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Make a claymation AI video in four steps.

Describe a clay character and its tiny set. Frameo shapes it, lights it and animates it with a hand-made stop-motion feel.

A clay figure or drawing on a plain background

How to make claymation

Four steps from lump of clay to finished short.

  1. 01

    Describe your clay character

    Name the material, the colors and the miniature set. Plasticine fox, felt scarf, cardboard kitchen: the more handmade the nouns, the more handmade the result.

  2. 02

    Pick the claymation style

    Ask for fingerprints, visible seams, matte light and slightly jittery 12fps motion. These words tell Frameo to move like stop-motion, not like smooth video.

  3. Camera slowly pulls back from a plasticine character mid-step to reveal its cardboard street set, thumbprints and seams, soft afternoon window light, stepped stop-motion, no text

    03

    Generate and choose your take

    Frameo makes one clip per run. Run a few and keep the take where the clay moves most like clay.

  4. Slow pan right across a finished clay short's tiny stage: plasticine hero, felt trees and paper hills, warm lamp glow, evening, stop-motion steps, no text

    04

    Add voice and music, then export

    A voiceover and a score turn one shot into a short. Export it when the sound sits right with the picture.

  5. Start creating

Claymation styles

One clay character. Four ways to shape it.

Same little figure, same tabletop set. Only the clay words change. Pick a look, copy the prompt and make it your own.

PromptA little clay character waving hello on a tabletop miniature set, small friendly movements, locked camera, smooth matte plasticine, no gloss, soft window light

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Clay look tips

Make it look pressed by hand.

  • Name the material: plasticine, modelling clay or felt
  • Ask for visible fingerprints and seams
  • Keep the light soft and matte
  • Keep camera moves small
  • Build a miniature set from cardboard and paper
A clay figure or drawing on a plain background

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Claymation prompts

Eight clay prompts ready to animate.

Copy a prompt as it is, or start creating with it and swap in your own character, set and colors.

  • Wide shot, a small plasticine fox in a tiny apron by a clay oven in a big cardboard kitchen, thumbprints on its tail, soft window light, plenty of space around, no text

    Fox bakery character

    A plasticine fox in a tiny apron pulls bread from a clay oven, thumbprints on its tail, cardboard kitchen, soft window light, 12fps

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  • Medium close-up of a clay product mascot with a thumbprinted surface waving hello on a wooden bench, matte soft light, blurred workshop behind, no text

    Clay mascot says hello

    A product mascot in thumbprinted modelling clay waves hello on a wooden bench, matte soft light, slightly jittery stop-motion

    product

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  • Courier in a clay town

    A clay courier cycles a parcel past a felt fountain and cardboard bakery, bright storybook colors, gentle pan, stepped motion

    kids story

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  • Master shot: a clay snowman sagging in warm sun on a cardboard hill, cotton snow, visible seams, the full scene in one wide view, bright noon light, no text

    Snowman melts at noon

    A clay snowman slowly sags in warm sun on a cardboard hill, cotton snow, visible seams, locked camera, stop-motion feel

    holiday

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  • How the bottle keeps cold

    A clay bottle sits on a paper set while little clay snowflakes and a clock icon settle around it, matte light, 12fps

    explainer

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  • Overhead top-down shot of a round clay blob on a pastel paper stage, thumbprints, soft matte light, a faint trail of dents showing its bounces, no text

    Bouncing clay loop

    A round clay blob bounces across a pastel paper stage and lands where it began, seamless loop, thumbprints, matte light, 12fps

    loop for social

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  • Hip-level view of a small green clay dragon peeking from a cardboard cave, tiny flame, soft lamp glow in the dark, chunky handmade look, no text

    Dragon who fears the dark

    A small green clay dragon peeks from a cardboard cave, tiny flame flickers, soft lamp glow, chunky handmade look, slow push in

    kids story

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  • Pumpkin patch parade

    Clay pumpkins with carved faces roll in a line through a felt field at dusk, warm light, visible fingerprints, stepped motion

    holiday

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Claymation AI video questions

A claymation AI video is an AI-generated clip in the style of clay stop-motion: it imitates fingerprints, matte light and stepped motion. It reads as clay at a glance, but a close look can show it was generated, so ask for stepped movement and visible thumbprints to keep the handmade feel.

Yes. Build the character as a reference asset first, then use it in every shot on the canvas. The same figure, colors and thumbprints carry from one shot to the next.

Frameo makes one clip per run, a few seconds a shot. Join shots into a longer short, or let the Claymation Ad Explainer skill plan a 70-second clay ad with narration.

Plan a clay ad

You retain ownership of what you make. The Terms of Use set out the full position.

Your turn

Your clay short starts with one sentence.

Type a character and its tiny set. Frameo opens with your words filled in, ready to shape, light and animate.

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