The opening frame
An ultra-wide selfie angle from slightly above eye level: you in an open plaza in daylight, chin up, waving at the lens. The only frame where your face is legible.
AI video effect
Earth Zoom Out — Plaza to Orbit in One Take
Add one photo and the effect opens on you waving up from a city plaza, then pulls straight back through the sky until the whole planet sits in black space. No drone, no stock footage, nothing to stitch on.
- One photo is enough
- Ready in about a minute
- 16:9 and 9:16
- MP4, no watermark
AI example
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Your photo
One photo is enough: solo or the two of you.
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Effect
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Video & sound
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What it looks like
Faces that survive a whole take
The short answer
What is the Earth Zoom Out effect?
Earth Zoom Out is an AI video effect that turns one photo into a single unbroken pull-out: from an arm’s-length selfie in a city plaza, up over the rooftops and the coastline, out through the atmosphere, until the whole Earth hangs in space.
Most effects here are performances; this one is a camera move. Editors use it as the first second of a longer video or the join between two shots. The plaza, skyline and planet are invented around your face, so a photo against a bedroom wall works as well as one outdoors. Because the pull-out is one continuous take, there is no seam to hide — play it backwards and you fall from orbit onto yourself.
- What you get
- One MP4 clip, no watermark, ready for TikTok, Reels or Shorts.
- Photos needed
- Up to 2. One clear, evenly lit photo is enough.
- Length
- 5 seconds by default. Other lengths are available in the video settings.
- Price
- 4 credits per clip at the default settings. No subscription required.
- If it fails
- Credits go back to your balance automatically. Try again or change the photo.
- Format
- 16:9 landscape or 9:16 vertical, your choice before you hit generate.
How it works
Three steps to a clean pull-out
Pick a photo that still reads when it is tiny
Choose a front-facing selfie or waist-up shot where your face fills a good part of the frame, in even light. Upload it in the panel above.
The last frame of this clip is a whole planet. Your face is a few pixels wide by then, so a photo where the face is already small disappears. Face-forward and centred is what survives the zoom.
Keep Earth Zoom Out selected and set 9:16
The effect is already chosen. Open the video settings only to switch to a vertical frame; leave the length at the default if you use the clip as an opening or transition.
A vertical frame keeps the plaza full-bleed on a phone and gives the pull-out more travel. In landscape the move spends its first seconds on empty pavement.
Generate, then decide which direction to play it
The clip renders in about a minute. Download the MP4 and use it as it renders, or reverse it so the camera falls from space and lands on you.
Both directions work. Forward is an opening that hands off to your footage; reversed, it is a reveal that lands on the shot you cut to next.
Every clip, itemised
What actually happens in the Earth Zoom Out take
The rise
The camera lifts and tilts down in one movement, turning a portrait into a map. It accelerates: the plaza first, then the blocks, then the streets. You stay near the centre.
The city and the coastline
Rooftops flatten into a grid, the grid reaches water, and the shoreline draws a hard edge across the frame.
The horizon and the atmosphere
The frame edge curves, clouds slide underneath, and a thin blue band holds the top of the atmosphere. The camera keeps accelerating, so the curve arrives without a cut.
The planet
The Earth settles into a small sphere in a black starfield. No logo, no label, no text — just the planet, and the clip ending there.
The sound
A rising swell through the climb that thins into a quiet, airy drone once the planet is framed. It dies down at the end, so it sits under your own music.
One take, no cuts
One continuous move: no cuts to hide a change of scale, no speed ramps. For a slower reveal, generate a longer clip rather than slowing the render.
What people make
Five ways editors use this clip
The first second of a reel
“an opening that hands off to my real footage”
Cut away as soon as the planet is framed and hard-cut to your shot. The jump from planetary scale back to a person is the hook.
A travel post
“the trip that felt like the whole world”
End a travel montage on the pull-out instead of another sunset. The city you left becomes a dot — sharper than any caption.
The “you are here” joke
“a joke about how small my deadline is”
Pair the clip with a line about your rent or your group chat. The contrast does the work.
A two-person opener
“me and my friend, side by side in the plaza”
Add one photo of each, or a single photo of both, and you start the take together. Both figures hold through the plaza and skyline.
A launch or pitch video
“a product that starts small and ends global”
Use it behind a size or reach claim. Nothing in the clip is tied to a person, so a founder photo works the same as a product shot.
What makes a good result
Four rules for a photo that survives the pull-out
Sharp at phone scale, not print scale
The first frame is a wide shot, so the file need not be huge — but it must be in focus. A soft photo becomes a smudge by the second second.
Keep your face near the centre
The camera keeps the subject centred as it rises. A face in the corner of a group photo drifts out before the rooftops appear.
The background does not matter
The plaza is invented for you. Kitchen wall, bedroom, garden — none of it reaches the clip, so you need not hunt for an outdoor photo.
Only photos you have the right to use
Your own, or a friend’s with permission. A stranger or a public figure is a rights problem, and review rejects those clips.
Questions
Earth Zoom Out: questions
What editors ask before they spend credits on a pull-out.
How do I make the Earth zoom out effect?
Upload a clear, front-facing photo, keep Earth Zoom Out selected and generate. The clip opens on you waving up from a plaza, rises without a cut through the city and coastline, and ends on the whole planet. About a minute.
Do I need a video, a drone or an editing app?
No. One photo is the whole input, and the pull-out is a single take, so nothing needs stitching or keyframing. Any editor that flips a clip’s direction handles the reverse.
Can I reverse it into a transition?
Yes, and many editors do. Play it backwards so the camera falls from space onto you, then hard-cut to your shot. The drone at the end becomes an opening sound reversed.
Can two people be in the clip?
Yes. Upload one photo of each, or a single photo of both. You stand side by side and the camera rises away from you together. Keep the faces a similar size.
Does my photo need to be taken outdoors?
No. The plaza, skyline and coastline are invented around your face, so an indoor photo works as well. What matters is a sharp face facing the camera.
Is the Earth in the clip real footage?
No. The whole take is generated, including the planet. It is a stylised view from orbit, not a satellite photo, so no labels or borders are there to check against a map.
What does one Earth zoom out render cost?
Four credits for the standard five seconds. Every extra second is charged, so a slower reveal or a longer hold costs more — and if the render fails, the credits come back to you.
Ready when you are
Make your Earth Zoom Out clip
One photo, four credits, about a minute. The plaza, skyline and planet are already in the effect — you bring the face.
Failed renders are refunded automatically — you never pay for a clip you did not get.