Alibaba · Image to Video

Happy Horse for After Effects

Happy Horse 1.0 image-to-video model by Alibaba. Animate a still image into a 720p or 1080p video clip with synchronized native audio, Foley sounds, and multilingual lip-sync support.

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How to Use Happy Horse in After Effects

Happy Horse is a powerful AI model that lets you animate images into videos directly within Adobe After Effects using Ziframe. No need to switch applications or manually export files — everything happens right in your timeline.

Getting Started

  1. Install the Ziframe plugin for After Effects
  2. Open the Ziframe panel in After Effects (Window → Extensions → Ziframe)
  3. Select Happy Horse from the model dropdown
  4. Configure your settings and animate images into videos
  5. Import the results directly into your composition

Why Use Happy Horse?

Happy Horse by Alibaba offers cutting-edge video generation capabilities. When combined with Ziframe's native After Effects integration, you get:

  • Seamless workflow integration without leaving After Effects
  • Direct import of generated videos into your timeline
  • Pay-per-use pricing — only pay for what you generate
  • Professional-quality results from state-of-the-art AI

Pricing

Base: 17 credits per second

Adjustments:

resolution multiplier:
720p: 0.5x
1080p: 1x

Example Pricing:

3s at 480p: 72 credits
5s at 480p: 119 credits
10s at 480p: 238 credits
3s at 720p: 36 credits
5s at 720p: 60 credits
10s at 720p: 119 credits
3s at 1080p: 72 credits
5s at 1080p: 119 credits
10s at 1080p: 238 credits
Range: 36 - 357 credits

Input Parameters

Image required string

URL of the first frame image. JPEG, JPG, PNG, BMP, and WEBP are supported. The image must be at least 300px wide and tall, with an aspect ratio between 1:2.5 and 2.5:1, up to 10 MB.

Prompt string

Optional text prompt guiding the animation. Max 2500 characters.

Resolution string

Output video resolution tier.

Default: 1080p

Options: 720p, 1080p

Duration number

Output video duration in seconds.

Default: 5

Options: 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15

Seed integer

Random seed for reproducible generation.

Enable Safety Checker boolean

Enable content moderation for input and output.

Default: 1

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