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Show HN: Automating e-commerce video ads from one image (technical breakdown)
2 points by promomotions 6 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment
Hi HN,

I’ve been experimenting with automating product video creation using generative models.

The idea was simple:

Can a single product image be transformed into multiple ad-style video variations automatically?

I built a structured pipeline that:

Takes one product image

Generates multiple visual scenes (different backgrounds, angles, contexts)

Converts scenes into short ad clips

Applies different hooks and formats (UGC-style, cinematic, problem-solution)

Under the hood it’s essentially:

Prompt-engineered image models

Video generation models

Scene templating logic

Variation-based rendering system

The goal isn’t perfect cinema — it’s speed and iteration for small sellers who need many creatives to test.

Still early. I’m mostly curious:

Does this feel technically interesting? Or does this just become noise in a world full of AI tools?

Would love honest feedback.

https://promomotions.com



Happy to answer technical questions about the pipeline if anyone’s curious. I can also share what didn’t work — most early attempts produced unusable ads before the scene structuring approach.




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