Reference to video, and what a reference is
Reference to video generates a clip that follows supplied images: a person, a place, a product or an existing ad. From 8 source pages, read 2026-09-25 to 2026-10-13; no maker pays to be listed.
A reference differs from a first frame. Image to video animates the picture itself; a reference guides a new shot that need not contain the picture.
For a series, references are how a designed cast and set carry into every new shot.
1The word in page headings
| Tool maker | Page heading | Task |
|---|---|---|
| Dreamina | Reference to Video: Turn Any Ad Into Your Own Campaign | Video from reference images |
| MagicLight | Reference to Video AI | Video from reference images |
| Novi AI | GPT Image 2 Storyboard Generator: Create Storyboards, Characters & Visuals | Storyboards |
| Revid AI | AI Motion Transfer — Apply Any Dance or Movement to Your Character | Motion control |
| SceneMixer | AI Character Sheet Generator | Designing characters |
| StoryShort | Transfer Motion from Video to Image | Motion control |
| Toonkit | Create Videos from References | Video from reference images |
| Vidu | Create AI Storyboards with Vidu | Storyboards |
Inclusion rule. Tool makers with a listed page whose heading or opening line uses the word; one page each. Order. Alphabetical by tool maker.
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Dreamina, /tools/reference-to-video
Reference to Video AI: Create Consistent Videos
MagicLight, /create/reference-to-video-ai
- 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 /ai-tools/chatgpt-image-storyboard-generator/A page of its own for this task, headed “GPT Image 2 Storyboard Generator: Create Storyboards, Characters & Visuals”
- Page at /tools/motion-transferA page of its own for this task, headed “AI Motion Transfer — Apply Any Dance or Movement to Your Character”
- Page at /ai-character-sheet-generator/A page of its own for this task, headed “AI Character Sheet Generator”
- Page at /motion-controlA page of its own for this task, headed “Transfer Motion from Video to Image”
- Page at /en/reference-to-videoA page of its own for this task, headed “Create Videos from References”
- Page at /tools/storyboardsA page of its own for this task, headed “Create AI Storyboards with Vidu”