Kling 3.0 prompt guide
Kling 3.0 is good at steady, realistic motion from a photo. Most of the photo effects on RenderHour run on it, and the examples below are their prompts, the ones that made their previews.
What Kling 3.0 takes
- Takes a prompt, a first frame and a last frame.
- Clips of 3 to 15 seconds.
- Aspect ratios: 16:9, 9:16, 1:1.
- Settings: Standard · no audio; Standard · with audio; Pro · no audio; Pro · with audio; 4K.
- From 1.25 credits per second.
The order to write a prompt in
- "One continuous shot." when the clip should have no cuts.
- What moves and how: the subject’s action and the camera move, with their speed.
- What must stay: "Start on the photo exactly as it is. Keep the face, hair, clothing and proportions unchanged."
- The look: "Photorealistic, natural motion."
- What to leave out: "No text, captions, logos or watermarks."
Tips
- With a photo as the first frame, describe the motion, not the photo: the model already sees what is in it.
- Add a last frame to fix where the clip ends; Kling makes the motion between the two.
- Sound is a setting: pick one "with audio" and describe the sounds in the prompt; otherwise the clip is silent.
- If Kling refuses a prompt, reword it: in our tests a prompt about covering skin was refused and passed once reworded. A refused run costs nothing.
Example prompts
The two people in the photo slowly turn toward each other, lean in and share a soft, tender kiss on the lips with their eyes closed. They hold the kiss for a moment, then draw back slightly and smile at each other. The camera drifts gently closer in slow motion, with soft, shallow focus on the couple and the background softly blurred. Start on the photo exactly as it is. Keep both people's faces, hair, clothing and proportions unchanged throughout. Photorealistic, natural motion. No text, captions, logos or watermarks.
The two people in the photo turn toward each other, step closer and wrap their arms around each other in a warm, close hug. They hold the embrace with their eyes closed and happy smiles, swaying gently, then lean back a little and smile at each other. The camera stays steady at chest height with a slow, slight push in. Start on the photo exactly as it is. Keep both people's faces, hair, clothing and proportions unchanged throughout. Photorealistic, natural motion. No text, captions, logos or watermarks.
One continuous shot. The camera orbits a full 360 degrees around the subject at eye level, at a steady speed, keeping the subject centred and in sharp focus while the background slides past with natural parallax. The subject stays almost still, breathing and blinking naturally, and the light on them shifts as the camera passes the light source. The move ends where it began. Start on the photo exactly as it is. Keep the subject's face, hair, clothing and proportions unchanged throughout. Photorealistic, natural motion. No text, captions, logos or watermarks.
Starting at the edges and moving inward, the subject turns into fine golden sand. Grain by grain the figure crumbles and streams away sideways on a steady wind, until only a small drift of sand remains on the ground and the background is left empty and intact. The camera holds almost still with a very slow push in. Start on the photo exactly as it is. Photorealistic detail and lighting. No text, captions, logos or watermarks.