Stop motion clay preset
AI claymation video generator
AI claymation video generator for kids' content, mascots and playful brand moments. 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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How to use it
NOLGIA Agent asks these questions in a chat, one at a time, with your own material.
Who is in it?Optional
Write it in your own words. Each character in a sentence, so they are drawn the same in every frame. Leave blank and we invent them.
For example: A plucky young inventor with goggles and her round copper robot sidekick
What happens?
Write it in your own words. What happens in the scene, in a sentence or two.
For example: They race a homemade rocket cart through a candy colored town square
ColorsOptional
Write it in your own words. Your colors, like peach and mint. Leave blank and we use the style's own.
For example: Peach, mint and butter yellow
Picture shapeOptional
Pick one. Wide, tall or square, depending on where it will be shown.
- Widescreen 16:9
- Vertical 9:16
- Square 1:1
Create
One press of Create makes your video and saves it to your Library. The price is on the button, and nothing runs until you press it. It takes 2 to 4 minutes.
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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Models it uses
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Seedance 2.5
video- Credits per generation
- 66 credits per 5s clip
Ready to make a Stop motion clay?
A few quick questions in the chat, your own material, and NOLGIA makes it.