Stability AI releases its first Text to Animation tool
Increasingly we can use natural language text prompts to create everything from animations and images to drugs and videos ...
Key takeaways
- On Thursday, Stability AI, the AI company that created Stable Diffusion, unveiled a Text-to-Animation tool that allows developers and artists to use Stable Diffusion models to generate animations.
- The tool, known as Stable Animation SDK, can generate video from three different inputs including text alone, text and an initial image, and text and an input video.
- The cost of an operation is based on a credit system and varies depending on the video dimensions and 3D render mode.
Cite or link to this article
Griffin, M. (2023) 'Stability AI releases its first Text to Animation tool', 311 Institute, 15 June. Available at: https://www.311institute.com/stability-ai-releases-its-first-text-to-animation-tool/ (Accessed: 25 October 2026).
We’re entering the age of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to “Anything,” and we’re starting with Text-to-Anything first such as Text-to3D Object, Text-to-Image, Text-to-Music, Text-to-Video, and even Text-to-Drug, and from anime to childhood classics animations have brought stories to life by combining still images. Now, with just a text prompt, you can generate your own animations using AI.
On Thursday, Stability AI, the AI company that created Stable Diffusion, unveiled a Text-to-Animation tool that allows developers and artists to use Stable Diffusion models to generate animations.
The tool, known as Stable Animation SDK, can generate video from three different inputs including text alone, text and an initial image, and text and an input video.
Unlike DALL-E or Bing Image Creator, you can't access this model simply by visiting a website. Rather, using this model requires more advanced technical skills to install and run the UI, including coding.
The cost of an operation is based on a credit system and varies depending on the video dimensions and 3D render mode. The cost ranges from 0.058 to 0.174 credits per operation.
For full details on how to use Stable Animation SDK and the cost involved, visit Stability AI's developer platform for Animation SDK.
What this means for your organisation
Animation becomes prompt-driven.
Developers can now generate moving content from a line of text or an image. That lowers the cost of animation for ads, training and social media. Creative leaders should test where generated motion meets their quality bar.
Developer tools come first.
This release targets people who can code, not casual users. Firms with technical staff can build it into their own workflows now. Pair creative and engineering teams to experiment early.
Text to anything is spreading.
The same approach already makes images, music and 3D objects. Each new format expands what small teams can produce. Plan content strategies that assume generated media across formats.
Three questions for your next leadership meeting
- Which of our content formats could use generated animation?
- Do we have developers who could build these tools into our workflow?
- How will we keep brand quality high in generated media?
The trends and technologies behind this story
From the 311 Starburst, the 311 Strategic Intelligence Unit’s map of the technologies and trends shaping the next 50 years.
Analysis by the 311 Strategic Intelligence Unit, from Matthew Griffin’s article and 311 data. First published on Fanatical Futurist.
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Increasingly we can use natural language text prompts to create everything from animations and images to drugs and videos ...
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Matthew Griffin Founder, President and Futurist, 311 Institute
Matthew Griffin is a multi-award winning Futurist and expert in Disruption and Innovation, Geopolitics, Leadership, and Technology, who NASA have described as a "walking encyclopaedia of the future" and a "futurist Polymath."
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Matthew Griffin is a multi-award winning Futurist and expert in Disruption and Innovation, Geopolitics, Leadership, and Technology, who NASA have described as a "walking encyclopaedia of the future" and a "futurist Polymath." 17-time best selling author of the "Codex of the Future" series, Matthew is the Founder, President and Futurist of the 311 Institute, a global Futures and Deep Futures advisory firm working with royal households, world leaders, G7, G20, and G77 governments, NGOs, and multi-national mid and mega cap firms to help them explore, shape, and lead the next 50 years of business and society.
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Sources and further reading
- Stability AI's developer platform for Animation SDK platform.stability.ai