What the snow effect does
The make-it-snow template adds a winter snowfall to your photo: large flakes fall through the whole frame and fresh snow settles on the ground, steps and rooftops while warm lights glow in the windows. It turns an ordinary evening photo into a holiday scene.
Each run makes one 5-second 720p video with ByteDance Seedance 1.0 Pro image-to-video.
Photos that work best
Outdoor scenes with ground, roofs or trees visible give the snow somewhere to land: streets, front porches, gardens, cabins, storefronts and mountain views. Dusk and evening photos with warm lights look especially cozy.
Photos of people are not supported by this template.
Ideas to try
Snow your storefront for a holiday sale, send a snowy version of your home as a greeting, or give a summer travel photo a winter twist. Edit the prompt: "light flurries", "a blizzard" or "snow falls at night under street lamps".
What to expect
Sometimes the snow is lighter than you hoped or settles only near the end. Photos with lots of open ground and sky give the clearest snowfall. If a generation fails or is blocked by our content checks, its credits come back automatically.
Related templates
Bring artwork into the season too: animate a painting with drifting clouds and lights.
For a big reveal of your street, zoom out to the whole Earth.
