Effect · Art & Style
Pixel Pixel — a city night in pixel art.
Pixel Pixel shows the scene as moving pixel art, with blocky edges and glowing colour. The sample opens already in pixels, on a woman with long wavy brown hair lit orange at the tips and a long grey sleeveless dress, standing in a city street at night. She walks forward while cars and neon signs slide past behind her.
The sample
What happens in the Pixel Pixel sample.
At first the woman is seen side-on, face tilted up, with streetlights and warm shop windows glowing behind her. She starts to walk, her dress swinging, while a teal car rolls across behind her. As she moves, the camera turns with her and she slides toward the left edge. In the later frames her face leaves the shot, and a pink car with bright headlights heads toward the camera down the wet, shiny road.
Everything is in pixel art from the first frame, so the sample shows the finished style rather than a change from a photo. Her hair, dress and the night street keep the same colours throughout; only her position and the traffic change. The sample begins with one person in profile against a lit street, so a photo with a clear figure and some background lights is a close match.
The recipe
Pixel Pixel, on paper.
Read from the effect catalog the app itself ships, so these are the settings your run will use.
| Spec | This effect |
|---|---|
| Engine | Kling |
| Resolution | 720p |
| Clip length | 5s or 10s |
| Cost | 5 credits at 5s · 10 credits at 10s |
| Source images | One photo |
| Aspect ratio | Follows your photo |
| Category | Art & Style |
| 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.
Lights in the background
Neon signs and headlights fill the street and become glowing pixel blocks. A photo with background lights echoes that.
One person, side-on
A single woman in profile, facing up the street, leads the sample. A photo of one person turned partly away matches it.
Room to walk
She walks out of the left side of the frame, so a photo with space around the person suits the motion in the sample.
How it works
Running Pixel Pixel 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 Art & Style and tap Pixel Pixel
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
5s or 10s. Cost: 5 credits at 5s · 10 credits at 10s.
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
Pixel Pixel, answered.
What does the Pixel Pixel effect do?
In pixel-art style, a woman with long wavy hair and a grey sleeveless dress walks along a neon-lit city street at night while a teal car and a pink car pass.
Does Pixel Pixel show the change from photo to pixels?
Not in the sample. The clip is pixel art from the very first frame, showing a woman in a long grey dress walking along a neon-lit city street at night while a teal car and a pink car pass. What you see is the finished style.
How much does Pixel Pixel cost?
5–10 credits per run: 5 credits (~$2.00) at the default length and resolution, more for a longer or sharper clip (5 credits at 5s · 10 credits at 10s). New verified accounts receive 3 welcome credits once. The welcome bonus contributes toward the 5-credit first run; you need 2 more credits from a plan or credit pack.
How long is a Pixel Pixel video?
5s or 10s at 720p. It follows the shape of your photo. Nothing you export is watermarked, on any plan.
Do I need to write a prompt?
No. Pixel Pixel is a template on the Kling engine. King AI sends the effect's name and your photo; there is no text prompt to write.
Get started
Try Pixel Pixel.
New verified accounts receive 3 welcome credits once. The welcome bonus contributes toward the 5-credit first run; you need 2 more credits from a plan or credit pack. Nothing you export is watermarked.