Hi, I built this on my own over the last few months, mostly at night and on weekends. I’ve spent 20 years writing software for other people’s companies. I wanted to make something of my own that people would find useful. This is my attempt at that. It’s a tool that turns photos of your shop into a short video ad. Upload a few pictures, tell it what you’re promoting—a grand opening, a sale, a job opening—and the feel you’re going for. About two minutes later, you get a video with a script, voiceover, music, captions and a QR code. If you add a selfie, a cartoon version of you opens the ad and delivers the first line. You can try the photo-to-cartoon part without signing up: https://atveanimation.com/try The photos in the finished ad are yours. AI writes and reads the script and animates the still images, but it doesn’t make up product shots. And the cartoon presenter looks like a cartoon, not someone pretending to be you. It’s free: no card, no trial, no paid tier. Each account gets five ads a month, without a watermark. Failed renders don’t count. There is one catch worth explaining upfront. Rendering costs me money, so I’ve set a daily budget for the site. If it runs out, new videos pause until midnight UTC. You’ll see a message, and your photos and projects will still be there. If launch traffic pushes it over the limit and you see “paused,” that’s why. The site hasn’t crashed; I’ve just hit what I can afford for the day. I’ve also published a line-by-line breakdown of what each video costs me: https://dev.to/kkjcodes/what-it-... Your photos are used only to make your video. They aren’t sold, shared or used to train models for anyone else. Videos are private, with links that expire. Nothing goes into the public gallery unless you tick the box. What I’d really like to know is whether a shop owner would actually post one of these. If you wouldn’t, what would need to change? And if a render fails, reply with the link. I’ll take a look.

AtVeAnimation

Video ads for your shop, made from a few photos. Free.

Video ads for your shop, made from a few photos. Free.