Preset
Stop motion clay
Hand built clay puppets on a miniature set, stepped twelve frames per second motion with flicker and tabletop lighting.
Shares the family guardrails: this direction follows the same rules as Animated cartoon.
- Best for
- Kids' content, mascots, and playful brand moments.
- Output
- Video
- Time
- 2 to 4 minutes
- Credits
- 22 to 66 credits est.
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About this preset
The stop motion clay look is hand built: clay puppets with visible fingerprints and seams, miniature sets made from card and real fabric, and tabletop lighting with soft, believable shadows. The motion vocabulary is stepped, hand posed movement at about twelve frames per second with a slight flicker between frames, and that imperfection is the whole charm. The palette leans earthy, terracotta, sage, mustard and cream, and the pacing is gentle and deliberate so every pose can be read. It suits craft brands, cosy kids' content, food and kitchen stories and anyone who wants something tactile. Avoid smooth interpolated motion; a clay scene that glides like computer animation breaks the illusion.
Use cases
- Cosy kids' content and picture book moments
- Craft, food and kitchen brand stories
- Tactile product moments with a handmade feel
- Festive and seasonal clips
Examples
Made with this preset, with the prompt behind each one.
Hedgehog and heron at a tiny tin pot, stop motion clay with fingerprints and stepped motion
A stop motion clay animated scene. THE CHARACTERS: Bramble, a small round clay hedgehog with toothpick thin quills, black button eyes and a tiny knitted scarf, and Ludo, a tall clay heron with a lopsided orange beak and stilt legs. THE MOMENT: in a miniature kitchen built from card and real fabric, Bramble stirs a tiny tin pot on a cardboard stove with a wooden spoon; Ludo leans in over his shoulder to sniff, the lid pops up on a puff of cotton wool steam and both flinch back, then grin. THE STYLE: hand built clay puppets with visible fingerprints, thumb marks and seams, stepped hand posed motion at twelve frames per second with slight flicker between frames, never smooth or fluid, tabletop lighting with soft shadows, shallow depth of field, real fabric curtains and card cupboards. THE PALETTE: earthy clay tones, terracotta, sage green, mustard and cream. Camera: locked off tabletop medium shot. Original characters, no lettering on jars or labels, no logos, no titles or captions anywhere in frame. Sound: room tone plus a wooden spoon tapping a tin pot, a soft pop and a tiny steam hiss.
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Seedance 2.5
video- Credits per generation
- 65 credits per 5s clip
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