Motion

The Motion node sets how much a video clip moves: Subtle, Moderate or Dynamic. Connect it to the Settings input of Generate Video or Generate Video Pro, and it adds a clause about the motion to the prompt. It never runs a model and costs nothing.

When to use it

• You want calmer or livelier clips without rewriting the prompt.
• You want several video nodes to share one motion level. Connect one Motion node to all of their Settings inputs.
• You want to compare the same shot at different levels. Change the Motion node and run again.

Settings

What each level adds to the prompt

A motion level is a hint, not a precise control. Each video model reads it differently, and the prompt and the subject also shape how much moves.

Connect it to a video node

Drag from the output of the Motion node to the Settings input of Generate Video or Generate Video Pro. The same input also takes Aspect Ratio, Duration and Provider nodes.

• Where the clause goes. The clause is added to the end of the prompt, with the wording of the connected pickers. For example, the prompt a lighthouse at dusk with Dynamic runs as a lighthouse at dusk. dynamic, energetic motion with fast, pronounced movement.
• Inject Look controls it. The clause follows the Inject Look switch under Prompt Injection in the video node's settings panel, like the Look pickers. With Inject Look off, the clause is not added.
• The video node shows the level. A chip at the top left of the video node shows the level, for example Dynamic. The Motion node sets no field, so the settings panel does not change.
• The last connection wins. When two Motion nodes are connected to one video node, the one connected last is used.
• Video nodes only. The Settings input of Generate Image takes only Aspect Ratio and Provider nodes, and the canvas refuses a Motion node there.
• Check the prompt. In Generate Video, switch the prompt to Final to read the clause in the prompt that will be sent.
• Place the clause yourself. Write the name of the Motion node as a variable, such as {Motion}, in the prompt. The clause appears there and is not added a second time at the end.
• The price stays the same. A Motion node only adds words to the prompt. The note "Price may change with connected settings" still shows under Run while it is connected.

Motion and the Motion hint setting

Generate Video also has its own Motion hint (injected into prompt) setting, with the same three levels. That setting adds a short term, such as dynamic motion. A connected Motion node does not turn the setting off, and Nodaro does not merge the two. With both, the prompt can ask for two motion levels, and the term of the setting comes first. Use one of the two. Generate Video Pro has no motion setting of its own.

Control motion in a clip

• The amount of movement: connect a Motion node to the Settings input, or turn on Motion hint (injected into prompt) in Generate Video.
• A specific camera move: connect a Camera Motion picker to the video node's Look input.
• What the subject does: connect a Character Motion picker, or describe the action in the prompt.