Making a zombie AI video on this site takes two photos and a single upload step. You bring the faces, the model turns them into a short cinematic clip, and you watch a free watermarked preview before you pay for anything. This guide walks through the whole flow, from choosing photos to downloading the clean version.
What you need before you start
You need two reference photos for the zombie love story effect, one per person. For the other effects the number changes: the zombie pet effect works from a photo of an animal, and the AI Halloween makeup effect works from a photo of a face. What all of them share is that the photo is doing the heavy lifting. The model is an image-to-video model, so the clearer the source, the more the result looks like the person you actually uploaded.
What a good source photo looks like
The quality of the input is the single biggest thing you control, so it is worth a minute of thought before you upload.
The face is clearly visible
The subject should be facing the camera or close to it. A profile shot, a photo where the face is turned away, or a shot where the eyes are hidden behind sunglasses will give the model much less to work with. If you can see both eyes and the shape of the face, you are in good shape.
The light is even
Soft, front-on light works best. Harsh side light throws half the face into shadow, and heavy filters flatten the skin in a way that can look unnatural once the face is animated. A photo taken near a window in daylight is usually more than good enough.
One clear subject
Pick a photo where the person you want is the obvious subject and no one else is crowding the frame. Group photos confuse the model about which face to use. Crop before uploading if you have to.
Sharp, not blurry
A slightly soft phone photo is fine. A shot that is badly out of focus or heavily compressed is not, because there is little detail left to work with.
Step by step
Here is the whole process, in order.
Step 1: choose your photos
Open your camera roll and pick the two photos you want to use for the zombie love story. Pick one photo per person, both clear, both well lit. If you are unsure, pick two candidates each and decide which one shows the face more directly.
Step 2: upload them
Go to the zombie video generator and upload the photos into the slots for the effect you want. Each effect tells you how many photos it expects, so you will not accidentally use the wrong number.
Step 3: run the effect
Start the render and wait for the clip. The model takes the faces from your photos and builds the scene: the standoff, the lowered weapon, the hug, and the cut into the memory. You do not need to write a script or describe anything; the effect already knows the shape of the story.
Step 4: watch the watermarked preview
The first result is a watermarked preview, and it is free. Watch it end to end. This is your chance to judge whether the likeness is close and whether the two photos you chose read the way you hoped. If something looks off, swapping one photo and running it again is usually the easiest fix.
Step 5: buy credits to remove the watermark
If you like the preview, buying credits removes the watermark and unlocks the download, so you get the clean clip to post. There is no free credit bundle, and there is no subscription you are forced into just to see a result; the preview exists so you can decide before you spend.
The watermarked preview, explained
It is worth being clear about what the preview is. It is the real clip, made from your real photos, with a watermark on top. It is not a slideshow, a still image, or a low-effort stand-in. The only difference between the preview and the paid version is the watermark. That means you can judge the likeness and the motion honestly before you buy, which is unusual for this category of tool and is the reason the free preview is central to how this site works.
What a clip costs
One clip is 300 credits, and one clip is five seconds. The entry tier is $4.99 for a single clip, $9.99 for five clips, and $19.99 for eleven clips. The same three prices are the monthly plans, and there are yearly options too. You can see the full set on the pricing page. Competitors tend to charge between $6.90 and $12.99 for a single video, so if you only want one clip, the $4.99 tier is the cheapest way to test the format.
Fixing a clip that does not land
Most disappointing first attempts have nothing to do with the effect and everything to do with the photos. If the face in the clip does not look like the person you uploaded, the usual cause is that the face was too small in the source frame, or partly hidden. Crop in and try again. If the two people look like they come from different scenes, the cause is usually mismatched lighting between the two photos; pick two shots taken in similar light. If the result feels flat, it is often because the source photo was heavily filtered, which strips out the skin detail the model needs.
A single swap is usually enough. Run the preview, change one photo, run it again, and compare. That loop costs nothing until you decide to download, so there is no reason to settle for a first draft.
The same steps work for every effect
Because all five effects run on the same pipeline, once you have the photo habit down, the rest is repetition. The zombie pet effect uses a clear photo of an animal. The AI Halloween makeup effect uses a clear photo of a face. The AI mini me effect and the make-things-giant effect both start from a single subject photo. You can move between them without learning a new tool, which is useful if you want to build a small set of clips rather than just one.
Why the format suits a phone screen
The zombie love story clip is built to be watched on a vertical screen. The two characters stand close together, the story plays out in a small number of clear beats, and the payoff is a hard cut that reads instantly even on a small display. When you choose your source photos, that is worth remembering. A photo where the person is a tiny figure in a wide landscape will not translate well, because the face is the point. Fill the frame with the face you care about, and the finished clip will hold up in a feed where the viewer's thumb is already moving.
Try it on this site
If you have two photos, the clearest way to understand how this works is to run one clip yourself. Upload the photos to the zombie love story generator, watch the free preview, and decide from there. If the first pair of photos does not land, swap one and try again; it costs nothing to preview, and each attempt teaches you what the model responds to. Check the credit pricing when you are ready to remove the watermark and download.