Stories and Reels
Stories and Reels from the photos you already have.
No filming day and no editing app. Pick a photo and choose how much it should move: a slow zoom with your brand’s music, an animated Story, or a short video with a voice. You approve each one.
Free plan · no card · 800 tokens, about 30 images.
Made from still photos
Story frames and Reel covers for five demo brands, each made from that brand’s own photos.
StoryEmber & Ash, hot sauce 
StoryHollow Pine, candles 
StoryDriftwood Coffee 
Reel coverLuxe Locks Salon 
Reel coverIronworks Gym
All five are illustrative demo brands.
How a photo starts moving
Pick a photo
Any image draft, or a photo from your library.
Choose the motion
Zoom Story: a 10-second slow zoom with music, made without a video model. Motion Story: an 8-second animation in one of five styles. Or a video of 4 to 10 seconds, with or without a voice.
Music that fits the brand
Pick up to three music genres in Brand Brain, or let it choose. A video made from scratch takes a mood: warm, upbeat, chill, epic or minimal.
Approve and publish
Stories go to Instagram. Videos go out as Reels and short videos to the platforms you’ve connected.
What to know
What it costs
A Zoom Story costs only its tall picture, and nothing if the picture is already 9:16. Video is 27 tokens a second, so an 8-second Motion Story is about 216.
A Story with every image draft
Turn on “Story for every image draft” in the Draft Engine’s media settings, and each image draft arrives with a Zoom Story or a Motion Story.
Where they publish
Stories publish to Instagram only; Facebook Stories aren’t supported. A Motion Story can be copied as a Reel or video for the other platforms.
Your own clips still work
Filmed something yourself? Post it as it is. Posting your own videos costs no tokens.
Questions, answered straight
Do I need to film anything?
No. Every option on this page starts from a still photo.
Is there sound?
Zoom Stories carry your brand’s music. Videos have audio, and you choose no voice, a voiceover, or someone speaking on camera.
How long are they?
Zoom Stories run 10 seconds and Motion Stories 8. Videos are 4, 6, 8 or 10 seconds.
See it with your own photos.
Free includes 800 starter tokens, one brand or location and one connected platform, with no card. Autopilot Solo is $119 a month and runs the Draft Engine on a schedule. You approve every post either way.