Why a video has still images

Why some or all shots of a video do not move, and how to animate them later.

Reviewed 2026-09-29

A video made of still pictures usually has one of these causes. The video's page shows which one, and you can animate the still shots later.

No animation was selected

On the create page, Animation has a No animation choice: Build the full storyboard without generating video. It makes still images, and the script, voices and captions play over them.
To check a video you already made, open its page. Animation preset shows No animation.
Before a large video starts, a window to confirm the cost can open. It can show a Recommendation: box that suggests a storyboard first. If you select that box, the app makes a storyboard. To keep your animation, select the button that starts with Continue with, for example Continue with Pro Animation.

LongStories used to have a free plan. In videos made on it, only the first two shots are animated. The other shots stay still images.
The video's page says This video may have some scenes not animated because it was created on the free plan.

On any plan, when some shots have no motion, the video's page shows how many clips still need animation.

Open the video from My Videos.
Under the video, select Animate remaining scenes. The editor opens with the Animate remaining scenes window.
Choose one animation setting for all the remaining clips. The window shows the price.
Select Confirm animation.
When the new clips are ready, open the video's page. If it says Your latest edits are not in this video yet., select Update video.

Tips:

In the editor, a note such as 3 scenes not animated shows when at least one shot is animated. Select Animate on it to open the same window. On a storyboard with no animated shot, the note does not show; use Animate remaining scenes on the video's page.
To animate the other shots of a video from the old free plan, you need a paid plan.
To pick the animation before you generate, see Choose a video length and preset.

Why some or all shots of a video do not move, and how to animate them later.

Reviewed 2026-09-29

A video made of still pictures usually has one of these causes. The video's page shows which one, and you can animate the still shots later.

On the create page, Animation has a No animation choice: Build the full storyboard without generating video. It makes still images, and the script, voices and captions play over them.
To check a video you already made, open its page. Animation preset shows No animation.
Before a large video starts, a window to confirm the cost can open. It can show a Recommendation: box that suggests a storyboard first. If you select that box, the app makes a storyboard. To keep your animation, select the button that starts with Continue with, for example Continue with Pro Animation.

LongStories used to have a free plan. In videos made on it, only the first two shots are animated. The other shots stay still images.
The video's page says This video may have some scenes not animated because it was created on the free plan.

On any plan, when some shots have no motion, the video's page shows how many clips still need animation.

Open the video from My Videos.
Under the video, select Animate remaining scenes. The editor opens with the Animate remaining scenes window.
Choose one animation setting for all the remaining clips. The window shows the price.
Select Confirm animation.
When the new clips are ready, open the video's page. If it says Your latest edits are not in this video yet., select Update video.

Tips:

In the editor, a note such as 3 scenes not animated shows when at least one shot is animated. Select Animate on it to open the same window. On a storyboard with no animated shot, the note does not show; use Animate remaining scenes on the video's page.
To animate the other shots of a video from the old free plan, you need a paid plan.
To pick the animation before you generate, see Choose a video length and preset.