Best photo:

An empty street between two rows of buildings, with the road and skyline clearly visible.

Customize motion

Use the supplied single city street photograph as the exact first frame. Keep the original city, building materials, street perspective and sunlight. One continuous nearly locked-camera wide shot. The ENTIRE ROAD, both sidewalks, foreground pavement, ground-level doorways, tree trunks and bollard bases remain fixed, flat, level and in their exact original positions throughout. ONLY the upper stories of the two existing building rows above the first floor bend inward toward the street center, like two vast urban walls curving into an overhead canopy. The deformation begins in the middle distance and propagates along the upper facades; the first floor stays grounded and vertical. Every original window remains attached to its own facade. By the middle a spectacular arch of existing city buildings closes over the street, while the straight FLAT road and original central vanishing point remain clearly visible underneath. Keep architectural depth and individual window detail. At the end the upper facades gently unwind toward their original vertical positions. No road ramp, rolled camera, fisheye image warp, bowl-shaped pavement, moving trees, new city, additional buildings, rubble, cut, text, logo or generated audio. Preserve the same complete wide composition; do not crop to a close-up.

City folding

Curve a familiar street into an impossible urban arch.

What changes

The same building rows bend into an overhead arch and unwind, keeping the street recognizable.

Upload a clear photo and adjust the motion prompt to fit your scene. Check the settings and credit cost before generating.

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Build around one clear visual event

The visible change

The upper facades curve inward while the central street stays visible.

The details to retain

A wide road, two building rows and a clear vanishing point.

Frame both sides of the street

Include the building rows and the road below. Avoid a tight facade crop that hides the full spatial change.

Keep the street grounded.Let the skyline bend.

Curve the upper building rows into an overhead arch, keep the road readable below and let the architecture unwind toward its original position.

A wide city street with buildings on both sides before the city fold effect — Example photo

Your photo.Your direction.

Keep in view: A wide road, two building rows and a clear vanishing point.
The visual change: The upper facades curve inward while the central street stays visible.

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City Fold, from a photo to a moving result

The upper facades curve inward while the central street stays visible.

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A photo, an action,A clear visual change

Choose a wide street view with a strong central perspective. The building rows create the scale and the road gives the viewer a stable reference.

Frame both sides of the street
Include the building rows and the road below. Avoid a tight facade crop that hides the full spatial change.
Name the part that bends
Describe the upper floors curving overhead. Name the road and foreground as elements that should remain grounded.
Check the stable reference
Check that the road, lower entrances and tree bases remain grounded while windows stay attached to their walls. If the fold is unclear, choose cleaner perspective lines and remove competing camera changes.

Bring this effect into your work

Surreal city openings

Introduce an impossible city as its street and buildings fold overhead.

Architectural clips

Use a deep street perspective to make the folding scale readable.

Sci-fi scene ideas

Explore a spatial transformation with your own city photograph.

Explore anotherVisual transformation

Plans for your next creation

Use your plan credits for images and videos. Review the selected tool, settings and credit quote before each generation.

Starter

$9.99/ month

800 credits / month

Credits renew monthly and expire at the end of the billing period.

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Creator

$24.99/ month

2,500 credits / month

Credits renew monthly and expire at the end of the billing period.

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Pro

$59.99/ month

6,200 credits / month

Credits renew monthly and expire at the end of the billing period.

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AI video effectsQuestions before you create

Start with your photoGive the scene a new event

Choose your image

City folding

Best photo:

An empty street between two rows of buildings, with the road and skyline clearly visible.

Customize motion

City folding

Curve a familiar street into an impossible urban arch.

What changes

The same building rows bend into an overhead arch and unwind, keeping the street recognizable.

Upload a clear photo and adjust the motion prompt to fit your scene. Check the settings and credit cost before generating.

Choose another effect

Build around one clear visual event

The visible change

The upper facades curve inward while the central street stays visible.

The details to retain

A wide road, two building rows and a clear vanishing point.

Frame both sides of the street

Include the building rows and the road below. Avoid a tight facade crop that hides the full spatial change.

Keep the street grounded.Let the skyline bend.

Curve the upper building rows into an overhead arch, keep the road readable below and let the architecture unwind toward its original position.

Your photo.Your direction.

Keep in view: A wide road, two building rows and a clear vanishing point.
The visual change: The upper facades curve inward while the central street stays visible.

Try this effect

City Fold, from a photo to a moving result

The upper facades curve inward while the central street stays visible.

Try this effect

A photo, an action,A clear visual change

Choose a wide street view with a strong central perspective. The building rows create the scale and the road gives the viewer a stable reference.

Frame both sides of the street
Include the building rows and the road below. Avoid a tight facade crop that hides the full spatial change.
Name the part that bends
Describe the upper floors curving overhead. Name the road and foreground as elements that should remain grounded.
Check the stable reference
Check that the road, lower entrances and tree bases remain grounded while windows stay attached to their walls. If the fold is unclear, choose cleaner perspective lines and remove competing camera changes.

Bring this effect into your work

Surreal city openings

Introduce an impossible city as its street and buildings fold overhead.

Architectural clips

Use a deep street perspective to make the folding scale readable.

Sci-fi scene ideas

Explore a spatial transformation with your own city photograph.

Explore anotherVisual transformation

Plans for your next creation

Use your plan credits for images and videos. Review the selected tool, settings and credit quote before each generation.

Starter

$9.99/ month

800 credits / month

Credits renew monthly and expire at the end of the billing period.

View plan

Creator

$24.99/ month

2,500 credits / month

Credits renew monthly and expire at the end of the billing period.

View plan

Pro

$59.99/ month

6,200 credits / month

Credits renew monthly and expire at the end of the billing period.

View plan

See all plans and credit packs

AI video effectsQuestions before you create

Start with your photoGive the scene a new event

Choose your image

City folding

What changes

Build around one clear visual event

The visible change

The details to retain

Frame both sides of the street

Keep the street grounded.Let the skyline bend.

Your photo.Your direction.

City Fold, from a photo to a moving result

A photo, an action,A clear visual change

Frame both sides of the street

Name the part that bends

Check the stable reference

Bring this effect into your work

Surreal city openings

Architectural clips

Sci-fi scene ideas

Explore anotherVisual transformation

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Pro

AI video effectsQuestions before you create

Which streets work best for the City Fold effect?

Should the road fold too?

Will my subject look exactly the same?

What is different from regular image to video?

Can I use a different type of subject?

Start with your photoGive the scene a new event

City folding

What changes

Build around one clear visual event

The visible change

The details to retain

Frame both sides of the street

Keep the street grounded.Let the skyline bend.

Your photo.Your direction.

City Fold, from a photo to a moving result

A photo, an action,A clear visual change

Frame both sides of the street

Name the part that bends

Check the stable reference

Bring this effect into your work

Surreal city openings

Architectural clips

Sci-fi scene ideas

Explore anotherVisual transformation

AI Kiss Video Generator

AI Hug Video Generator

City flight

Everything blooms

Giant pet

Step out of the frame

Petal drift

Doodle to life

Vanish

Street Colossus

High Flip

Thunder Strike

Portal Reveal

Energy Wings

AI Twerk Video Generator

Bigfoot Video Generator

Plans for your next creation