AI Ceiling Fan Transition Prompts, Timed to the Blade
The AI ceiling fan transition is a top-down outfit change: the camera looks straight down at a person lying on a rug, a ceiling fan turns between the lens and the body, and every time a blade sweeps across, the person comes out in a new look. People also call it under the fan, the fan transition or the fan blade outfit change. The AI version took off on TikTok in late September 2026, after months of creators filming it for real.
Below are a blade timeline, a base prompt with a negative line, what to change for Seedance, Wan and MiniMax, variant prompts and a fix table. Rather not prompt? The generator here runs a fixed 15-second, 9:16 reference clip with four looks: one face photo plus four outfit photos or a theme pack, six models, from 17 credits (about $0.85). The default Wan 3.0 480p video is 50 credits (about $2.50).
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15 s · 9:16 · 480p · 4 looks
This video: 50 credits
About $2.50 at the Studio pack rate
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The blade timeline every ceiling fan prompt needs
Models drift when a prompt only says “change outfits with the fan”. Give every look a second and say that the change happens while a blade covers the body. The first column is where the generator's template changes looks; the other two space four looks evenly for shorter prompts.
| Look | 15 s template | 10 s prompt | 8 s prompt | What the blade does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Look 1 | 0 s | 0 s | 0 s | The fan is already turning; the person settles on the rug (the template opens with a roll off the sofa). |
| Look 2 | 5.4 s | 2.5 s | 2 s | A blade fully covers the body and the first outfit is swapped out of sight. |
| Look 3 | 9 s | 5 s | 4 s | The next full cover brings one new look, nothing blended. |
| Look 4 | 12.9 s | 7.5 s | 6 s | Last change. Hold this look to the end so the clip loops without a jump. |
Between change points the blades keep passing but the clothes stay put. If a model rushes, three looks fit an 8-second clip better than four.
Copy-paste fan outfit transition prompt
Written for image-to-video or reference mode with one clear face photo. Replace the bracketed outfits, keep the timing words, and paste the negative line into the tool's negative prompt field. If the tool has none, add it at the end as “Avoid: …”.
Vertical 9:16, 10 seconds, one locked overhead shot: the camera looks straight down from the ceiling and never moves. The person in @Image1 lies on their back in the middle of a pale rug, relaxed. Same face, hairstyle, skin tone and build as @Image1 in every frame; exactly one person. A large ceiling fan with exactly three rigid dark blades and one round hub turns slowly just below the camera, hub near the top centre, each blade long enough to sweep across the whole body. The clothes change only while a blade fully covers the body and stay exactly the same between passes. Look 1 from the first frame: [outfit 1]. At about 2.5 s: [outfit 2]. At about 5 s: [outfit 3]. At about 7.5 s: [outfit 4]. After each change the person settles into a new relaxed pose on the rug, never sitting up. Soft daylight, photorealistic skin and fabric, no text.camera movement, zoom, camera rotation, extra fan blades, bent or melting blades, fan disappearing, clothes changing while visible, two outfits blended, face change, different person, second person, extra limbs, sitting up, standing, mask, text, captions, logo, watermarkFan transition video prompt: what to change for each model
The sentences stay the same. What changes is how you point at your photo, the length you can ask for and what happens to the sound. The table covers the models the generator above runs through APIMart.
| Model | Point at your photo | Length | Sound | Watch for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seedance 2.0 (Mini, Fast, Pro) | @Image1 for the face, @Image2–@Image5 for outfits, @Video1 for a reference clip | 4–15 s | Switch audio off and add the trend sound afterwards | Mini is the cheapest test run; Pro is the one that goes to 1080p. |
| Seedance 2.5 | @图片1 and @视频1 instead of @Image1 and @Video1 (APIMart's naming) | 4–30 s | Audio off, sound added afterwards | Real-face photos go through the provider's asset review first. Here a declined photo costs nothing. |
| Wan 3.0 | Reference mode: images in order, plus an optional reference video | 2–30 s; reference video plus output at most 30 s | Audio can be switched off | The generator's default. Keep a reference video at 15 s or less. |
| MiniMax H3 | Reference images in order (up to 9) plus a reference video | 15 s here, 768P output | Always writes its own audio | Replace its sound track if you want the trend's music. |
Using Kling, Dreamina or another app? Keep the same sentences and refer to your photo the way that app labels it. We have not run those tools, so the table does not guess their limits.
Variant prompts: Halloween, autumn, two people, retro cities
Swap one of these blocks in for the outfit sentences of the base prompt. Each keeps the overhead camera, the fan and the change-behind-the-blade rule, so the result still reads as the trend.
Halloween: pajamas to costumes
Starting in pajamas makes the first blade pass the reveal. Name the costume pieces, not a character's face, so the model does not paint a mask over yours.
Look 1 from the first frame: plain striped pajamas. At about 2.5 s: a witch costume, a tall pointed black hat and a long black robe. At about 5 s: a vampire costume, a high-collared black cape lined in red over black clothes. At about 7.5 s: a ghost-bride costume, a torn white veil and a long white dress. Costume pieces only: same face as @Image1, no mask, no face paint, no fake teeth. Dim warm bedroom light, a few small pumpkins at the edge of the rug.Autumn lookbook in a set order
Fabric words (knit, leather, gabardine, velvet) keep the four looks clearly apart.
Look 1 from the first frame: a cream chunky-knit sweater with brown corduroy trousers. At about 2.5 s: a brown leather jacket over a white tee and dark jeans. At about 5 s: a beige gabardine trench coat with a red tartan scarf. At about 7.5 s: a black velvet evening dress with black heels. Low autumn sun falls across the rug in diagonal stripes, a few dry leaves near the edge.Two people in matching outfits
The generator on this page makes one person per video; this block is for tools that accept two photos. Fix who lies on which side and repeat it.
Two people lie side by side on their backs on the rug: the person in @Image1 on the left, the person in @Image2 on the right, shoulders almost touching. Each keeps their own face, hair and build from their own photo in every frame; the faces are never swapped or blended. On every blade pass both change at the same moment into matching outfits. Look 1: matching white tees and light jeans. At about 2.5 s: matching black leather jackets. At about 5 s: matching cream knit sweaters. At about 7.5 s: matching black formal outfits. Exactly two people. Avoid: faces swapped, merged faces, one person, third person.Same person, retro cities under the fan
Here the floor, props and light change instead of the clothes. The person and the fan stay identical.
The person in @Image1 keeps the same outfit, face and pose in every frame; only the floor, props and light around them change, and only while a blade covers the frame. Look 1: a 1960s Paris café terrace, black-and-white floor tiles, a small round table with an espresso cup. At about 2.5 s: 1970s New York, a worn wooden loft floor with scattered vinyl records. At about 5 s: 1980s Tokyo, a tatami mat lit by pink neon with a cassette player. At about 7.5 s: 1990s London, a patterned pub carpet with a folded newspaper and a disposable camera.Hair and make-up instead of clothes
Keep one outfit and change only the hairstyle and make-up on each pass.
One outfit throughout: a plain white tee and light jeans. Only the hair and make-up change, and only while a blade covers the face. Look 1: natural loose hair, no make-up. At about 2.5 s: a sleek high ponytail and soft brown eyeliner. At about 5 s: big curls and a red lip. At about 7.5 s: a short bob and glossy pink lips. Face shape, eyes, nose and skin tone stay exactly as in @Image1.When the prompt breaks: fixes for common ceiling fan glitches
| Problem | Usually because | Change in the prompt |
|---|---|---|
| The outfit starts changing before the blade reaches the body | No change times, or four looks squeezed into a short clip | Give each look a second, add “clothes never change while visible”, or drop to three looks for 8 s. |
| Extra, bent or melting fan blades | The fan is named but not described | Write “exactly three rigid blades, same size, one hub” and put extra or bent blades in the negative line. |
| The camera drifts, zooms or rotates | Motion words without a locked camera | Open with “one locked overhead shot, the camera never moves”. |
| A different face after each change | Face and outfit in one sentence, or a small, side-on photo | Give the face its own sentence, use a sharp front-facing photo and keep runs short. The template here ties the face to your photo on every look. |
| The fan sits high in the frame and never covers the body | Nothing says where the fan is | Put the hub near the top centre, just under the camera, with blades long enough to sweep the whole body. A prompt-only first version of this template made exactly this mistake, which is why it now follows a reference clip. |
| The person sits up, stands or rolls away | The pose is not pinned down | Add “stays lying on their back on the rug” and allow a relaxed pose change only after each new look. |
Prompting yourself vs the built-in 15-second template
A prompt leaves the camera, the fan and the timing to the model on every run. The generator at the top sends a fixed 15-second reference clip with your photos instead, so those three are copied from the clip and only the person and the clothes change.
1. What you upload
One face photo, then either four outfit photos in the order they should appear (screenshots or product shots work; one look each, no repeats) or a theme pack: everyday, autumn, night out, Halloween or formal.
2. What stays fixed
The overhead camera, the sofa, the pale rug and the sunlight stripes, a three-blade fan, the roll onto the rug in the first second and four looks starting at 0, 5.4, 9 and 12.9 s. 15 seconds, 9:16.
3. What you choose
The model and resolution (prices below), and the clip's own sound track or a silent MP4. MiniMax H3 always comes with sound.
AI ceiling fan transition examples
Clips in the generator's scene: an overhead camera, the sofa on the left, a pale rug, a three-blade fan and four looks. The first is the clip the template is built from; the second uses different music; the Halloween one comes from a close room (lighter blades, no roll at the start, other music).
Credits per AI ceiling fan transition video
Each row is one finished 15-second video, including the 15-second reference clip the provider bills alongside it.
| Model | Length | Resolution | Credits | Credit value (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wan 3.0 | 15 s | 480p | 50 | $2.50 |
| Wan 3.0 | 15 s | 720p | 99 | $4.95 |
| Wan 3.0 | 15 s | 1080p | 198 | $9.90 |
| Seedance 2.0 Mini | 15 s | 480p | 17 | $0.85 |
| Seedance 2.0 Mini | 15 s | 720p | 36 | $1.80 |
| Seedance 2.0 Fast | 15 s | 480p | 36 | $1.80 |
| Seedance 2.0 Fast | 15 s | 720p | 77 | $3.85 |
| Seedance 2.0 Pro | 15 s | 480p | 61 | $3.05 |
| Seedance 2.0 Pro | 15 s | 720p | 129 | $6.45 |
| Seedance 2.0 Pro | 15 s | 1080p | 324 | $16.20 |
| Seedance 2.5 | 15 s | 480p | 87 | $4.35 |
| Seedance 2.5 | 15 s | 720p | 195 | $9.75 |
| Seedance 2.5 | 15 s | 1080p | 479 | $23.95 |
| MiniMax H3 | 15 s | 720p | 86 | $4.30 |
Dollar values use the Studio pack ($69.99 for 1,400 credits), the lowest price per credit. They show what the credits are worth, not a per-video checkout. Packs start at Popular, $14.99 for 250 credits, and there is no subscription. MiniMax H3's 720p is the provider's 768P output.
Free credits, watermark and refunds
| Account or action | What you get | Watermark and charge |
|---|---|---|
| New account | Sign-up gift right now: 3 credits. The cheapest video here needs 17. | Not enough for a full video on its own. Videos made before any purchase carry the site's moving watermark. |
| $5.00 Trial | 17 credits that work here like any others: one Seedance 2.0 Mini 480p video. | A paid order, so its videos have no site watermark. |
| Credit pack | Popular $14.99 / 250, Creator $29.99 / 560, Studio $69.99 / 1,400. One-time payments; credits do not expire. | No site watermark after a purchase, and earlier watermarked videos unlock their clean original. |
| Failed or redone video | A failed job returns its credits automatically. | A finished video you don't like is not refunded, and a new run is charged again. Credit refunds are not cash refunds. |
AI ceiling fan transition prompt questions
Is there one prompt that keeps the overhead camera fixed and my face the same through four outfits?
Start from the base prompt on this page: it opens with a locked overhead shot, gives the face its own sentence, names exactly three blades and ties each outfit to a second. Add the negative line too. No prompt guarantees the same face on every model; a sharp, front-facing photo helps more than extra adjectives, and a reference clip (what the generator here uses) removes most camera and fan drift.
Will Halloween costumes change my face?
They can when the costume includes a mask, face paint or a character's face. Describe only clothing and props (hat, cape, robe, bodysuit), add “same face as the photo, no mask, no face paint”, and put “mask” in the negative line. The generator's Halloween pack is written that way: a witch hat and robe, a vampire cape, a skeleton bodysuit and a pumpkin costume.
How do I prompt two people without their faces mixing?
Give each photo a fixed side (“@Image1 on the left, @Image2 on the right”), repeat the sides in every look, and put “faces swapped” and “one person” in the negative line. Matching outfits are easier to keep apart than different ones. The generator on this page makes one person per video, so a pair can also make two videos and post them side by side.
Can each blade pass change the city instead of the outfit?
Yes, with the retro-cities block above. Keep the person, the clothes and the fan identical and let the floor, props and light change on each pass, for example 1960s Paris, 1970s New York, 1980s Tokyo and 1990s London. It works best when the person stays lying on the same spot and only the surface under them changes.
Why do the clothes start morphing before the blade reaches me?
Usually the model was never told when to change, or each look gets too little time. Write a change second for every look, add “clothes never change while visible”, and keep four looks for 10–15 s and three for 8 s. If two outfits blend, describe them with different fabrics and colours.
Can I make it with CapCut and my own photos instead of an AI generator?
Only if you have the footage. With a ceiling fan and a phone fixed above you (on a stand or the ceiling, never on the fan), film one clip per outfit from the same spot and cut each clip where a blade covers you; a free editor such as CapCut is enough for that. Photos alone give an editor nothing to cut between: a spinning fan and the moving body come from filming or from a video model.
I only want three videos. What is the cheapest way, and will they have a watermark?
Three Seedance 2.0 Mini 480p videos use 51 credits and three default Wan 3.0 480p videos use 150, so one Popular pack ($14.99, 250 credits) covers either and leaves credits over. The $5.00 Trial (17 credits) covers exactly one Mini 480p video. Any paid order removes the site watermark; the 3 sign-up credits alone can't complete a video.
Skip the prompt
Upload one face photo, pick four outfits or a theme pack, and get a 15-second AI ceiling fan transition with the blade timing already locked.