Effect · Fantasy & Magic
Liquid Metal — faces coated in polished metal.
Liquid Metal spreads a mirror-like metal finish over a person's face and clothes. The sample is a reel of four runs in different metal colours. It opens on a person with short cropped brown hair, red lips and a black puff-sleeved dress with a white ruffled collar, set against a dark teal wall.
The sample
What happens in the Liquid Metal sample.
In the first run shiny silver spreads over the face, neck and dress, leaving the white ruffles showing, while the camera moves in close. The second run shows a person with pale hair in two knots and a fur coat before a blurred city, the face half covered in gold with gold chains draped at the neck. In the third, a face coated in silver has liquid metal spikes rising from frosted, spiky hair, before a burst of zoom blur. The fourth run shows a young woman with long auburn braids and a green hair clip, her face and neck covered in patches of rose-pink metal.
Backdrops stay as they were in each run, and hair keeps its colour, though in the third run metal spikes rise from it. The metal follows the shape of the face, with gaps where skin shows through in the gold and rose runs. Each run starts from a head-and-shoulders or waist-up portrait facing the lens, so a front-facing photo with the face well lit gives the closest match.
The recipe
Liquid Metal, on paper.
Read from the effect catalog the app itself ships, so these are the settings your run will use.
| Spec | This effect |
|---|---|
| Engine | PixVerse |
| Resolution | 720p or 1080p |
| Clip length | 5s or 8s |
| Cost | 2 credits at 5s 720p · 4 credits at 8s 720p · 4 credits at 5s 1080p · 8 credits at 8s 1080p |
| Source images | One photo |
| Aspect ratio | Follows your photo |
| Category | Fantasy & Magic |
| Text prompt | None — the engine's own template |
Your photo
Photos that suit it.
One-tap effects have one input. The photo you pick is your creative control.
Face square to the lens
Every run in the sample shows a face looking straight ahead. A front-on portrait like those matches all four runs.
Simple backdrop
The runs sit on a teal wall, a white wall, a pale blue wall and a soft city blur. A plain or blurred background keeps the face the focus.
Just one face
Each run has a single person in frame, so a solo portrait is the right kind of photo here.
How it works
Running Liquid Metal in four steps.
Pick your photo
The tips above come from what the sample shows. A clear, well-lit subject is the safe start.
Open Fantasy & Magic and tap Liquid Metal
In the King AI app on iPhone, iPad or Mac, or in the web studio. Opening the effect does not spend credits.
Choose the length and resolution
5s or 8s, 720p or 1080p. Cost: 2 credits at 5s 720p · 4 credits at 8s 720p · 4 credits at 5s 1080p · 8 credits at 8s 1080p.
Generate, then try another photo
The photo changes the result more than a second run of the same photo does.
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ExploreFAQ
Liquid Metal, answered.
What does the Liquid Metal effect do?
A reel of four portraits in which faces turn to shiny metal: silver over a black ruffled dress, gold with chains, silver with liquid spikes, and rose-pink on a woman with long braids.
What colours of metal appear in the Liquid Metal sample?
Silver, gold and rose-pink. Two of the four runs turn silver, one over a black ruffled dress and one with liquid spikes rising from the hair. Another run is gold, with chains around the neck, and the last shows patches of rose-pink metal across a face and neck.
How much does Liquid Metal cost?
2–8 credits per run: 2 credits (~$0.80) at the default length and resolution, more for a longer or sharper clip (2 credits at 5s 720p · 4 credits at 8s 720p · 4 credits at 5s 1080p · 8 credits at 8s 1080p). New verified accounts receive 3 welcome credits once. The welcome bonus covers one supported first run costing 2 credits.
How long is a Liquid Metal video?
5s or 8s at 720p or 1080p. It follows the shape of your photo. Nothing you export is watermarked, on any plan.
Do I need to write a prompt?
No. Liquid Metal is a template on the PixVerse engine. King AI sends the effect's name and your photo; there is no text prompt to write.
Get started
Try Liquid Metal.
New verified accounts receive 3 welcome credits once. The welcome bonus covers one supported first run costing 2 credits. Nothing you export is watermarked.