AI Christmas Card, Watercolour Style, From One Photo

Upload a photo with clear faces, check the preview and press Create video for a snowy moving card; the watercolour version is made on Image.

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AI Christmas Card
Models
Seedance Series

Seedance 2 Mini: text, frame and media reference video generation

0 credits
4–15s
Media references
Veo Series

Google's latest model with exceptional quality output

150 credits
Up to 8s
16:9/9:16
10s
Public Visibility

When this option is enabled, the output video may be selected by AI Generate and published to the Explore.

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Sample Videos

AI Christmas card samples on Ghibliia

A moving couple card remixed from a 10-second original and a watercolour card made here.

Both samples start from one original portrait of an adult couple: a red-bearded man in a green jumper and a woman with black curls in a red one. For Card that comes alive the portrait went into a landscape green card with gold branches, and that card became the first frame of a Seedance 2.0 Fast clip made on 30 October 2026, landscape 16:9, 720p, 10 seconds.

About 9 seconds were kept for this page, gently reframed, colour graded and speed-adjusted, with the ghibliia.com mark at the top left. Nothing was mirrored. The music is an original music-box tune, not a licensed Christmas song. Watercolour card is image only: the same portrait turned into a watercolour anime card on Image. No credits were spent on these samples. Use this photo →

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Card that comes alive

A couple in a white frame on a green card with gold pine branches: snow starts to fall, both wave, and a robin lands on the edge of the card at the end.

Remix of a Seedance 2.0 Fast clip Use this photo
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Image only
Still

Watercolour card

The same couple painted in watercolour in knitted jumpers, framed by pine, holly and cones, with a snowman and a reindeer in the corners, Feliz Navidad at the top and a blank ribbon for names.

Still made in Image; this scene has no clip. Use this photo

Make a watercolour AI Christmas card

Upload a well-lit photo, ask for watercolour on Image, check the faces.

  1. 1

    Pick the photo

    Faces large, facing the camera, in good light; a couple, a family or just you all work. Small or shadowed faces come out weaker on the card.

    • No sunglasses or filters
    • Adults only; never a celebrity or a stranger
    • Chest-up framing keeps the faces readable
  2. 2

    Ask for watercolour

    On Image, upload the photo and describe the card: watercolour anime, landscape, a pine and holly wreath, a snowman and a reindeer, a greeting at the top and a ribbon for names, with a margin on every side. That is how the Watercolour card sample was made.

  3. 3

    Check the faces

    Before printing or animating, hold the card next to the photo: hair, beard, eyes and smile should be yours. In the sample the clothes and background change while the faces stay recognisable; if one drifts, generate again.

    Open Image →

Greeting for your AI Christmas card

One line and your names, kept away from the edges for printing.

One line

A single sentence reads at postcard size; a paragraph does not. Three to borrow:

  • Merry Christmas and a bright new year
  • Warm wishes from our table to yours
  • Peace, cocoa and good company all season

Your names

Underneath, who it is from: "Love, Ana and Luis" or "From the Ortega family". Ask for the greeting and names to sit inside the margin, away from the edges, so the printer does not trim them.

Make the card →

A moving AI Christmas card

Use the card as the first frame on Video: snow, a wave, a robin on the frame.

On this page one photo and Create video are enough. If you already made the card on Image, take it to Video as the first frame and describe these three beats; the moving version runs about 10 seconds. This is what the Card that comes alive sample shows:

01

Snowfall

0–3 s: the card holds still and flakes start drifting over the green background and gold branches.

02

The wave

3–6 s: the couple in the photo smile and wave without leaving the frame.

03

The robin

6–10 s: the snow keeps falling and a robin settles on the right edge of the card.

Create video →

AI Christmas card with original art only

Snowmen, reindeer, ornaments and pine you can print and share freely.

Original decorations

Ask for drawn snowmen, reindeer, baubles, holly, cones and pine. Disney figures, the Grinch and other licensed characters belong to their owners, so these cards leave them out of the prompt and the art.

Print and send

Press Download and print the image at postcard size, or send the clip in a chat. For the moving version you can add your own song on Music, and all video effects has more ideas for the season.

Open Image →

AI Christmas card FAQ

Will we still look like ourselves?

Yes. Outfits and backdrop change, while faces and expressions stay recognisable, as the sample shows. Check them before printing and regenerate if one looks off.

Can I print it?

Yes. Download the image and keep the greeting and names clear of the edges so nothing gets trimmed.

How long is the moving card?

Around 10 seconds. Model, duration and credits show on the button before you create it.

Can I use Disney characters?

No. Stick to original decorations and characters such as snowmen, reindeer, holly and pine.

Does a family photo work?

Yes, as long as every face is clear and not too small; for a big group, a closer shot works better.