video-still-animator
Turn a single still image (PNG/JPG) into a short MP4 with a slow Ken-Burns zoom and a silent audio track. Pure ffmpeg wrapper. Designed as the on_failure substitute for AI video-gen steps that get blocked by content moderation: when seedance refuses, this skill emits a valid replacement clip from the already-generated still so a downstream merge can still produce a complete deliverable.
Profile →npx skills add opensquilla/opensquilla --skill video-still-animator --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# video-still-animator — Ken-Burns fallback clip from a still Produces a short MP4 from a single PNG/JPG using ffmpeg's `zoompan` filter, so a downstream merge step still has a clip for every shot when an upstream AI video generation step gets blocked. ## Why this skill exists `seedance-2-prompt` (and any platform-moderated video model) can refuse individual requests for reasons that have nothing to do with the prompt's narrative quality: - input photo contains a recognisable real person face - output audio gets flagged by the safety classifier - the moderation model's similarity threshold drifts day to day In `meta-short-drama` we always have a fresh PNG on disk before the seedance call runs, so the cheapest "the show must go on" fallback is to turn that PNG into a Ken-Burns clip and feed it to the merger. The clip won't have the camera motion the prompt asked for, but the character, framing, and timing will still match the script. ## Inputs (`with:`) | key | required | default | notes | |---|---|---|---| | `input_image` | yes | — | PNG or JPG path. | | `output_path` | yes | — | Output `.mp4` path. Parent dir created if missing. | | `duration` | no | `5` | Clip length in seconds.
- Why this skill exists
- Inputs (with:)
- Output specs
- Dependencies
- Use as onfailure substitute
- Limits
What does the video-still-animator skill do?
Turn a single still image (PNG/JPG) into a short MP4 with a slow Ken-Burns zoom and a silent audio track. Pure ffmpeg wrapper. Designed as the on_failure substitute for AI video-gen steps that get blocked by content moderation: when seedance refuses, this skill emits a valid replacement clip from the already-generated still so a downstream merge can still produce a complete deliverable.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add opensquilla/opensquilla --skill video-still-animator --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From opensquilla/opensquilla, a repository with 6,515 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.