Video from reference images: which AI tools keep a page
4 of the 24 tool makers keep a page of their own for video from reference images: Dreamina, MagicLight, Toonkit and Vidu. Generating a clip that follows supplied images of people, places or products. From 4 source pages, read 2026-09-25; no maker pays to be listed.
| Tool maker | Page heading | Path |
|---|---|---|
| Dreamina | Reference to Video: Turn Any Ad Into Your Own Campaign | /tools/reference-to-video |
| MagicLight | Reference to Video AI | /create/reference-to-video-ai/ |
| Toonkit | Create Videos from References | /en/reference-to-video |
| Vidu | AI Reference to Video | /ai-reference-to-video |
Inclusion rule. Every tool maker on the catalogue whose own site keeps a page for the task, found through its sitemap and opened. Order. Alphabetical by tool maker.
1What the task covers
Reference to video generates a clip that follows supplied pictures: a person, a place, a product or a look. It is the most direct way to put a planned cast and set into generated footage.
Four makers keep a page for it by name. The headings speak of turning references, or an existing ad, into a new clip, which places the task between character design and generation.
For a drama, a reference page matters because it is where a designed cast meets motion. A maker without a page for it may still accept reference images inside its generator, but has not given the feature a page of its own.
2Where the pages sit
Of the 4 pages, 2 under the site root, 1 under /tools/ and 1 under /create/. The path is the vendor's own site structure; a page under /tools/ or /make/ is usually a landing page for one job, while a page at the root is often a flagship product.
3In the makers' words
Found an ad that has exactly the look you want?
Dreamina, /tools/reference-to-video
Reference to Video AI: Create Consistent Videos
MagicLight, /create/reference-to-video-ai
AI analyzes your image, video, and audio references, reflecting the character, style, and camera direction you want.
Toonkit, /en/reference-to-video
- Page at /tools/reference-to-videoA page of its own for this task, headed “Reference to Video: Turn Any Ad Into Your Own Campaign”
- Page at /create/reference-to-video-ai/A page of its own for this task, headed “Reference to Video AI”
- Page at /en/reference-to-videoA page of its own for this task, headed “Create Videos from References”
- Page at /ai-reference-to-videoA page of its own for this task, headed “AI Reference to Video”
4How a drama generator covers it
One maker that keeps a page for work like “Video from reference images” is SceneMixer; here are its words, quoted as published:
That is SceneMixer's core design: characters live in a persistent asset library with locked reference art, and every segment that features a character is generated against those references — same face in episode 1 and episode 50.
SceneMixer, The AI Micro Drama Production Pipeline — “Can AI keep the same actors across 50 episodes?” (read 2026-10-13)
SceneMixer generates each character once as a full-body reference sheet — 9:16, plain background, directional key light, identity features written before any technical instruction — and then attaches crops of that sheet to every shot the character appears in.
SceneMixer, AI Character Sheet Generator (read 2026-10-13)
5Other tasks in planning shots and cast
- Storyboards, 12 makers
- Keeping a character consistent, 6 makers
- Designing characters, 10 makers
- Camera angles and moves, 5 makers
The whole group, maker by maker: Planning shots and cast.