Why Video Is a Separate Product Category
Still images can hide a lot. A single beautiful frame can look impressive even when the model would fall apart one frame later. Video removes that hiding place. The camera has to move or hold steady in a believable way, the subject has to stay recognizable, the background has to remain consistent, and the motion needs to feel deliberate instead of rubbery. If one part breaks, the whole clip looks cheap.
Video needs its own page because motion, scene continuity, aspect ratios, and rerender cost matter in ways still-image tools do not. Most users want short usable clips, not just one attractive frame.
The strongest setups usually revolve around two entry modes. Prompt-to-video gives speed when you want to explore different fantasies or visual directions. Image-to-video gives tighter control when you already have a still frame, key art, or character look that needs animation. In practice, users bounce between the two: create a still, choose the best frame, animate that frame, inspect the result, and rerender with a cleaner motion instruction.