Melies

Melies is an all-in-one AI studio built for AI filmmaking—turning an idea into a final frame. Create story content, generate images and cinematic video clips, design movie posters, and add voices, music, and sound effects.

The platform centers around a large toolkit: browse 42 focused tools to write, storyboard, cast, generate, edit, add sound, and finish your film. Cast using a library of 150+ AI actors, including options to train custom characters from a single photo for consistent identity across scenes.

For visuals and motion, use image-to-video workflows with cinematic controls such as camera movement presets and duration control (up to 10 seconds). Apply visual styles from a curated library, then generate with 30+ AI models integrated across leading providers.

For power users, Melies also offers an AI agent creative toolkit experience via a one-command CLI setup and documentation to generate assets like images, videos, posters, and thumbnails.

What can you create with Melies?

You can write stories, generate images and cinematic video clips, create movie posters, and produce supporting audio elements like voices, music, and sound effects.

How do AI actors work in Melies?

You can cast from a diverse library of ready-to-use AI actors or train custom actors from a single reference photo. Using the same actor helps keep character identity consistent across images, videos, and movie posters.

What tools are available for the filmmaking workflow?

Melies provides a collection of focused AI filmmaking tools for tasks like writing, storyboarding, casting, generating images and video, editing, adding sound, and finishing your film.

Can Melies generate cinematic video from images?

Yes—Melies supports image-to-video workflows that transform images into cinematic video clips, with options like curated visual styles, camera movement presets, and duration control (up to 10 seconds).

Does Melies support custom visual styles?

Yes. Browse a curated library of visual styles (including anime, cinematic, cartoon, and more) and apply styles to images with one-click consistency for a consistent visual identity across a project.

What AI models does Melies use?

Melies runs with 30+ AI models and integrates with multiple leading providers to support high-quality generation. You can compare models to pick the best results for your use case.