Effect · Fun & Viral
Smell the Lens — noses right up to the camera.
Smell the Lens moves a subject up to the camera until its face fills the frame, as if sniffing the lens. The sample is a reel of several runs. It opens on two people in costume, one in a black bat-eared suit and one in clown face paint with green hair, who lean in toward a wide lens.
The sample
What happens in the Smell the Lens sample.
The first run shows two people in a small wood-panelled room: one in a black suit with a bat-eared mask, the other in white face paint with green hair, pink sunglasses and a purple suit, holding a white cartoon cat plush with a pink bow. They lean in until their faces bulge toward a wide-angle lens. A grey tabby cat sitting on a wooden floor comes next. A tiger then walks along a forest path until its face fills the frame. A woolly sheep in a field and three small girls in fairy-tale costumes, pressing toward the lens, close the reel.
Each run keeps its own setting and look. The costumes, the cat's stripes, the tiger's forest path and the girls' dresses stay the same as the subjects move. What they share is the camera: a wide, fisheye-style view that makes whatever is closest look bigger, so noses and faces swell as they near the lens. Most runs begin with the subject in full view and some distance to cover, and a photo like that fits the pattern.
The recipe
Smell the Lens, 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 | Fun & Viral |
| 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.
People or animals
The sample runs on costumed adults, a cat, a tiger, a sheep and three children, so a person or an animal both match it.
Face toward the lens
Every subject in the sample ends looking straight into the camera. Pick a photo where the face points forward.
Room to come closer
Several subjects in the sample start at a distance and move in. A photo with some space between subject and camera matches that.
How it works
Running Smell the Lens 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 Fun & Viral and tap Smell the Lens
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
Smell the Lens, answered.
What does the Smell the Lens effect do?
A reel of subjects moving up to a wide-angle lens: two people in costume, a grey tabby cat, a tiger in a forest, a sheep in a field and three small girls in fairy costumes.
Does Smell the Lens work on animals as well as people?
The sample includes both. Its reel shows two people in costume, a grey tabby cat, a tiger walking through a forest, a sheep in a field and three small girls in fairy costumes. Each moves toward a wide lens until its face fills much of the frame. You only need one photo.
How much does Smell the Lens 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 Smell the Lens 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. Smell the Lens 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 Smell the Lens.
New verified accounts receive 3 welcome credits once. The welcome bonus covers one supported first run costing 2 credits. Nothing you export is watermarked.