, epic film look: cold desaturated blue-grey grade, heavy fog, sideways rain, shallow depth of field, anamorphic lens. No text, no subtitles, no logos, no watermarks. TWO CHARACTERS, each from its own photo. Never swap them, never merge them, never add anyone else. THE BIG KNIGHT is the person from your photo: exactly their face, age, skin tone, hair, beard and eyes, sharp and recognisable in every shot. They wear full battle-scuffed silver plate armour with a long crimson cape, head bare so the face is always visible. Their own clothes from the photo never appear. THE TINY KNIGHT is the pet from your pet photo: exactly its species, breed, face, eye colour, coat colour and markings. It is a real, small animal standing upright on its hind legs, wearing a fitted suit of silver plate armour sized for it and a short crimson cape, its own furry head bare. It is tiny next to the person, its head about at the kneeling person's chest. Setting: an empty, windswept moor at dusk, wet dark grass, mud and puddles, low storm clouds, fog rolling across the ground. A plain steel longsword, taller than the pet, is stuck point-down in the mud beside it. 0-3s: extreme wide shot, the camera pushes in slowly across the foggy moor toward the two knights side by side, the big knight kneeling on one knee beside the tiny knight, both capes whipping sideways in the wind, rain slanting through the frame. 3-7s: medium two-shot at the pet's eye level, the tiny knight grips the sword's hilt with both front paws and heaves it out of the mud, mud and rainwater spraying, and raises it toward the storm; the kneeling big knight rests one armoured hand gently on the pet's back and looks down at it, proud. 7-10s: low-angle close two-shot, both faces in the rain, the person's face and the pet's face side by side, wet hair and wet fur, both staring past the camera at something huge in the distance, calm and fearless. Lightning flickers in the clouds behind them. Keep the same two characters, same armour and same capes in every shot. Real anatomy, natural fur, steady faces, no morphing. Avoid: cartoon, CGI look, swapping the person and the pet, a second person, extra animals, the person's everyday clothes, a helmet covering either face, a person in an animal costume, extra limbs, distorted paws or hands, flicker, text, captions, logos, watermarks. Sound: howling wind, heavy rain, distant thunder, the wet scrape and ring of the blade pulled from the mud, a low swelling cinematic drum hit at the end. No dialogue, no music with vocals.

  • Expect a few tries. General tools drift on the shot order, the armour or the pet’s markings.
  • Free tiers usually add a watermark or cut the clip short.
  • If the tool doesn’t make sound, add a storm effect when you edit or post.

The prompt page keeps both prompts with a copy button and explains how they’re built.

Way 3: make a still, then animate it

Some people first generate a single image of their pet in armour with an AI image tool, then feed that still to a video tool to animate it. It gives you more control over the costume, but it’s two tools, two sets of retries and often two payments. The face can drift at each step, and the still has to be vertical before you start or the crop will cut the sword off.

If you go this way, use the first two shots of the prompt above as the image prompt, and the full prompt with your still attached for the video.

Which way to pick

  • You want it posted today: way 1. One photo, one video, sound included.
  • You already pay for a video tool: way 2, with our prompt.
  • You want a custom costume or setting: way 3, and plenty of patience.

Questions

Do I need an account to make a knight cat AI video here?

No. You upload a photo, pay with Apple Pay, Google Pay or a card, and the link to your video arrives by email.

How long is the video?

10 seconds, in 9:16 vertical by default or 16:9 wide, with the storm on the soundtrack.

Can I use the prompt for free?

Yes. Copy it from this guide or the prompt page and use it in any tool you like. We only charge for videos made here.

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