{"id":11046,"date":"2025-06-20T09:05:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T09:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=11046"},"modified":"2025-06-20T09:05:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T09:05:20","slug":"midjourney-launches-first-ai-video-tool-to-animate-images","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=11046","title":{"rendered":"Midjourney launches first AI video tool to animate images"},"content":{"rendered":"
Midjourney has launched its first public video generation tool, allowing users to create animated clips from still images.<\/p>\n

The new feature, announced on Midjourney’s website, enables the generation of five-second videos from either uploaded images or those created within the Midjourney platform.<\/p>\n

Once an image is selected, an \u201canimate\u201d button appears, offering a standard motion option or a manual setting for customising movement.<\/p>\n

The animation can be extended in four-second increments, with a maximum length of 21 seconds. Motion settings allow users to determine whether the subject, the camera, or both are animated.<\/p>\n

The feature is currently limited to subscribers, with plans starting at $10 (USD) per month.<\/p>\n

Introducing our V1 Video Model. It’s fun, easy, and beautiful. Available at 10$\/month, it’s the first video model for *everyone* and it’s available now. pic.twitter.com\/iBm0KAN8uy
\n\u2014 Midjourney (@midjourney) June 18, 2025<\/p>\n

Midjourney says the cost of video generation is approximately eight times higher than that of image rendering, equating to roughly one image’s worth of cost per second of video.<\/p>\n

The launch comes amid an ongoing copyright lawsuit filed by Disney and Universal.<\/p>\n

The two entertainment companies argue that Midjourney\u2019s training process may have included unauthorised use of copyrighted works. Legal filings specifically flagged the video tool as a concern, with plaintiffs describing the company\u2019s output as a \u201cvirtual vending machine\u201d for unlicensed content.<\/p>\n

Midjourney founder David Holz described the release as \u201ca stepping stone\u201d in the company\u2019s development of real-time, open-world simulation models.<\/p>\n

The startup is one of several firms racing to develop AI-powered video tools, with competitors such as Google, OpenAI, and Meta also releasing systems that generate video content from text prompts.<\/p>\n

Social media users have been sharing their first reactions, including early videos, with many hailing it as a ‘game-changer’.<\/p>\n

Midjourney Video is on another level. pic.twitter.com\/vCAQB8ZTQo
\n\u2014 AI Breakfast (@AiBreakfast) June 19, 2025<\/p>\n

Created with Midjourney + Recraft + Figma in just under one hour. Get psyched. pic.twitter.com\/gUaXWlGpxF
\n\u2014 DANN\u00a9 (@DannPetty) June 19, 2025<\/p>\n

How well does Midjourney Video handle complex environments?<\/p>\n

It’s (almost) flawless: pic.twitter.com\/T9ST32IngD
\n\u2014 Alex Patrascu (@maxescu) June 19, 2025<\/p>\n

While Midjourney\u2019s current offering focuses on animating static images, the company has indicated that expanded capabilities will be introduced in future updates.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Midjourney has launched its first public video generation tool, allowing users to create animated clips from still images. The new feature, announced on Midjourney’s website, enables the generation of five-second videos from either uploaded images or those created within the Midjourney platform. Once an image is selected, an \u201canimate\u201d button appears, offering a standard motion […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11046\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}